Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 July 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion

9:00 am

Mr. John Hennessy:

In order to come through the assessment process, they all have to be deemed cost effective, not necessarily by NCPE, but by the drugs committee. They have to be recommended for reimbursement, on balance, between effectiveness-----