Medicine producers ask for a new method to calculate drug prices
Medicine producers ask for a new method to calculate drug prices or modifying the existing one, condemning wrongly calculating some treatments. Also, patients’ representatives ask for a delay in publicizing the order concerning medicine prices, in order to find the best solution. The President of the Association of Patients with autoimmune diseases, Rozalia Lepădatu, has drawn attention that, after the last change, 70 innovative medicines appeared. A group will study the way legislation concerning price policies can change so that commitments are met until April the 1st, said Andrei Baciu, the Heath Minister. “The price calculus, as far as medicines policies are concerned, is a complex one, one that targets the clawback tax, a problem that we have worked a lot on recently, many scenarios have been analyzed and things are, at this moment, almost clear, but this only refers to one side of the price dimension in the larger domain of the medicine policy. There are many medicines that cannot be found and that keep disappearing off the market. It has obviously come to unsustainable point, as far as Romanian patients are concerned. Some measures need to be taken. We will bring experts to discuss, be because it is a mainly technical problem, to identify European models and to adapt them to the local context.
Three people have so far been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, among which one has already been cured
Until now, in Romania three people have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, among which one has been declared cured after medical tests have proved negative. The two people carrying the new virus are hospitalized in Cluj-Napoca and Timisoara, in a stable condition. Also, on a national level, 42 people are in an institutionalized quarantine and 9431 are motorized at home – according to the latest data from the Strategical Communication Group. People monitored at home are advised to respect isolation rules, to remain in the determined area and to maintain constant contact with the sanitary authorities in their area.
Classes in UMF ”Iuliu Haţieganu” in Cluj-Napoca suspended for fear of coronavirus spread
Classes of the Medicine and Pharmacy University”Iuliu Haţieganu” din Cluj-Napoca will be suspended until March the 15th, seeking to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. The board of the university announced that, for this stage, courses will be held online.
The head of the”Iuliu Haţieganu” University, in Cluj, said that suspending courses in amphitheaters and labs is a prevention measure. All information referring to the online courses have already been transmitted to students. At this specific university, risks are higher, as part of the teaching process takes place in hospitals, where the exposure to a contamination with the coronavirus is higher. Also, students, who are very mobile, can easily spread the virus if they end up getting infected. The board of the University recommends students to avoid crowded places like shopping–malls and theaters. Moreover, the university has 2500 foreign students from all over the world.
Alexandra Ioniță, RADOR
