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61st Annual ESPE (ESPE 2023)

The Hague, Netherlands
21 Sep 2023 - 23 Sep 2023

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The 61st ESPE Annual Meeting will now be taking place in The Hague, The Netherlands

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Solidarity and justice in the Dutch Coverage Lock Policy for Expensive Medicines - public Opinions and Stakeholder Perspectives

van Thiel Ghislaine , Scheijmans Féline , van der Pol Willem , van Delden Johannes , Zomers Margot , van der Graaf Rieke , Fadaei Sina , Onrust Marthe , van der Wal Roosmarijn

Background: Solidarity-based healthcare systems face significant challenges due to the rising costs of new and highly expensive medicines for cancer and rare diseases. The Dutch government introduced the Coverage Lock (CL) policy in 2015 to restrict access to reimbursement for such drugs. The CL has raised controversy around its ethical acceptability. Some claim the CL is necessary to secure solidarity while others have pointed out that its leads to unfair ine...

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