Pay for performance contracts for Avastin in Germany

Dear All,

Roche has offered performance based contracts to German hospitals whereby money is paid back when the drug does not work. It appears that the details are not in the public domain. A recent article in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung comments on that news and describes how several stakeholders perceive that strategy as quite problematic as in their view it may set the wrong incentives for hospital due the potential risk of suboptimal treatment to regain money. At the same time the legal basis is questioned as the treatment is paid by the sickness funds and therefore funds shouldn’t be given to the hospitals, argue some sick fund representatives.
This for sure is a bold move from Roche, but at the same time not the first pay for performance scheme in Germany. However it will be interesting to see how that case unfolds.

best
Ulf

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