Farmaindustria agrees to sign a protocol in support of the Spanish NHS

Spanish trade group Farmaindustria’s General Assembly gathered last week in an extraordinary meeting and authorized the signing of a Collaboration Protocol with the Ministries of Finance & Public Administrations, and Health, Social Services and Equality. The protocol is for the sustainability and innovation of the Spanish NHS (National Health Service) in benefit of patients, following steep reductions which have been carried out on public pharma expenditure since 2010.

The said Protocol, which will likely be signed at the end of May, intends to give an answer to the commitments made by Spain before the European Commission with regards to public health care expenditure and to see that the R&D based pharmaceutical industry in Spain performs in line with the economy’s evolution; all of these elements are orientated at providing patients with an adequate and equal access to therapeutic innovations.

Pharma industry commitment