Weekly Roundup: February 15, 2019

Continuing our special podcast edition marking the annual Rare Disease Day on February 28. The ‘6P’ campaign is aimed at creating awareness on the impact of rare diseases on key stakeholders and the need for partnership to achieve successful treatment access for patients. The 6Ps are Partnership, Patient, Policy-maker, Physician, Pharma and Payer.

This week we focus on the payer who are decision-makers assessing the value of a product in the healthcare system.

Presenter and Producer: Aparna Krishnan

Contributor: Einar Andreassen, senior advisor at the Norwegian Medicines Agency. Einar is a health technology assessment analyst and reimbursement decision maker for the national insurance scheme in Norway.