Last week, on 4 July 2024, the German Parliament (Bundestag) has passed significant changes to the country’s drug pricing and reimbursement laws. Just six months after the German Federal Health Ministry (BMG) presented a first draft bill for a “Medical Research Act” (Medizinforschungsgesetz or MFG), the German
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Germany again to reform drug pricing and reimbursement laws – With “confidential reimbursements prices” that impede international reference pricing
In an earlier blog, we wrote that the German regulation of pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement is one of the most complicated legal areas in the entire world of life sciences laws. With the new draft “Medical Research Act” (Medizinforschungsgesetz or MFG) that came out in…
Continue Reading Germany again to reform drug pricing and reimbursement laws – With “confidential reimbursements prices” that impede international reference pricingGermany will revise laws for clinical trials with pharmaceuticals, medical devices and companion diagnostics – Overview of the “Medical Research Act”
Significant changes are on the horizon for clinical trials in Germany. At the end of January 2024, the German Federal Health Ministry has presented the draft for a “Medical Research Act” (Medizinforschungsgesetz or MFG). The draft bill proposes legislative amendments in several areas that span from…
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