Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Mr. John Hennessy:

I have a final comment to finish up with Deputy Durkan's list. It is difficult to be precise about this year compared with five years ago. This year, we have dealt with more than 30 new applications with a cost impact or implication in excess of €300 million over five years. That indicates the scale of this year's activity. We will have a look back at the position five years ago, although I suspect it was a fraction of that in terms of volume and numbers.

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