Nee, het klopte niet (maar wat Jetten zei klopte ook niet). De CPB doorrekening laat nieuwe geneesmiddelen wel toe (immers oude geneesmiddelen krijgen concurrentie, gaan van het patent af, en zakken in prijs. Dat maakt budget vrij voor nieuwe geneesmiddelen). Thomas van Groningen

Drug spending isn't the driver of increasing healthcare costs in any OECD country. Drug spend grew slowly for 25 years (yellow line), while overall healthcare spending outpaces it (blue line). New IQVIA report: iqvia.com/-/media/iqvia/…

Ben wel nieuwsgierig: hoe meet je de opkomstpercentage op een bepaald tijdstip?

Eerst waren huisartsen tegen hormoontherapie, dan wordt er een niet-hormonale pil ontwikkeld (zoals fezolinetant), maar die moet je natuurlijk niet gebruiken (usual suspects: prijs, geringe ervaring). Nu mag hormonaal weer want indertijd allemaal verkeerd geïnterpreteerd. Pff.

“I had hemophilia for nearly five decades. I went to Philadelphia and had a 45-minute infusion, and my hemophilia was gone.” Genes-> Medicine Nature Medicine nature.com/articles/s4159…

A massive global review just confirmed it. Clinical trials + real-world data from 132 million people across the globe. The HPV vaccine doesn’t just reduce cervical cancer. It almost eliminates it. Yes, you read that right. Girls vaccinated before 16 have an 80% lower risk of

Saw this on television: the tablet is upright and replacing the ordinary standard. Does anybody know what device to use for that?

Nvidia is worth more than all Big Pharma combined

New in NEJM: Pfizer's mRNA flu vaccine beat the standard flu shot in a phase 3 trial. 34.5% better. Statistically superior, not just noninferior. The timing is brutal. 🧵 nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Oeps

Incredible piece showing why hospitals are the biggest driver of healthcare spending. Everyone wants to blame pharma but that’s not what’s happening. Hospitals can mark up drugs when they administer them. And those markups can be absurd. Bloomberg found hospitals charging

The White House President Donald J. Trump Your president has become the laughingstock of the entire world. Few people take Trump seriously; he is widely seen as a temporary anomaly. Americans should be mindful of the lasting damage an incompetent president can cause. Ultimately, he remains your problem.

Het blijft zo belangrijk om te herhalen dat vaccins op de juiste manier moeten worden toegediend! Fijn en gezellig 2026 allemaal!!

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