Germany’s New Government Will Maintain Price Freeze And Slash Free Pricing Period

 
• By Francesca Bruce
  
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Big changes are in store on the drug pricing front in Germany. Further reforms could depend on who is appointed health minister.

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Pharmaceutical Price Freeze To Remain In Place In Germany • Source: Alamy

The coalition partners that will form Germanys new government have reached an agreement that includes measures to contain health care costs by halving the period of free pricing for new pharmaceuticals and maintaining a controversial price freeze that critics say could deter investment. Industry experts warn that more reform is likely to come, potentially including measures that would affect orphan drugs and combination products.

Talks between the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the liberal pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) concluded last week. They...

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