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Country
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Reference countriesa
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Benchmark price
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Consideration of discounts
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Weighting of price data
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Revision frequency (months)
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Austria
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26 [14]
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Average
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No
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No
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No revision
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Belgium
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27 [1]
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Average
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No
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No
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No revision
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Bulgaria
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17 [1]
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Minimum
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No
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No
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6
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Croatia
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3 out of 5b [2]
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Average
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No
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No
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12
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Cyprus
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4 out of 10b [1]
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Average
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No
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No
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12
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Czech Republic
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19 [3]
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Average of 3 lowest
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No
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No
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36
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Estonia
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3 [1]
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Minimum
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No
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No
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12
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Finland
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29 [1]
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Average
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No
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No
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60
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France
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4 [1]
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Average
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No
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No
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60
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Germany
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15 [1]
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Average
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Provided for in legislationc
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Provided for in legislationc
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No revision
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Greece
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26 [3]
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Average of 3 lowest
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No
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No
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3
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Hungary
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31 [3]
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Minimum
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No
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No
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No revision
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Iceland
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4 [3]
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Average
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No
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No
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24
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Ireland
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9 [1]
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Average
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No
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No
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36
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Italy
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25d [1]
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Minimum
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No
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No
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24
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Latvia
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7 [1]
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Third lowest price
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No
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No
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24
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Lithuania
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8 [1]
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Average
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No
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No
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12
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Luxembourg
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1 [1]
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Minimum
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No
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No
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12
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Malta
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12 [3]
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Average
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No
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No
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18
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Netherlands
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4 [2]
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Average
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No
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No
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6
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Norway
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9 [1]
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Average of 3 lowest
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No
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No
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12
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Poland
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31 [1]
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Average
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No
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No
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24
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Portugal
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3 [1]
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Average
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No
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No
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12
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Romania
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12 [1]
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Minimum
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No
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No
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60
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Slovakia
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27 [1]
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Average of 3 lowest
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No
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No
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6
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Slovenia
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3 [1]
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Minimum
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No
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No
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6
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Spain
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18e [1]
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Minimum
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No
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No
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12
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Switzerland
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6 [1]
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Average
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No
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No
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36
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- aIn bracket the number of minimum reference countries that are required in legislation to determine an EPR benchmark price
- b3 (Croatia) and 4 (Cyprus) defined reference countries, respectively, out of a pool of 5 (Croatia) and 10 (Cyprus) reference countries, as data of alternative reference countries are considered in the case of non-availability of data in the primary 3 or 4 reference countries
- cAccording to legislation, Germany can consider mandatory and confidential discounts of prices in other countries, but this is not applied in practice. Furthermore, Germany has the legal mandate to weight the price data by estimated yearly turnover of the medicine (information to be provided by the pharmaceutical company) and by purchasing power parities (PPP). As both discounts as well as weighting are no common practice in the EPR in Germany, this was not considered in the base case simulations
- dCountries with price data included in the Euripid database
- eEurozone countries
