IPHA angry at further frustration for Irish patients

13 August 2018

The slow rate of its country’s adoption of innovative medicines has long been a bone of contention for the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA), the representative body for the international research-based pharmaceutical industry in Ireland.

So figures showing that Irish patients are still waiting longer for new drugs to be adopted and reimbursed has led to an outburst from the IPHA for something to be done about the situation.

The group highlights that 10 medicines that are available, on average, in 12 of 14 European Union (EU) countries assessed, are not routinely available and reimbursed for Irish patients.

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