The evaluation of orphan drugs is delaying access to innovation for Spanish patients with Rare Diseases (RD). This is the main conclusion drawn from the first Analysis of the Therapeutic Positioning Reports of HMPs produced in our country. A pioneering project developed by the Spanish Association of Orphan and Ultra-Orphan Drug Laboratories (AELMHU) in its aim to provide the largest number of data and access indicators in Spain.

Although all orphan drugs pass an exhaustive analysis by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), in which the agencies of the different Member States participate, when they arrive in our country they begin a long process of re-evaluation in which the Spanish institutions re-examine their efficacy, as well as the budgetary impact they cause.

As the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) itself has been demanding, it is necessary to provide this body with sufficient financial and human resources to deal with a huge volume of dossiers that is growing every year.

Executive Summary

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