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Poster Display session 3

4400 - Sustainable drug prices at market launch: policy proposals and their empirical evidence

Date

30 Sep 2019

Session

Poster Display session 3

Topics

Bioethical Principles and GCP

Tumour Site

Presenters

Nora Fanzen

Citation

Annals of Oncology (2019) 30 (suppl_5): v671-v682. 10.1093/annonc/mdz263

Authors

N. Fanzen1, W. van Harten1, V. Retel2, W. Schats3

Author affiliations

  • 1 Psoe Department, Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital (NKI-AVL), 1066 CX - Amsterdam/NL
  • 2 Psoe Department, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1060NN - Amsterdam/NL
  • 3 Library, Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital (NKI-AVL), 1066 CX - Amsterdam/NL

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Abstract 4400

Background

A strong scientific and public interest exists in the sustainability of pharmaceutical research and development and particularly the issue of anticancer drug prices. Despite of the number of publications, articles seem often opinion-based. To facilitate an evidence-based discourse, we reviewed the literature and produced an inventory of policy proposals. We then analyze the available quantitative evidence.

Methods

Due to the broad nature of the research question, a scoping review was performed. We combined multiple search strategies to get a systematic overview of the current body of literature.

Results

In total, we screened 4775 articles and categorized 23 proposals. 22 of 85 included articles used quantitative models. Overall, the quantitative evidence was inconclusive to deduct real world effects and evidence- based recommendations. We however identified promising solutions for further investigation: Royalty payments, prizes and rewards, two-part-pricing, price transparency, increased translational public research, and public clinical trials. At ESMO, we will present this list of promising solutions, their degree of disruptiveness and their empirical evidence. Furthermore, we will share feedback on selected solutions from a survey among European experts in the field of oncology and health regulation. Finally, we will discuss techniques of evidence based solutions facing high complexity and the need of additional data for choosing policy options.

Conclusions

Despite of the urgency of the matte of drug prices, we must realize that system consequences need careful considerations as implications for access and finances can be substantial. We advise testing promising solutions with experiments, dynamic simulations, and policy pilots.

Clinical trial identification

Editorial acknowledgement

Legal entity responsible for the study

The authors.

Funding

Has not received any funding.

Disclosure

All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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