2010
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c6466
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Open letter to prime minister David Cameron and health secretary Andrew Lansley

Abstract: Neurologists and paediatricians call for action on “massive” rises in the prices of orphan drugs

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“…This served as a reminder that price is not what a product costs to make, but what a purchaser is prepared to pay. There was particular outrage among neurologists in Britain about the marketing of a drug for the Eaton Lambert syndrome [12].…”
Section: Onwardsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…This served as a reminder that price is not what a product costs to make, but what a purchaser is prepared to pay. There was particular outrage among neurologists in Britain about the marketing of a drug for the Eaton Lambert syndrome [12].…”
Section: Onwardsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In April 2013 major reorganisation of the NHS merged the regional and national planning tiers into a single Ultra orphan drugs: the NHS model for managing extremely rare diseases Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs (2014) 2 (12) entity --NHS England. Within NHS England, a distinction is still made between the old regional tier (called 'specialised' commissioning) and the old national tier (now called 'highly specialised'), but these are internal distinctions not separate legal entities [14].…”
Section: Current Positionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Le prix d'un gramme d'ibuprofène passe de 0,8 £ comme analgésique à 6575 £ comme traitement intraveineux du canal arté riel persistant [13]. Le coût annuel de la 3,4diamino pyridine pour le traitement du syndrome de Lambert Eaton est ainsi passé de 1000 à 44 200 £ [14], et celui du carbamylglutamate est passé de 4000 à 95 000 £ [15]. Devant une telle augmentation des prix, les as sureurs ont refusé de les rembourser avec l'argument que le rapport coûtefficacité était devenu dispropor tionné [14].…”
Section: Problématique Des Médicaments Orphelinsunclassified
“…Le coût annuel de la 3,4diamino pyridine pour le traitement du syndrome de Lambert Eaton est ainsi passé de 1000 à 44 200 £ [14], et celui du carbamylglutamate est passé de 4000 à 95 000 £ [15]. Devant une telle augmentation des prix, les as sureurs ont refusé de les rembourser avec l'argument que le rapport coûtefficacité était devenu dispropor tionné [14]. Les patients se sont ainsi vus privés de l'accès à ces médicaments, ce qui était l'effet contraire de celui recherché par les lois sur les médicaments o rphelins.…”
Section: Problématique Des Médicaments Orphelinsunclassified
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