ArticleJournal of pharmaceutical policy and practice2024
Advancing early access policies for innovative cancer drugs: a scoping review and explorative analysis in the Italian setting.
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- Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco (AIFA): Developments and Strategy in a Transitioning European HTA Landscape.Journal of market access & health policy · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Considering the clinical impact of innovative cancer therapies, policy makers strive to balance timely access and thorough value-assessment. While some European countries promoted early access schemes, Italy does not yet display a consolidated strategy for innovative drugs or for medicines targeting pathologies with a high unmet need. Methods: To better understand the risks and opportunities of early access strategies that could be applied in the Italian setting, we performed a scoping review, searching the PubMed and Web of Science databases and interviewing two field experts. The review results were complemented with an exemplificative quantitative analysis for a subset of innovative oncology drugs, to assess the clinical and economic impact of the price and reimbursement negotiation. Results: Our study suggests that early access schemes developed in Germany and France, combining a free-pricing period, pay-back mechanism, and arbitration, could serve as a basis for developing a feasible strategy in Italy. The quantitative analysis indicated that timely access to innovative drugs could have potentially prevented many cancer progressions, associated with a significant healthcare expenditure. Conclusion: Albeit not allowing to express a conclusive assessment, this study proposes a potential early access strategy for Italy and highlights the need for opening a debate on the opportunities and risks of such schemes.
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