Since 2020, clinicians can prescribe – and SHI funds will reimburse – medical apps and digital health treatments, the so-called “DiGAs”. The BfArM assesses these DiGAs
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Last week, I wrote about Janssen’s withdrawal of the lung cancer drug Rybrevant (amivantamab) from the German market. Just a week later,
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On 25 August 2022, Janssen has announced that they have withdrawn the lung cancer drug Rybrevant (amivantamab) from the German market with
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Despite strong opposition and critique raised by almost all stakeholders, the draft law on the financial stabilization of statutory health insurance (GKV-FinStG),
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Following on from the EU regulation for medical devices (MDR) that came into force over one year ago, this week I am
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Recently, I wrote about the planned reforms that the German Health Minister, Karl Lauterbach, wants to introduce with the act to stabilise
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On 16 Aug 2019, the GSAV came into force. This new law also included legislation with the aim to increase the market
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In March 2022, Lauterbach shared a non-authorized draft of his reform plans to stabilise the SHI funds finances. However, this draft version
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Hello! In this week’s post, I am describing the G-BA’s initiative to promote innovation in the German health care system and clinical
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Recently, I have written about RWE collection, that can be mandated by the G-BA as part of their benefit assessment. Now, the
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