スペインの保健省が2012年9月から健康保険から417の薬品を除外したことから、かなりの薬品が値上げされる
Decenas de fármacos excluidos de la financiación disparan sus precios
El Ministerio de Sanidad excluyó de la financiación pública 417 fármacos
Productos como Almax, Flumil, Fortasec, Flutox o Mucosán se incrementan un 50% de media
María R. Sahuquillo Madrid 29 ENE 2013 - 21:43 CET
Dozens of drugs excluded from funding their prices soar
The Ministry of Health excluded from public funding 417 drugs
Products as Almax, Flumil, Fortasec, Mucosán Flutox or increased by 50% on average
Mary R. Sahuquillo Madrid 29 ENE 2013 - 21:43 CET
In September, the Ministry of Health excluded from public funding 417 drugs. Products as common as Almax or Codeisán that since then, patients must pay out of pocket in full. Now, five months after the measure known as the medicamentazo, dozens of these products have risen in price. Happened to the popular gastric protector, which in most presentations are 30% more expensive, but also with other drugs such as Fortasec-to-treat diarrhea, which has risen by 100%, the Flumil or Flutox - for-catarrhal processes, which are up 40%. Yet the final amounts are not exorbitant, because most of these products did not exceed 5 euros, but the extent to which health aspired to save 440 million euros, affects some pockets and sore from the pharmaceutical copayment increase.
Take a medicine of public funding is liberalizing its price. This is no longer decided by the Ministry of Health, because they do not pay, but the laboratory. A tracking the price of drugs affected by medicamentazo reveals that at least 65 of them have changed their prices, 57 upward. In some cases the amounts are soaring, as the Daflon-indicated for edema and venous insufficiency, which has increased by 127% and has risen from 8.8 to 19.98 euros. Or in the case of Motosol syrup, which has risen by 184% and cost has gone from 2.06 euros to 5.85. The average rise is affected more than 50%.
Farmaindustria, the management of laboratories, recognizes that some prices have gone up. "After leaving the public system umbrella many sales are lost," said a spokesman. "It is very difficult to maintain the level and each laboratory decides a price based on the market. Prices are variables that are modified. If it is too high, there is a risk of not selling ", continues.
Laboratories should notify the new price to Health. "If we see that the amount proposed is not logical, because it is a very significant rise or comparatively away because of the prices that are in Europe, is negotiating with the labs," says a department spokesman Ana Mato. And in those conversations, explain industry sources, taking into account the prices of drugs such laboratories that are funded.
When it announced the move, experts and opposition parties and warned that there would be a price increase. Something that the minister hesitated. "If there is, the ministry has no control excessive increases," Mato said then. For now, health has not rejected any price change requests.
From Farmaindustria consider the impact of the rise of these drugs is cushioned by the existence of alternative therapies, which if financed. An argument that share the responsibility of the Ministry of Health, where specified, moreover, that many are obsolete or excluded drugs are used to treat minor symptoms. "When are indicated for serious diseases or for which there is no alternative still funded" affects a spokeswoman. This is the case for some products or oncology patients with irritable colon. In fact, governments continue funding them for these patients at the old price, prior to the rise.
The exclusion of drugs can cause similar replaced by other, more expensive yet funded. Is the displacement effect, experts say, has always been that there has been a similar measure. One consequence that land would throw the anticipated savings. Health, however, said that so far there is no evidence that this is occurring. "The autonomous communities have warned him," they say. Some, such as Andalusia, have yet to detect anything, but say they remain vigilant.
The medicamentazo took effect on September 1. That month, the pharmaceutical bill was 25% below the same month last year. But not everything can be attributed to this measure drug spending in August had fallen by more than 20% following the entry into force of pharmaceutical copayment increase.
With information from Jaime Prats and Emilio de Benito.
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