As manufacturers invest in clinical development of rare disease therapies, payers are examining disease prevalence estimates and determining reimbursements. In this article published in Life Science Leader, Cécile Matthews and Bhavesh Patel discuss factors payers are considering for such reimbursements. The authors recently conducted an analysis of 15 rare and ultra-rare disease therapies recently approved in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, and Japan to better understand the factors payers are now considering for reimbursement of rare disease drugs.
Policy solutions to improve access to fertility treatment and optimise patient care: consensus from an expert forum
Infertility affects more than 17% of people of reproductive age globally, yet access to ART remains uneven and often out of reach.