Sweden has introduced a new reimbursement model for orphan drugs, likely to increase treatment options for rare diseases. At the same time, pharmaceutical companies are now expected to provide local evidence.
Johan Rehnberg started working as a Scientific Advisor at Medaffcon’s Swedish office in August 2024. He is a dynamic researcher who values opportunities to learn new things and develop his skills – opportunities that Medaffcon provides.
Medaffcon’s Market Access team welcomed a new leader in mid-November, as Simo Jääskeläinen returned to his familiar workplace after a six-year hiatus.
Sweden and Finland are leaders in developing and applying health technology and provide ideal environments for conducting Health Technology Assessments (HTA) for medical devices.
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“Renewable drug therapy challenges the current complex drug evaluation system,” states Lauri Pelkonen, a leading expert at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (STM). For this reason, the evaluation activity is being reformed to better respond to changes in the operating environment.
The EU introduces changes to the assessment of medicines: EU HTA application in evaluations will gradually start next year
Coming up soon, Copenhagen will be the center of health economics as more than five thousand pharmaceutical and healthcare professionals gather for the ISPOR conference. ISPOR has been well known, especially among health economists. However, this years’ top trends real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) attract even wider audience.
Medaffcon has added Swedish healthcare registries to its capabilities as it continues to pursue growth and facilitate data utilisation by providing pharmaceutical companies access to rich and relevant healthcare data.
Timo Karvinen joined Medaffcon’s Market Access team as an expert in the beginning of May. In addition to his extensive expertise, he also brings a whole new service concept to Medaffcon.
The Market Access team works actively with different actors, while helping customers in processes related to market access and market presence and in strategic planning.
Heini Honkanen has been appointed as Medaffcon’s Market Access Lead. The new Market Access Team was created when the previous Price and Reimbursement and HE & Access Teams were merged.
Medaffconin Tanja Nieminen ja Heini Honkanen osallistuivat terveystaloustieteen tutkimukseen ja terveydenhuollon menetelmien arviointiin keskittyvään ISPOR-kongressiin marraskuussa.
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