Government bills2

Topicgeneric substitution2
  1. HE 314/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Introducing pharmacy substitution for biological medicines

    Pharmacies will be required to substitute expensive biological medicines with cheaper equivalents, known as biosimilars. At the same time, biological medicines will be brought within the reference price system for medicine reimbursements to reduce medicine costs.

    21 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote
  2. HE 245/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Lowering medicine costs and reimbursement expenditure

    Medicine prices and state medicine reimbursement expenditure will be reduced by obliging doctors to prescribe the most affordable biological medicines and by expanding generic substitution for asthma medicines in pharmacies. In addition, pharmacy sales margins on expensive prescription medicines will be cut and pharmacy tax will be reduced.

    13 Dec 2022 · 2 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Terhi Koulumies

    99 jaa
    72 ei