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    Health news<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            US push to cut drug prices could mean longer waits for European patients<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"js-playercontrols u-height-full u-position-absolute u-width-full is-autoplaying\" data-translations=\"{&quot;error&quot;:&quot;This video could not be played.&quot;,&quot;geoblocked&quot;:&quot;Sorry, this content is not available in your country&quot;,&quot;slow&quot;:&quot;This is taking longer than usual&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"js-loadtrigger js-loadtrigger__button c-loadtrigger__button\" role=\"status\"><span class=\"js-loadtrigger__label c-loadtrigger__label u-visually-hidden\">Loading the video<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/91\/07\/67\/1536x864_cmsv2_2849df4e-82e3-5b14-84d5-8535fdf331ca-9910767.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Because both pricing models tie what Medicare pays to prices charged in other countries, they could also reshape drug pricing and market strategy outside the US.\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Because both pricing models tie what Medicare pays to prices charged in other countries, they could also reshape drug pricing and market strategy outside the US.<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">Canva<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright 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loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup__content__embed_container u-display-none\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup__content__embed__tooltip\"><br \/>\n                            Copy\/paste the article video embed link below:<br \/>\n                        <\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup__content__embed u-display-flex\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/icon-copy-to-clipboard.svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Copy to clipboard\" class=\"u-cursor-pointer js-c-article-share-comment-copy\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup__content__embed--success-copied u-display-none js-c-article-share-comment-video-embed-success-link-copied\"><br \/>\n                                Copied<br \/>\n                            <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        Europe\u2019s patients could face longer waits for some new medicines as US efforts to drive down drug prices risk encouraging pharmaceutical companies to delay launches in lower-price markets, according to a new modelling study.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content c-article-content--health js-article-content\">\n<p>Last May, US President Donald Trump pushed to align drug pricing with the lowest levels among other developed nations \u2014 so-called most-favoured-nation (MFN) pricing. However, the pricing policy might have negative consequences.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>European patients might have to wait longer for some novel medicines as the US forces drugmakers to offer prices that match those of other high\u2011income countries, such as Germany or France, according to a new modelling study published in The Lancet.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers looked at 195 patented medicines that together account for $87.9 billion of US\u2019 annual spending. They found that for three in four medicines studied, the amount of money companies would lose by lowering prices in the US would exceed their total yearly sales in the countries used to set US prices.<\/p>\n<p>To minimise losses in the US \u2014 the world\u2019s largest pharmaceutical market, companies \u201ccould be incentivised to delay market launch in the lowest-priced countries in the reference market,&#8221; researchers said, as by delaying launches, drugmakers could avoid having to match those lower prices in the US. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolicies in the US may impact access to medicines globally,\u201d study author Kerstin Vokinger of ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich said in a press release. <\/p>\n<p>The ones who would feel the impact ultimately are patients. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe risk is very concrete: if pharmaceutical companies delay launching medicines in Europe because European prices may be used to determine prices in the United States, patients here could wait longer for treatments that are already available elsewhere,\u201d European Patients Forum told Euronews Health in a written comment. \u201cFor someone living with a serious or progressive condition, an additional wait can have a real impact on their health and quality of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The US policy already has an impact in Europe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6955\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/91\/07\/67\/808x561_cmsv2_678f8141-319e-5d6e-b6ee-bfa729291340-9910767.jpg\" alt=\"Reference countries in Europe that were included in the modelling study.\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Reference countries in Europe that were included in the modelling study.<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">MapChart<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Implications in Europe<\/h2>\n<p>Europe has seen a fall in drug launches in recent months. 10 months after Trump&#8217;s executive order, drug launches in EU markets fell by some 35% compared with the previous \u200b10 months, Reuters reported in March. <\/p>\n<p>While it is not clear whether the fall is directly linked to US policies, it was announced in February that a drug for treating particularly severe cases of high cholesterol was withdrawn from the market, possibly due to US President Donald Trump&#8217;s drug pricing policy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s true that even in bigger countries like Germany, we see companies reconsidering whether they launch or when they launch,\u201d Alexander Natz, chief of biotech entrepreneurs&#8217; lobby Eucope, told Euronews, explaining that the current situation forces drugmakers to think twice before a launch. <\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe shouldn&#8217;t expect that we&#8217;re not getting access to any medicine, but we should expect that decisions are made in a much more careful way by companies,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>Natz believes that to ensure Europe has new medicines without delay, governments need to be willing to spend more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must have a debate, an internal political debate in Germany and in other countries, how much are we willing to spend on healthcare?\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>The countries are already feeling that pressure on their tight budgets. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cReferenced countries, from Germany to Japan to Australia, are facing substantial pressure from the US administration and industry to raise prices and spending on medicines,\u201d said Thomas Hwang of Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital and lead author of the study. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut this is colliding with the reality that other countries have limited budget room to give.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>To minimise the negative outcomes, authors of the study note that manufacturers and countries might turn to list prices \u2014 that is, the manufacturer\u2019s sticker price before discounts \u2014 rather than net prices, which reflect confidential rebates. <\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, under recently updated European Union pharmaceutical rules, a company has to launch a new medicine if requested by a country within three years \u2014 or lose two years of monopoly rights. <\/p>\n<p>This conditionality serves as a \u201ccounterweight\u201d to the aftermath of Trump\u2019s drug pricing policy; however, it is \u201cunlikely to meaningfully alter the magnitude of savings by themselves,\u201d authors wrote. Natz was also sceptical whether this could be enough to erase possible negative consequences of US pricing policy.<\/p>\n<h2>How much is the US saving?<\/h2>\n<p>While the US drug pricing policy risks delays in Europe, it could allow the US to cut expenditure by $5.2 billion on medicines used in hospitals and $6.4 billion on medicines bought in pharmacies, according to a Lancet study. Those savings could rise to $21 billion and $25.5 billion, respectively, under a broader application of the policy.<\/p>\n<p>But as 17 companies have struck confidential deals with the administration that exclude them from these rules, the potential savings would be cut by 71%.<\/p>\n<p>While the most-favoured-nation pricing has the potential \u201cto deliver real savings to the US federal government and taxpayers \u2026 if manufacturers can evade participation in these models by striking side deals, most of those savings might not be realised,\u201d said Hwang.<\/p>\n<p>European Patients Forum said that if US drug pricing policy\u2019s \u201cimplementation leads to delayed launches in other countries without delivering the expected savings for Medicare [US health insurance program], this risks becoming a lose-lose situation for both health systems and patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission is looking at the issue too, as health ministers in mid-June tasked the European Health Commissioner to assess the impact of the US\u2019 most-favoured-nation policy on the bloc: whether MFN is resulting in delayed launches, significantly higher prices \u2014 and, ultimately, reduced access to innovative medicines. <\/p>\n<p>In the study, which is yet to be published but seen by Euronews Health, the Commission says that it is currently nearly impossible to indicate whether the delays or price pressures can be linked directly to US pricing policies or are rather a result of current uncertainties around it, pointing to the following years for greater clarity. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand the commission study that it basically says it&#8217;s too early to really benchmark individual prices. So far, so good. Maybe that&#8217;s true. But the implications are much wider,\u201d Natz said, adding that \u201cit&#8217;s not only about that price; it&#8217;s (also) about whether that product will ever be launched in Europe? Will that reach patients in Germany? 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You gotta love yourself \u2013 not only others<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">Last May, US President Donald Trump pushed to align drug pricing with the lowest levels among other developed nations \u2014 so-called most-favoured-nation (MFN) pricing.\u00a0However, the pricing policy might have negative consequences.European patients might have to wait longer for some novel medicines as the US forces drugmakers to offer prices that match those of other high\u2011income countries, such as Germany or France, according to a new modelling study published in The Lancet.Researchers looked at 195 patented medicines that together account for $87.9 billion of US\u2019 annual spending. They found that for three in four medicines studied, the amount of money companies would lose by lowering prices in the US would exceed their total yearly sales in the countries used to set US prices.To minimise losses in the US \u2014 the world\u2019s largest pharmaceutical market, companies \u201ccould be incentivised to delay market launch in the lowest-priced countries in the reference market,&#8221; researchers said, as\u00a0by delaying launches, drugmakers could avoid having to match those lower prices in the US.\u201cPolicies in the US may impact access to medicines globally,\u201d study author Kerstin Vokinger of ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich said in a press release.\u00a0The ones who would feel the impact ultimately are patients.\u00a0\u201cThe risk is very concrete: if pharmaceutical companies delay launching medicines in Europe because European prices may be used to determine prices in the United States, patients here could wait longer for treatments that are already available elsewhere,\u201d European Patients Forum told Euronews Health in a written comment. \u201cFor someone living with a serious or progressive condition, an additional wait can have a real impact on their health and quality of life.\u201dThe US policy already has an impact in Europe.Implications in EuropeEurope has seen a fall in drug launches in recent months. 10 months after Trump&#8217;s executive order, drug launches in EU markets fell by some 35% compared with the previous 10 months, Reuters reported in March.While it is not clear whether the fall is directly linked to US policies, it was announced in February that a drug for treating particularly severe cases of high cholesterol was withdrawn from the market, possibly due to US President Donald Trump&#8217;s drug pricing policy.\u00a0\u201cIt&#8217;s true that even in bigger countries like Germany, we see companies reconsidering whether they launch or when they launch,\u201d Alexander Natz, chief of biotech entrepreneurs&#8217; lobby Eucope, told Euronews, explaining that the current situation forces drugmakers to think twice before a launch.\u00a0\u201dWe shouldn&#8217;t expect that we&#8217;re not getting access to any medicine, but we should expect that decisions are made in a much more careful way by companies,\u201d he added.\u00a0Natz believes that to ensure Europe has new medicines without delay, governments need to be willing to spend more.\u201cWe must have a debate, an internal political debate in Germany and in other countries, how much are we willing to spend on healthcare?\u201d he said.\u00a0The countries are already feeling that pressure on their tight budgets.\u00a0\u201cReferenced countries, from Germany to Japan to Australia, are facing substantial pressure from the US administration and industry to raise prices and spending on medicines,\u201d said Thomas Hwang of Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital and lead author of the study.\u00a0\u201cBut this is colliding with the reality that other countries have limited budget room to give.\u201d\u00a0To minimise the negative outcomes, authors of the study note that manufacturers and countries might turn to list prices \u2014 that is, the manufacturer\u2019s sticker price before discounts \u2014 rather than net prices, which reflect confidential rebates.\u00a0In the meantime, under recently updated European Union pharmaceutical rules, a company has to launch a new medicine if requested by a country within three years \u2014 or lose two years of monopoly rights.\u00a0This conditionality serves as a \u201ccounterweight\u201d to the aftermath of Trump\u2019s drug pricing policy; however, it is \u201cunlikely to meaningfully alter the magnitude of savings by themselves,\u201d authors wrote. Natz was also sceptical whether this could be enough to erase possible negative consequences of US pricing policy.How much is the US saving?While the US drug pricing policy risks delays in Europe, it could allow the US to cut expenditure by $5.2 billion on medicines used in hospitals and $6.4 billion on medicines bought in pharmacies, according to a Lancet study. Those savings could rise to $21 billion and $25.5 billion, respectively, under a broader application of the policy.But as 17 companies have struck confidential deals with the administration that exclude them from these rules, the potential savings would be cut by 71%.While the most-favoured-nation pricing has the potential \u201cto deliver real savings to the US federal government and taxpayers \u2026 if manufacturers can evade participation in these models by striking side deals, most of those savings might not be realised,\u201d said Hwang.European Patients Forum said that if US drug pricing policy\u2019s \u201cimplementation leads to delayed launches in other countries without delivering the expected savings for Medicare [US health insurance program], this risks becoming a lose-lose situation for both health systems and patients.\u201dThe European Commission is looking at the issue too, as health ministers in mid-June tasked the European Health Commissioner to assess the impact of the US\u2019 most-favoured-nation policy on the bloc: whether MFN is resulting in delayed launches, significantly higher prices \u2014 and, ultimately, reduced access to innovative medicines.\u00a0In the study, which is yet to be published but seen by Euronews Health, the Commission says that it is currently nearly impossible to indicate whether the delays or price pressures can be linked directly to US pricing policies or are rather a result of current uncertainties around it, pointing to the following years for greater clarity.\u00a0\u201cI understand the commission study that it basically says it&#8217;s too early to really benchmark individual prices. 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