Sep 27, 2017   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

PMPRB Hearing Panel issues decision in Soliris case

OTTAWA, Sept. 27, 2017 /CNW/ - A Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) Hearing Panel issued its decision relating to the medicine Soliris, manufactured and marketed in Canada by Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. The Panel has found that the price of Soliris (eculizumab) 10 mg/mL was and is excessive under sections 83 and 85 of the Patent Act. The Panel has ordered Alexion to pay to Her Majesty in right of Canada an amount calculated in accordance with Schedule A to this decision. The Hearing Panel has also ordered Alexion to lower the list price of Soliris in Canada as of September 20, 2017 to no higher than the lowest price in the seven comparator countries set out in the Patented Medicines Regulations.

Quick Facts

    --  The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) is an independent
        quasi-judicial body that protects the interests of Canadian consumers by
        ensuring the prices of patented medicines sold in Canada are not
        excessive, and provides stakeholders with price, cost, and utilization
        information to help them make timely and knowledgeable drug pricing,
        purchasing, and reimbursement decisions.
    --  Patentees must file price and sales information with the PMPRB at
        introduction, and twice a year afterward, for each strength of each
        dosage form of each patented medicine sold in Canada.
    --  PMPRB staff review the prices patentees charge for each individual
        patented drug product sold in Canadian markets on an ongoing basis to
        ensure their prices are not excessive.
    --  If the PMPRB Hearing Panel finds a patentee to be in breach of its
        reporting requirements, the Panel may order the patentee to provide the
        PMPRB with the required pricing and sales information.

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Associated Links

    --  Patent Act (Justice Canada)
    --  Status of Ongoing Proceedings (Patented Medicine Prices Review Board)

SOURCE Patented Medicine Prices Review Board