About us

The MEDICINE EVALUATION COMMITTEE (MEDEV) was established in 1998 by representatives of the social health insurance organisations in Austria, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and Switzerland to facilitate informed discussions and exchanges on pharmaceutical policy developments in the EU.

The European Social Insurance Platform (ESIP) in Brussels was commissioned with the role of coordinating the activities of the Committee.

MEDEV is a network of 22 national authorities from 18 Member States and Norway bringing together all the relevant institutions (national HTA agencies and social health insurers-payers) responsible for the assessment, pricing and reimbursement of medicines in Europe. MEDEV forum includes all those involved in the decision-making processes turning access to medicines into a reality for patients across Europe. 

The overarching mission of MEDEV is to further the sustainable provision of medicines to patients who are publicly insured.

 

Cooperation & Exchange

MEDEV provides an informal platform for exchanges between national bodies responsible for the assessment, pricing and reimbursement of medicines to support them in their role at national level. This includes:

  • Rapid assessments of (new) medicinal products of common interest
  • Exchanges on ongoing and planned assessments for reimbursement, methodologies and pharmaceutical policy
  • Review of EU-level activities impacting on national assessment, pricing and reimbursement
  • Timely analyses of drug related trends and innovations, and political and legal initiatives of the European Institutions
 

Expertise

MEDEV provides an informal platform for consultation at EU level, offering specific expertise in the following areas:

 

Collaboration

MEDEV collaborates closely with the following organisations and networks:

News

Reflections on national strategies for new medicines

12-07-2020

The accelerated pace of technological developments, increasingly complex therapies and the combination of different technologies is changing regulatory practice, influencing HTA as well as pricing and reimbursement.

Innovative medicines targeting a (high) unmet-medical-need often demand marketing authorisation through an expedited procedure based on much less robust evidence, leading to...

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Strong evidence for informed and timely decisions for the benefit of all patients

21-06-2022

The upcoming proposal by the European Commission on the revision of the EU general pharmaceuticals legislation, expected by the end of 2022, intends to address shortcomings in terms of access to and availability of new treatments. Safety, quality and affordability are crucial elements for bringing effective medicines to the market with significant benefits for patients and...

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Rebalancing incentives for truly rare diseases

12-12-2022

In view of the upcoming revision of the EU pharmaceuticals legislation (expected in Q1 2023), ESIP & MEDEV published a joint position on the EU legislation on medicines for rare diseases (orphan medicinal products - OMPs). The ESIP & MEDEV position includes a compilation of amendments to Regulation (EC) 141/...

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