ABPH BVZA Hospital Pharmacist of Belgium Belgium hospitals
ABPH BVZA Hospital Pharmacist of Belgium Ø Belgium hospitals are preparing for FMD Ø 7/01/2016: gentlemen’s agreement between the Secretary of Health, professional organizations of relevant prescribers, hospital pharmacists and the pharmaceutical industry ü Call from the Secretary of Health to use more biosimilars ü Enhancement of competition in the market of biologicals should reduce prices more money for research in innovative therapy ü Working group to evaluate biosimilars’ use in hospitals (surveys) ü Full switch is accepted (also visible in tenders) ü Negative incentive: Hospitals get only 90% of the reimbursement for biologicals
ABPH BVZA Hospital Pharmacist of Belgium Ø IFIC: a headbreaking story for Head of Hospital Pharmacies 1. OPAT (Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy) Ø limited implementation due to practical and legal barriers (cost for patient, time consuming, medications not always available in public pharmacies) Ø goal is a national OPAT guideline 2. Oncological Therapy at Home ü multidisciplinary teams around the patient ü hospital pharmacist involved in development of protocols (medication handling), guidelines, information leaflets for the patient and caregivers, delivery of the hospital medication, in-hospital preparation of IV medication
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