[HTML][HTML] Access to orphan drugs: a comprehensive review of legislations, regulations and policies in 35 countries

T Gammie, CY Lu, ZUD Babar - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Objective To review existing regulations and policies utilised by countries to enable patient
access to orphan drugs. Methods A review of the literature (1998 to 2014) was performed to …

[HTML][HTML] HTA decision-making for drugs for rare diseases: comparison of processes across countries

T Stafinski, J Glennie, A Young, D Menon - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Drugs for rare diseases (DRDs) offer important health benefits, but challenge
traditional health technology assessment, reimbursement, and pricing processes due to …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review on the evaluation criteria of orphan medicines in Central and Eastern European countries

T Zelei, MJ Molnár, M Szegedi, Z Kaló - Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 2016 - Springer
Background In case of orphan drugs applicability of the standard health technology
assessment (HTA) process is limited due to scarcity of good clinical and health economic …

Reasons for and frequency of off-label drug use

S Goločorbin-Kon, I Iličković, M Mikov - Medicinski pregled, 2015 - doiserbia.nb.rs
Introduction. The application of drugs in accordance with the marketing authorization issued
by the regulatory authority is considered on-label use, while off-label drug use frequently …

[HTML][HTML] Reimbursement legislations and decision making for orphan drugs in central and eastern European countries

KP Malinowski, P Kawalec, W Trabka… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background Reimbursement policies influence access of patients to orphan drugs in the
European countries. Objectives To provide a comprehensive description of orphan drug …

Access to orphan drugs–comparison across Balkan countries

AV Pejcic, G Iskrov, MM Jakovljevic, R Stefanov - Health Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to compare orphan drug access in a sample of Balkan countries:
five EU Member States (Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Slovenia) and two EU …

Public spending on orphan medicines: a review of the literature

M Gombocz, S Vogler - Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background and objective Little is known about how much public payers spend on orphan
medicines. This study aimed at identifying information on orphan medicine expenditure …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of orphan drugs on Latvian budget

K Logviss, D Krievins, S Purvina - Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 2016 - Springer
Background Number of orphan medicinal products on the market and number of rare
disease patients, taking these usually expensive products, are increasing. As a result …

[HTML][HTML] Rare diseases and orphan drugs: Latvian story

K Logviss, D Krievins, S Purvina - Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2014 - Springer
Background Ten years have passed since Latvia became a Member State of the EU in 2004.
As a result European regulations, including those related to rare diseases and orphan …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative analysis of legislative requirements about patients' access to biotechnological drugs for rare diseases in Central and Eastern European …

M Kamusheva, M Manova, AT Savova… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: The aim of the study was to compare the access of patients with rare diseases
(RDs) to biotechnological drugs in several Central and Eastern European countries …