“Cutter” on generic drugs three euros per preparation announced Adonis Georgiadis. The additional burden of a patient on generics cannot henceforth exceed the amount of three euros for each preparation, according to the new Ministerial Decision, signed today Friday by the Minister of Health.

Regarding this decision, Adonis Georgiadis stated that any policy implementation it must serve several purposes. “On the one hand, in this case the control of pharmaceutical expenditurewhich we are obliged to do if we want to be able to facilitate the entry of new innovative medicines into the final list and if it is to save more human lives and, on the other hand, to avoid excessive burden on patients in the event that for their own reasons they do not they want to change the preparation they are using”, said the Minister of Health.

The recent decision of the EOPYY says that the EOPYY reimburses the cheapest generic, continues A. Georgiadis and adds: “This potentially creates the risk that if a patient or their doctor chooses a more expensive generic, the difference is borne by the patient. In most cases this base is too small, because generic prices are low and close to each other. But in some marginal cases this could potentially be quite a burden.

So, in order to avoid this distortion, which is not our political will, I added to a new Ministerial Decision “cutter” at 3 euros. This means that for generic drugs the additional burden of a patient it cannot be more than 3 euros per preparation”

The goal of the Ministry of Health is the political penetration of generic drugs to save money on the expense and to make room for the introduction of innovative treatments that the world will absolutely need. “When the patient needs an innovative drug, we must be ready to give it to him” concludes A. Georgiadis.