Who are the board members?
The Pharmaceuticals Pricing Board consists of seven members and their deputies nominated by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health for three years at a time. The board members have to be university graduates with at least a Masters Degree. At least one of the members has to represent medical, one pharmaceutical, one legal and one economic expertise. Two members of the Pharmaceuticals Pricing Board are from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, one from the Ministry of Finance, two from the Social Insurance Institution (Kela), one from the Finnish Medicines Agency (Fimea) and one from the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
Decision-making of the Pharmaceuticals Pricing Board
The board decides on the reimbursement and reasonable wholesale price of medicinal products in its meetings. The secretariat presents the applications for the board. The board meets on average once a month, more often if needed.
Meetings of the board (preliminary schedule)
What does the secretariat do?
The secretariat of the Pharmaceuticals Pricing Board consists of officers of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health who work as presenting officials for the board. In addition to the director there are chief pharmaceutical officers, M.Sc.(Pharm.), pharmaceutical officers, B.Sc.(Pharm.), and secretaries in the secretariat.
The chief pharmaceutical officers mainly present the reimbursement and wholesale price applications concerning new active substances. Pharmaceutical officers present the applications for renewal of reimbursement and wholesale price and applications concerning clinical nutritional preparations, medicinal products subject to special marketing authorization and basic ointments.
