1. Pharmaceutical Pricing & Reimbursement Information ÖBIG Warsaw 29 October 20071 European cooperation - PPRI PPRI Project Christine Leopold Gesundheit Österreich GmbH PPRI Conference Warsaw, 29 October 2007

2. Pharmaceutical Pricing & Reimbursement Information ÖBIG Warsaw 29 October 20072  Rationale -Need for up-dated information on pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement -Need for information-sharing and exchange of experiences/good- practices  Framework -Research project -Funded by European Commission, DG SANCO, co-funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health -Project leader: Gesundheit Österreich GmbH/Geschäftsbereich ÖBIG Associated partner: WHO, Regional Office for Europe -April 2005 – October 2007, further initiatives Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Information (PPRI)

3. Pharmaceutical Pricing & Reimbursement Information ÖBIG Warsaw 29 October 20073  Deliverables: Network -Network of 48 participating institutions -Competent authorities: MoH, Medicines Agencies, Social Insurances -26 EU Member States, plus Albania, Canada, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey -European and international institutions: EMEA, EU/DG ENTR, OECD, World Bank Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Information (PPRI)

4. Pharmaceutical Pricing & Reimbursement Information ÖBIG Warsaw 29 October 20074  Deliverables: Pharma Profiles -National reports on pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement -Written by PPRI participants -Focus on out-patient sector -> lesson learned Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Information (PPRI)

5. Pharmaceutical Pricing & Reimbursement Information ÖBIG Warsaw 29 October 20075  Further Deliverables -PPRI Glossary -PPRI Core List of 21 Indicators -PPRI Comparative Analysis  See PPRI Website: http://oebig.ppri.at ppri@oebig.at Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Information (PPRI)