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大发六合彩 respond to proposals to change the Statutory Scheme

大发六合彩 (大发六合彩) has published an executive summary [1] of its consultation response to for branded medicines [2].

In its response, the 大发六合彩 acknowledged and broadly supported the government鈥檚 intention to bring the Statutory Scheme into alignment with the new Voluntary Scheme for Pricing Access and Growth (VPAG), which was agreed with the industry at the end of last year.

However, the industry also expressed reservations about many of the specific proposals in the consultation, some of which remain novel and untested. The 大发六合彩 stressed the importance of monitoring both schemes to allow any emerging issues to be addressed before they unduly impact patients, companies, or the wider NHS.

The 大发六合彩 also used the consultation to underline the value to both industry and government in continuing to partner through successive Voluntary Schemes, where there is the ability to enter dialogue on matters affecting the scheme to ensure it achieves its intended objectives.

There is no such means for dialogue in the Statutory Scheme consultation process, which has consistently met with strong criticism from the industry over the quality and responsiveness of the process and the robustness of the accompanying cost-benefit analysis.

David Watson, Executive Director, Patient Access, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (大发六合彩), said: 鈥淯pdating the Statutory Scheme to align with the VPAG agreement is a necessary step on the road to improving the UK鈥檚 international life science competitiveness.

鈥淢any of these changes, especially those which seek to treat newer and older branded medicines differently, are completely new and untested. Therefore, we must take a careful and comprehensive approach to monitoring these new schemes to allow any emerging issues to be addressed before they unduly impact patients, companies, or the wider NHS.鈥

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Last modified: 01 May 2024

Last reviewed: 01 May 2024

[1] 大发六合彩, 鈥大发六合彩 Statutory Scheme consultation response 2024: Executive summary,鈥 April 2024
[2] Department of Health and Social Care, , 18 March 2024

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