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0224/2020 - Incorporation of drugs for rare diseases in Brazil: is it possible to have full access to these patients?
Incorporações de medicamentos para doenças raras no Brasil: é possível acesso integral a estes pacientes?

Author:

• Luiza Vasconcelos Biglia - Biglia, L.V - <luizabiglia@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1403-4167

Co-author(s):

• Samara Jamile Mendes - Mendes, S. J. - <samarajm@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3107-8233
• Tácio de Mendonça Lima - Lima, T.M - <tacioml@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4395-2098
• Patricia Melo Aguiar - Aguiar, P.M. - São Paulo, SP - <patyaguiar14@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3957-4533


Abstract:

To describe the solicitationsprofile for incorporation of rare diseases drugs sent to CONITEC and its recommendations, comparing the incorporation criteria used by other HTA agencies worldwide. To this end, solicitations for the treatment of rare diseases submitted to CONITEC07/2012 to 06/2019 and its recommendations to SUS were included in this study. Subsequently, a comparison was made of the criteria used by CONITEC and other HTA agencies to incorporate these drugs. There were 60requests ofdrug incorporation to treat 30 rare disease to CONITEC. Most requests (66%) were made by pharmaceutical companies. Budget impact analyses were presented in 85% of requests and economic analyses in 68% of them. 52% of the solicitations were incorporated into SUS. CONITEC\'s justifications for non-incorporation were the absence of quality clinical evidence, non-cost-effective technologies and modest clinical benefits that do not justify the high prices.International HTA agencies (CAN, UK, FR, AUS) use different criteria for rare diseases evaluations. The data indicate that most of the evaluated drugs were incorporated into SUS and that the adoption of different criteria to assess the incorporation of rare diseases drugs will possibly bring robustness to decision making.

Keywords:

Rare diseases, Health Technology Assessment, Unified Health System, SUS

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Biglia, L.V, Mendes, S. J., Lima, T.M, Aguiar, P.M.. Incorporation of drugs for rare diseases in Brazil: is it possible to have full access to these patients?. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2020/Jul). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/incorporation-of-drugs-for-rare-diseases-in-brazil-is-it-possible-to-have-full-access-to-these-patients/17706?id=17706



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