Project collaboration agreement between EURIPID and WHO

The EURIPID (European Integrated Price Information Database) Collaboration and WHO Headquarters have signed a project collaboration agreement. The aim of the project is to improve the transparency of markets for medicines, vaccines, and other health products. For the duration of the project, the EURIPID collaboration will assist the WHO with knowledge development, standards setting, and country level capacity building related to the management and analysis of pharmaceutical price data. A major outcome under this objective will be the development of a handbook to guide pharmaceutical price analysis and interpretation, including a glossary, data definition, methodological choices and reporting standards. Furthermore, there will be two feasibility studies under WHO leadership with a view on supporting future establishment and implementation of web-based tool(s) related to the collection, analysis, and dissemination of pharmaceutical price information. The agreement will be valid for an initial period of two years, but both parties expressed their intention to continue a fruitful collaboration.