Spain's government and Farmaindustria link on Protocol for sustainability, access and innovation

Trade group Farmaindustria and Spain’s Ministries of Finance and Public Administrations and of Health, Social Services and Equality last week signed a Protocol of Collaboration – aimed at guaranteeing the sustainability of the Spanish NHS (SNS) and access to innovation.

The signing was carried out an event held at the premises of the Ministry of Health, with the presence of Ministers Cristobal Montoro and Alfonso Alonso, and the president of Farmaindustria, Antoni Esteve, and also the Secretary of State of Public Administrations, Antonio Beteta.

This Protocol will have duration of 12-months starting on December 1, with the possibility of it being extended annually, up to a maximum of three years. It is based on the reconciling of objectives and the State’s commitments with regards to public deficit and sustainability of the SNS, to health care and pharmaceutical needs for the population and to the future challenges of an industrial sector which is key to the Spanish economy such as the pharmaceutical sector. In this regard, the president of Farmaindustria highlighted that “this agreement is a clear sign of the Spanish Government’s commitment and the pharmaceutical industry’s with citizens’ healthcare and with the economic and social reality of Spain.”