Switch ? The German process for moving medicines from prescription to non-prescription status
Elmar Kroth · Gesundheitsökonomie & Qualitätsmanagement · 2017 · Heft 2 · S. 97 bis 102
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Abstract Background Germany has a long tradition of switch and has long been considered one of the most liberal countries in terms of the release of modern active substances from prescription, the so-called switch. In the period 2000?2016, a total of more than 30 active ingredients ? partly in different dosage strengths, dosage forms or indications ? were released from prescription status in Germany. Of these, almost half can be described as ?innovative? switches. Recently a significant decline of filed switch proposals can be noted, with only a few being successful. Methods Reflecting that the German switch pro…