An­timi­cro­bial re­sis­tance: FDA dis­cuss­es re­im­burse­ment re­forms

Re­im­burse­ment re­forms for an­timi­cro­bial treat­ments could in­clude “a mix of mile­stone pay­ments and sub­scrip­tion fees for de­vel­op­ers of FDA-ap­proved prod­ucts with high eco­nom­ic and clin­i­cal val­ue, tar­get­ed at mul­ti-drug re­sis­tant or­gan­isms and linked to proven clin­i­cal out­comes,” FDA Com­mis­sion­er Scott Got­tlieb said in a speech at Pew Char­i­ta­ble Trusts on Fri­day.

He al­so of­fered the idea of us­ing a “sub­scrip­tion-based mod­el” that could see hos­pi­tals pay­ing a flat rate for ac­cess to a cer­tain num­ber of dos­es of a new an­timi­cro­bial.

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