Written answers

Tuesday, 17 December 2019

Department of Health

Medicinal Products

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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354. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the gainshare and incentive model for biosimilar prescribing operates; if €500 per patient is being allocated to hospital treatment areas that prescribe biosimilars is taking place as reported; if the HSE or his Department has estimated the overall savings potential of biosimilar prescribing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52711/19]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Health Service Executive has operational responsibility for best-value biological medicines, thus the matter has been referred to the HSE for its attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

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