The market for innovative drugs is characterised by a high level of regulation, whose impact on the market is not neutral. Strict regulation may in fact adversely affect incentives to develop new and better products; on the other hand high prices may drive an unsustainable increase of healthcare...

The paper uses a real option approach to investigate the impact of performance-based risk-sharing agreements for the reimbursement of new drugs in comparison with standard cost-effectiveness thresholds. The results show that the exact definition of the risk-sharing agreement is key in...

In the the recent past some forms of risk sharing agreements have been used in some countries in drug pricing. In this note we present a specific risk sharing agreement on effectiveness and show how such mechanism is going to affect the market in the long run. In particular, we will show how the...

In this article we analyse the problem of determining the price for new drugs in a market where a stringent budget constraint on public expenditure exists and we suggest an innovative methodology to set their prices. The market is characterised by asymmetry of information and a high proportion...

In this article we analyse the market for drugs in health care markets where third payers (an insurance company or a government agency) bear the cost and we suggest a common and transparent methodology to set the price for new drugs as well as active principles for which an alternative already...