[Drugs for rare diseases: the blessing of being orphans.]

[Obat untuk penyakit langka: berkah menjadi orfan.]

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Abstract
The incentives provided by Orphan Drugs Regulations have promoted the development of drugs that effectively ameliorate the course of serious conditions that had previously been neglected. However, the treatment of each individual patient with any of these drugs - the so-called 'orphan drugs' - is so expensive, that the total burden for publicly funded Health care Service is enormous and may become unsustainable. Italy is no exception, if it is to abide by its basic tenet of providing access to essential medicines - free of charge - to the entire population. We do not see any glimpses of improvement on the horizon: therefore we suggest that radical change must be introduced. First, price negotiation ought to take place at the European level, not at the member state level. Second, pricing should take into account not only value for patients, but also costs of research and development (R&D) plus production. Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) should also support research focused on optimizing the effective use of orphan drugs in clinical practice. The challenges are complex: but AIFA is recognized as an authoritative body, and may be able to coagulate the agreement of other regulatory agencies for the ultimate purpose of achieving, for each of the orphan drugs a more reasonable 'European price'.
Insentif yang diberikan oleh Regulasi *Orphan Drugs* telah mendorong pengembangan obat-obatan yang secara efektif memperbaiki perjalanan penyakit serius yang sebelumnya terabaikan. Namun demikian, pengobatan untuk setiap pasien individu dengan obat-obatan ini—yang disebut 'obat yatim' (*orphan drugs*)—sangat mahal, sehingga beban total bagi Layanan Kesehatan yang didanai publik menjadi luar biasa besar dan berpotensi tidak berkelanjutan. Italia tidak terkecuali, apabila negara tersebut harus mematuhi prinsip dasarnya untuk menyediakan akses terhadap obat-obatan esensial—secara cuma-cuma—bagi seluruh populasi. Kami tidak melihat adanya tanda-tanda perbaikan di masa depan; oleh karena itu, kami menyarankan agar perubahan radikal segera diterapkan. Pertama, negosiasi harga seharusnya dilakukan di tingkat Eropa, bukan di tingkat negara anggota. Kedua, penetapan harga harus memperhitungkan tidak hanya manfaat bagi pasien, tetapi juga biaya penelitian dan pengembangan (R&D) serta produksi. Badan Pengawas Obat Italia (AIFA) juga harus mendukung penelitian yang berfokus pada pengoptimalan penggunaan *orphan drugs* secara efektif dalam praktik klinis. Tantangan yang dihadapi memang kompleks: tetapi AIFA diakui sebagai badan yang berwenang, dan mungkin mampu menggalang kesepakatan dari badan regulator lainnya demi tujuan akhir untuk mencapai 'harga Eropa' yang lebih wajar bagi setiap *orphan drug*.
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Authors Costa, Enrico;Schieppati, Arrigo;Luzzatto, Lucio;Remuzzi, Giuseppe;
Journal recenti progressi in medicina
Year 2019
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10.1701/3163.31444
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