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Portaria n.º 464/2026/1 limits state reimbursement for obesity medicines to SNS patients in a hospital obesity pathway. Cover is 15% for 12 months. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess

A Pretoria court has declared invalid the antiretroviral tender awards for two items and ordered the health department to redo the split within 120 days. Cipla's review succeeded on all five grounds, while Hetero's challenge was dismissed with attorney-and-client costs. #SyenzaNews #SouthAfrica #HIV

Health economists in clinical trials are most useful when they join early, explain their methods in plain language and plan for the data they will need. That was the central message of a webinar brought together by University College London and the Global Health Network at the University of Oxford. A professor of health policy and systems management in Uganda moderated three panelists with trial experience across Africa and Asia. Why trials need economic questions The moderator framed the session […]

New drug launch prices are still high. ICER's 2026 Launch Price and Access Report finds the median net price for 2025 approvals was about $257,000, and only about one in three new prescriptions was filled within 30 days. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #HEOR

The National Health Council says importing foreign price controls through most favored nation pricing will not serve American patients.

Insulin analogue cost-effectiveness studies for adults with type 1 diabetes mostly point the same way: the newer products usually come out ahead of human insulin. A new systematic review says that headline rests on thinner ground than it looks. The paper, by Shiwa Yaghoubi Bina, Steve Njokuocha and the T1D Economic Evidence Synthesis Group, has been accepted for Value in Health. The version available now is a pre-proof, so figures could still change at copyediting. The World Health Organization funded […]

Health security in Europe is being redefined from emergency response to national resilience, and the EFPIA View argues it starts with funded health systems.

Ministers, development banks and industry at the World Health Summit argued that health investment returns should be measured in lives saved, jobs and tax revenue, not budget size. #SyenzaNews #HealthEconomics #MarketAccess

At the World Health Summit in Berlin, speakers from the European Commission, Japan, Africa, the Asian Development Bank and industry argued that health is a strategic economic asset, and asked how to persuade finance ministries. #SyenzaNews #HealthEconomics

PhRMA has sued HHS and CMS over the GLOBE rule, arguing the agency has no authority to tie Medicare Part B drug payments to the prices paid in 19 other countries. The complaint leans on the major questions doctrine and a statutory ban on quality-adjusted life years. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #pharmaceuticals #healthcarepolicy #drugpricing

BD has agreed a $19 billion partnership with the US Government to expand American manufacturing of essential medical consumables. The deal includes $3 billion for production sites, roughly 5 billion more units a year and Section 232 tariff relief tied to milestones. #SyenzaNews #MedTech #MarketAccess

Lundbeck is trading scale for depth. Michala Fischer-Hansen, EVP for Europe and international markets, explains why 51 affiliates became 22, why a fifth of revenue now goes to R&D, and why US price pressure can decide where a medicine launches. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #brainhealth #pharma