2024-05-23 01:02:34
(ANSA) – ROME, MAY 22 – “We’ll consider the launch of a communication marketing campaign on using equal medicine, similar in effectiveness to the originator model medicine however nonetheless not used sufficient by residents”. This was said by the Undersecretary of Well being Marcello Gemmato, underlining that the equivalents additionally characterize huge financial savings for each residents and the NHS: “Residents would save 1.1 billion euros which at this time they as an alternative spend out of their very own pockets for the acquisition of brand name medicine and the NHS would save round 6 billion a 12 months”.
A chance to take inventory of the equal medicines market is the convention on the Ministry of Well being ‘Equal medicines: figuring out to decide on’, promoted by Cittadinanzattiva as a part of the ‘Ioequivalgo’ marketing campaign with the unconditional contribution of Egualia.
“Italy is behind the EU international locations on using equal medicine and there’s nonetheless robust resistance from residents, but – explains Gemmato – it have to be reiterated that these medicine have the identical lively ingredient and the identical effectiveness as their originators, subsequently they don’t there’s motive to not use them. Not solely that, through the use of them residents would even have nice financial savings by way of out-of-pocket spending, i.e. at their expense: over 1.1 billion euros out of a complete of round 40 billion in out-of-pocket spending. for all healthcare objects, which is increased exactly within the decrease earnings areas and within the South. The financial savings, by way of sources launched for the NHS, would as an alternative be 6 billion per 12 months”.
Gemmato additionally recalled that pharmacists have the authorized obligation to supply residents the equal drugs when doable. On this regard, the president of Federfarma, Marco Cossolo, introduced a brand new round to pharmacists to remind them of the duty to suggest equivalents but additionally to underline the significance of right communication to residents relating to the effectiveness and traits of those medicines . Lastly, in comparison with some medicine for which ‘non-substitutability’ is foreseen, “an additional research must be completed on these – concluded Gemmato -“. (HANDLE).
2024-05-23 01:02:34