EU Health Data Project: More Use Of Real-World Evidence In Price Negotiations

The proposed European Health Data Space is expected to boost innovation in preventing, diagnosing and treating disease and to support the long-term competitiveness of the EU’s medical sector. The pharmaceutical industry has broadly welcomed the move but wants to see certain safeguards and guarantees put in place.

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EU proposals to greatly increase access to health data and the use of real-world evidence in EU policy making could allow the prices of drugs for cancer, diabetes and other diseases to be renegotiated “based on the observed real-world effects,” according to the European Commission.

“According to experts consulted, in a medium-sized EU country, a 5% saving from re-negotiating the prices in drug cost in...

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