Generic pregabalin; current situation and implications for health authorities, generics and biosimilars manufacturers in the future

GaBI Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 125-135

  Godman, Brian ^a,b   Wilcock, Michael ^c   Martin, Andrew ^d   Bryson, Scott ^e   Baumgärtel, Christoph ^f   Bochenek, Tomasz ^g   de Bruyn, Winne ^h   Brkicic, Ljiljana Sovic ⁱ   D'Agata, Marco ^j   Fogele, Antra ^k   Fusté, Anna Coma ^l   Fraeyman, Jessica ^m   Fürst, Jurij ⁿ   Garuoliene, Kristina ^o,p   Herholz, Harald ^d   Hoffmann, Mikael ^d   Jayathissa, Sisira ^d   Kwon, Hye Young ^q,r   Langner, Irene ^s   Kalaba, Marija ^t   Karlsson, Eva Andersén ^u,v   Laius, Ott ^w   Markovic Pekovic, Vanda ^x,y   Magnusson, Einar ^z   McTaggart, Stuart ^aa   Metcalfe, Scott ^ab   Pedersen, Hanne Bak ^ac   Piessnegger, Jutta ^d   Ringerud, Anne Marthe ^ad   Selke, Gisbert W ^s   Sermet, Catherine ^ae   Schiffers, Krijn ^af   Skiold, Peter ^ag   Slabỳ, Juraj ^ah   Tomek, Dominik ^ai   Viksna, Anita ^k   Vitry, Agnes ^aj   Zara, Corinne ^l   Malmström, Rickard E ^a   more..

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d North West Commissioning Support Unit ^*  (Austria)

^e NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^f AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^g JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Croatian Institute for Health Insurance   (Croatia)

^j Achmea Zorg and Health ^*  (Netherlands)

^k The National Health Service of Latvia   (Latvia)

^l C Agy Hlth Technol Assess Res   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

ⁿ Health Insurance Institute   (Slovenia)

^o VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^p State Medicine Control Agency of Lithuania   (Lithuania)

^q Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^r HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^s WIdO Institute   (Germany)

^t Republic Institute for Health Insurance   (Serbia)

^u STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^v KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^w State Agency of Medicines   (Estonia)

^x UNIVERSITY OF BANJA LUKA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^y MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^z Ministry of Health   (Iceland)

^aa INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^ab Pharmaceutical Management Agency   (New Zealand)

^ac WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^ad Norwegian Medicines Agency   (Norway)

^ae IRDES Institute for Research and Documentation in Health Economics   (France)

^af ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^ag Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency   (Sweden)

^ah State Institute for Drug Control   (Czech Republic)

^ai SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

Generics; Health authorities; Lyrica; Pregabalin

Indexed keywords

BIOSIMILAR AGENT; GENERIC DRUG; PREGABALIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BUDGET; COST CONTROL; CZECH REPUBLIC; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG MARKETING; ESTONIA; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ICELAND; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; PATENT; POLAND; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REIMBURSEMENT; REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA; SCOTLAND; SERBIA; SLOVENIA; SOUTH KOREA; SPAIN; SWEDEN;

EID: 85008253094     PISSN: 20336403     EISSN: 20336772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2015.0403.028     Document Type: Article

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