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. 2017 Jun 30;8:384. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00384

Table 1.

Reimbursement recommendations of 9 European Union jurisdictions for NASs receiving EMA marketing authorization in accordance with regulation 726/2004 between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2012.

Jurisdiction (Agency) Reimbursed Reimbursed with restrictions Not reimbursed Proportion of medicines receiving marketing authorization to receive a recommendation at time of study (%) Website
Belgium (Belgium Health Insurance Agency; INAMI) Insured (Class 1) N/A Not reimbursed 69 www.inami.be
Insured (Class 2)
England (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; NICE) Recommended Optimized Not recommended 39 www.nice.org.uk
France (French National Authority for Health; HAS) Approved Approved with restriction Not recommended 91 www.has-sante.fr
Germany (Federal Joint Committee; G-BA) Indication of a considerable additional benefit 30 www.english.g-ba.de
Hint of considerable additional benefit
Proof of a significant additional benefit
Minor additional benefit
Additional benefit has not been proved
Ireland (National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics; NCPE) Reimbursement recommended Reimbursement not recommended 56 www.ncpe.ie
Reimbursement not recommended at submitted price
Italy (Italian Medicines Agency; AIFA) Reimbursed Class A 67 www.agenziafarmaco.gov.it
Reimbursed class H
Netherlands (National Health Care Institute; ZiNL) Insured (Annex 1A) Insured with restrictions Not recommended 75 www.zorginstituutnederland.nl
Insured (Annex 1B)
Scotland (Scottish Medicines Consortium; SMC) Accepted Restricted Not recommended 77 www.scottishmedicines.org.uk
Sweden (Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency; TLV) General Limitations Not recommended 61 www.tlv.se