drug policy

For 2021, an increase in the budget of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) by approximately BGN 312 million is planned. Unlike the previous year, this time it is nominal - within 7.2%, for comparison in 2019 - 2020 it was 9.1%. The main items on which these …

In recent weeks, we have witnessed a heated debate between doctors and master pharmacists about the right and procedure for prescribing medicines for Bulgarian patients. Pharmacists are starting from the point of view that due to the state of emergency, there is a possibility that certain medicines or their analogues will become scarce goods. Here …

The COVID-19 epidemic in Bulgaria is developing. Speculation about whether it is in its beginning, middle and end should be left aside, as the main goal at the moment should be to minimize the risk of the widespread spread of the virus. Even now, predictions about its development are …

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|Full text of the analysis| The results of the study of the Bulgarian market show the conclusions of previous analyses, such as the one commissioned by the European Commission in 2019, concerning the positive effects of the entry of biosimilar medicines into European markets. In other words, price competition between biosimilar medicines and reference medicines (together and among themselves) allows …

This year's budget for medicines in Bulgaria amounts to 1.2 billion leva, forming a quarter of the total healthcare budget of the National Health Insurance Fund. However, our market still lacks certain medicines that are easily accessible in the European market. The lack of these medicines, as well as the abuses on this market, are mainly due to …

We started 2019 with a strong start – the topic of healthcare is hot again and the EKIP presented a new study: Proposal for a rational drug policy. The author of the analysis, health economist Arkadi Sharkov, was a guest on one of the most watched shows on the domestic airwaves – “Face to Face” on BTV. According to him, for …

Uncontrollably growing budget for medicines Over the past few years, the growth in the cost of medicines paid by the NHIF has been between 15-20% on an annual basis. In 2018, the costs reached 1 billion, and the primary reaction of the institutions was the so-called limitation of payment for innovative medicines, entitled "moratorium", which fell ...

What are the critical points that the healthcare system will face by the end of 2018? Over the past few months, we have witnessed a number of scandals in the healthcare sector and an unceasing whirlpool of ideas, proposals and policies that, after an attempt to be put into practice, are rejected by the system in every possible way and …

In connection with the deepening financial instability of the healthcare sector in Bulgaria, the experts from the EKIP have found a solution to the problem of the continuous increase in the costs of medicines of the NHIF. The analysis used data from the drug group of sartans (medicinal products for the treatment of arterial hypertension) for the period 2005-2016. …