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ANNAPOLIS, MD - The Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA) applauds Congress and President Obama for preserving patient access to safe and effective plasma protein therapies by repealing the 1099 tax-reporting provision.
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA) recently updated the Association's global website and its website on plasma donation with Spanish language translations of some materials posted online to better serve consumers.
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PPTA collaborated with the patient community March 31 to host a Congressional staff briefing that focused on the uniqueness of plasma protein therapies; how they are made; the rare, chronic diseases they treat; and the importance of access.
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Statements in the international media have described the events resulting from the retraction by several leading medical journals of a large number of articles describing scientific studies by a German physician, Joachim Boldt. Boldt was dismissed from his position as head of anesthesia in the Klinikum Ludwigshafen in the state of Rheinland-Pfalz in Germany in November 2010, following initial findings by a leading anesthesia journal that a paper describing a clinical study which Boldt published in the journal had been fabricated.
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PPTA Highlights Importance of Patient Access to Plasma Protein Therapies +
On July 16, the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA) submitted comments following the Trump administration’s “American Patients First” drug policy blueprint. In any discussions impacting the ability of individuals living with rare, chronic, and life-threatening diseases, PPTA remains steadfast to its mission to promote the availability of and access to safe and effective plasma protein therapies for all patients in the world.
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Statement on Romanian Competition Council +
To our big surprise representatives from the Romanian Competition Authority arrived at our offices in Brussels on June 26 and were joined by Belgian police and the Belgian Competition Authority. The investigators were interested to know whether there was a coordinated effort to restrict supply of immunoglobulin therapies to the Romanian market for the purposes of pressuring the government to exempt these therapies from the “claw back” tax. PPTA cooperated fully with the investigators.
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Joint pharmaceutical industry statement on the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on health technology assessment (HTA) +
The pharmaceutical industry represented by AESGP1, EFPIA2, EUCOPE3, EuropaBio4, Medicines for Europe and PPTA5 – henceforth referred to as ‘the pharmaceutical industry’ – generally welcomes the European Commission (EC)’s Proposal for a Regulation on HTA6. We understand the scope of the joint clinical assessments foreseen in the proposal is limited to medicinal products subject to the centralised marketing authorisation, and exempting generic, biosimilar and non-prescription medicines7.
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