BRAS COURSE INTRODUCTION TO PRICING & REIMBURSEMENT in BELGIUM
3rd edition
Novotel Brussels Airport, 29-30 November 2012

This two-day course is intended to provide a basic knowledge and understanding of the main principles and concepts of pricing & reimbursement in Belgium.

Programme and speakers

Day 1

09.00 Registration and coffee
09.30 Welcome & introduction to the course
Marc Benijts (BRAS)
09.45 Pricing: overview legislations – commissions
Françoise Marlier / Annick Laporte (FPS Economy)
10.15 Practical aspects of reglementation. How to manage a price dossier
Françoise Marlier / Annick Laporte (FPS Economy)
11.00 coffee break
11.15 Case studies on pricing
Magali Audiart (pharma.be), Bart Van den Daele (Gilead)
13.00 lunch
14.00 Introduction to pharmaco-economic principles
Steven Simoens (KUL)
15.00 New approach in the treatment. First example: care pathways
Alex Peltier (ANMC-LCM)
15.45 coffee break
16.00 Legislation chapter IV – sick fund point of view and practical follow up
Michael Callens (CM Landsbond)
16.45 End of the first day

Day 2

09.30 Social security system Belgium (structures, RIZIV/INAMI, financing, budget)
Gabriela Klasa (Covington & Burling LLP)
10.15 Reimbursement of drugs, global overview (legislation, commissions, committees, CTG, KCE)
Agnes Degroote (ADg Consultancy)
11.00 coffee break
11.15 Specific legislation class 1 products and orphan drugs. Practical approach
Agnes Degroote (ADg Consultancy)
12.15 Agreements with the authorities: practical approach
Françoise Stryckman (pharma.be)
12.45 lunch

13.30 Specific legislation class 2 products. Practical approach
Agnes Degroote (ADg Consultancy)
14.00 Specific legislation class 3 products. Practical approach
Elke Grooten (Sandoz nv/sa)
14.45 coffee break
15.00 Changing the modalities for reimbursement. Line extension, new indications, new pharm form
Agnes Degroote (ADg Consultancy)
15.45 Cloosing remarks
Marc Benijts (BRAS)
16.00 End of course

Language: Given the specificity of the topics and their relation to national procedures, the presentations will be given in Dutch, French or English upon the choice of the speakers. No simultaneous translation available.

Fees: € 900,00 for the members and € 1.100,00 for a non member.