The Danish Regions propose to establish a Treatment Council

The Danish Regions have proposed a new model for establishing a so-called Treatment Council which is to assess whether the price of treatments and health technology measure up to the effect for the patients. The model will now go out for consultation.

Article  -  18.12.2019

Revision of the ENLI's Codes of Conduct

ENLI has made amendments to its codes of conduct as a consequence of EFPIA's consolidation of its three codices (the EFPIA HCP Code, the EFPIA PO Code and the EFPIA Disclosure Code).

Article  -  18.12.2019

New assessment method for medicines and the use of non-published data in the Danish Medicines Council

The Danish Regions have decided that as of October 2020, the Danish Medicines Council is to use the QALY measure for assessment of new medicinal products, and that with immediate effect the Danish Medicines Council will be able to include non-published data in its assessment of the medicines' effect.

Article  -  28.11.2019

The EUDAMED database is delayed by two years

The European Commission has announced that the new pan-European database, EUDAMED, will be delayed by two years.

Article  -  01.11.2019

Novo Holdings, Nordic Capital and Astorg to invest in ERT

The private equity group Astorg invests in eResearch Technology Inc. ("ERT") and will enter as a partner alongside existing owners Novo Holdings A/S, Nordic Capital, and the ERT management team.  Plesner has advised Novo Holdings A/S in relation to the transaction.

Highlight  -  24.10.2019

Plesner acts for Lundbeck on DKK 13.2bn credit facilities

Plesner has acted for pharmaceuticals company H. Lundbeck A/S on two recent credit facilities with an aggregate amount of approximately DKK 13.2bn. Part of the facilities will be applied to finance Lundbeck's acquisition of US biopharmaceuticals company Alder BioPharmaceuticals Inc. announced on 16 September 2019.

Highlight  -  17.09.2019

The Danish Regions and Lif have concluded the final agreement on supplementary training of healthcare professionals

The Central Denmark Region and Lif have entered into a new agreement, which means that all of Den-mark's five regions have now entered into agreements with Lif stipulating the principles on the supple-mentary training and skill-raising of healthcare professionals at the regions' hospitals.

Article  -  02.09.2019

The Danish Medicines Council to use new assessment method for medicines and the use of non-published data will be allowed

Following a board meeting yesterday, the Danish Regions plan to change of the way the Danish Medicines Council assesses medicines and to allow the use of non-published data in the medicine assessments. The changes will not be implemented until the relevant interested parties have had opportunity to comment on them. 

Article  -  30.08.2019