Policymakers

Alec Morton of NUS explains how AI is changing health technology assessment, what stays human, and why cheaper analysis could mean more health economics.

The European Commission's EU Public Procurement Act would make quality, not price, the default for public tenders. EFPIA supports the shift, with one warning: resilience should not become local-content rules. #SyenzaNews #EUProcurement #Medicines #MarketAccess #HealthPolicy

South Africa has initiated 55,123 people on twice-yearly lenacapavir PrEP in the programme's first 94 days. Demand is strongest in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal; branded supply, second-dose retention and the 2027 generic tender are the real constraints. #SyenzaNews #HIVPrevention #Lenacapavir #MarketAccess

Aspen Pharmacare has walked away from local lenacapavir manufacturing over the lack of guaranteed volumes, and is instead backing Merck's once-monthly oral PrEP pill, alimatravir. #SyenzaNews #HIV #PrEP #MarketAccess

South Korea is putting AI at the centre of its healthcare agenda, pairing the new AI Basic Healthcare Strategy with a USD 30.4 billion biohealth export target. Vice Minister Lee Hyung Hoon sets out the vision in an interview with PharmaBoardroom. #SyenzaNews #SouthKorea #Biohealth #DigitalHealth #MarketAccess

EMA scientific advice volumes hit a record in the first half of 2026. The agency is planning pre-payment at submission, an agile advice pilot for 2027, and a regulatory sandbox workshop in September. #SyenzaNews #EMA #MarketAccess #DrugDevelopment

The United States has added nine more manufacturers to its most-favored-nation drug pricing program, taking the total to 26 companies that now cover 89% of the branded drug market. #MarketAccess #DrugPricing #Pharma

The Fifth Circuit affirmed the constitutionality of the Medicare drug price negotiation program, rejecting claims from NICA, the Global Colon Cancer Association, and PhRMA. #SyenzaNews #DrugPricing #MarketAccess #Pharma

Finland, UNRISD and the WHO asked what the Economics of Health for All strategy means for the next generation, from intergenerational fairness and participatory foresight to dignified access to care. #SyenzaNews #HealthEconomics #WellbeingEconomy

France reimbursed 90% of drug costs in 2024, yet many patients still feel shortchanged. Maurice-Pierre Planel breaks down the numbers behind the paradox. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #PharmaPolicy

In Alberta, patients of fee-for-service heart specialists receive roughly three times the cardiac testing, with no measurable difference in outcomes. #HealthEconomics #PhysicianPayment #SyenzaNews

The European Commission has approved Trodelvy plus Keytruda for first-line metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, making Trodelvy the first ADC-based backbone across PD-L1 status.