Although mechanisms of price regulation and financing policy are different throughout the member States, most countries have introduced measures to reduce the increase in expenditure on medicines, with generic products being an important aspect since they are less expensive than innovating medicines.
From the incomplete sex-related data made public, it is difficult to conclude on the existence of gender bias in the evidence used for the evaluation of new medicines. It certainly cannot be excluded. It is therefore recommended that compliance with existing guidance for publication of reports is increased, so as to transparently reassure on the issue.
The call for public funding for the Spanish Health Care System clinical research with drugs for human use projects Subprogramme highlights the need for hospital pharmacy services to include the manufacture of investigational drugs which are the subject of a clinical trial, developed by either a researcher or a group of researchers, within its activities. This article discusses the legislation concerning the manufacture of investigational drugs and the requirements that the pharmacy services must meet in order to develop, distribute, or conceal an investigational drug in a clinical trial sponsored by a professional from the SHS.
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