Fund launched for cutting-edge treatments

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The Health Ministry has submitted authorities establishing an “Innovation Fund” to grow diligent entree to precocious medicines approved by the European Medicines Agency but not yet available successful Greece.

The fund, administered done nationalist wellness insurer EOPYY, would beryllium financed straight by the Health Ministry. A dedicated committee would reappraisal applications from pharmaceutical companies, negociate discounts based connected estimated cause value, and counsel the ministry connected money inclusion. Effectiveness reports would beryllium compiled periodically to find whether drugs stay successful the program. A nationalist diligent registry would support the initiative.

The measure besides authorizes EOPYY to deploy artificial quality systems to observe supplier fraud, verify reimbursement claims, and negociate diligent complaints. A abstracted mobile exertion would let oncology and hematology patients to show symptoms and pass with their physicians.

Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis called the authorities “a decisive step toward a much modern, fairer and much effectual wellness system.”