Pharm-In: Pioneering Digital Solutions for Drug Categorization
For over 15 years, Pharm-In has been at the forefront of modernizing drug categorization and pricing. Pharm-In Apps is an integrated system of connected solutions designed to centralize information, simplify data processing, and support informed decision-making. This suite of applications helps pharmaceutical professionals navigate complex regulations more efficiently, leading to faster drug approvals and improved patient access to innovative treatments.
A Highly Regulated Market with Constant Challenges
Did you know that Slovakia has one of the world’s most strict drug pricing and reimbursement systems? Along with Poland, it is the only country that has a legislatively defined financial criterion for determining the pharmaco-economic benefit of a medicine. Moreover, frequent regulatory changes can lead to drug withdrawals, reimbursement adjustments, or higher patient co-payments – directly impacting access to medicines for patients.
Optimizing the Categorization Process
In Slovakia, drug pricing and reimbursement determination, known as the “drug categorization”, is a complex and resource-intensive process. Pharmaceutical companies must prepare extensive medical and economic justifications, supported by vast amounts of data, for authorities to evaluate. However, what if this process could be made more efficient?
That’s where digitalization plays a crucial role. The categorization process relies on detailed clinical and economic analyses, which inform decisions on public health insurance reimbursement. Traditionally, manual data processing has been time-consuming and prone to errors. Now, industry experts are increasingly leveraging digital tools to accelerate workflows and improve accuracy.
Innovative Digital Tools for Categorization of Medicines
Pharm-In Apps, an interconnected system of digital solutions, streamlines data processing, enhances decision-making, and accelerates approvals—ensuring a faster, more transparent path to market for innovative medicines.
A Comprehensive Suite of Digital Tools
Pharm-In Apps offers a range of specialized solutions tailored to the pharmaceutical industry:
- MONITOR-In – Tracks categorization proceedings on the Ministry of Health’s electronic portal, providing real-time email and push notifications about key news and changes.
- PRICE-In – Delivers instant, up-to-date insights into current and projected drug prices, reimbursement levels, and patient co-payments. It ensures pricing strategies remain aligned with affordability considerations.
- eRiX – A powerful analytics tool that offers comprehensive search and filtering capabilities for price and reimbursement proceedings. It assesses decision-making trends in reimbursement approvals.
- PRICE-Ex – Facilitates rapid electronic searches of EU drug pricing databases, automates international price comparisons, and maintains long-term pricing records.
- Ex-PEND – An advanced market analytics tool that evaluates pharmaceutical consumption and health insurance expenditure based on National Health Information Centre and other public datasets.
- Epi-VIEW – Provides detailed epidemiological analyses, offering nationwide statistical insights into malignancies and other critical health indicators.
- Precedent – Serves as a knowledge base on decision-making practices in drug categorizations, helping companies prepare data-driven reimbursement applications.
- Pharm-In Apps Mobile – A convenient mobile solution that consolidates essential drug information—including pricing, reimbursement conditions, and ongoing categorizations proceedings—into a single, user-friendly platform.
The Future of Pharmaceuticals is Digital
As the pharmaceutical industry continues to evolve, digital solutions are no longer optional – they are essential. Pharm-In Apps is redefining how companies approach drug categorizations, ensuring greater efficiency, accuracy, and transparency.
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The future of pharmacy is digital. Discover it with Pharm-In Apps. We provide a complete range of services required by applicable legislation in the field of drug policy – explore the solutions we offer at: www.pharmin.sk/pharm-in-apps
Mária Bucek Pšenková, General Manager, Pharm-In
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