Abstract
National medicines policy in Poland - pharmacoeconomic and IT solutions
Highlights
The National Medicines Policy is a strategic document, which sets out the priorities of the Government of the Republic of Poland regarding the management of medicines between 2018 and 2022
Poland supports measures aimed at enhancing the competitiveness and innovativeness of the pharmaceutical industry by encouraging research and development of new medicines, improving the conditions for conducting clinical trials, increasing the production capacity in Poland, fostering export sales and facilitating international expansion
For the first time in many years, the Polish government has decided to treat health care as its priority. It has been recently decided by the government to increase spending on health care to 6% of GDP in 2024
Summary
Pursuant to Art. 68 of the Polish Constitution, everyone has the right to have their health protected and the state is obliged to ensure equal access to healthcare services financed from public funds to all citizens. “National Medicines Policy in Poland 2018-22” was drafted on the basis of the 2016 guidelines of the World Health Organizations on how to develop and implement national drug policies (WHO, 2016). The following parties took part in the creation of this document: representatives of the public sector, including the Ministry of Health (coordinator of the process); Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology; Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy; National Health Fund; Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System; Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector; Chief Sanitary Inspector; National Medicines Institute; National Health Institute; and the Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products; MPs and senators who are members of parliamentary Health Committees; representatives of patients’ organizations; associations of pharmaceutical industry manufacturers and employers, and self-governing authorities of the medical professions.
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