Country Presentations

Mexico

Mexico’s Pharmaceutical DNA and

Key Challenges and Opportunities

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Mexico’s Pharmaceutical DNAHealth system

– Population aged 65 and over predicted to reach 21% of total by 2050– Public expenditure on health lowest in OECD (as of 2010)– Annual growth rates of health expenditure below OECD average

Pharmaceutical Environment– Pharmaceutical expenditure represents high percentage of total health expenditure– Private out-of-pocket (OOP) spending represents 95% of spending on pharmaceuticals

Pricing and Reimbursement (P&R)– Price caps on patented medicines based on international referencing– Reimbursement limited mainly to generic medicines, based on health technology assessment (HTA)

Intellectual Property (IP)– Biopharmaceutical IP protection fairly standard, except limitations in ability to enforce patents– Counterfeited medicines problematic, particularly in private pharmacies

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Key Challenges and Opportunities

Challenges

• Below OECD average annual growth rates of health expenditure over last decade

• Fragmented health system and health policymaking

• Pharmaceutical provision by public health insurance schemes focused almost entirely on generics

• Challenging IP environment – ability to enforce patents, particularly in the approval of generics and in the judicial system

 Opportunities

• Dependency population rapidly increasing to developed world proportions

• Relatively small public health care sector, compared to other OECD countries; room for growth in private health insurance sector

• Potential for expanding consumption of innovative pharmaceuticals, particularly in light of historically low consumption of pharmaceuticals, demographic opportunities, and the population’s propensity to purchase medicines from the private sector

• Increasingly strong regulation of quality and safety in the biopharmaceutical market, including phasing out of similares, leading to greater purchase and utilization of high quality products

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Presentation Overview

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Presentation Overview

• Demographic background

• Macro-economic background

• Health system overview

• Pharmaceutical overview

• Pricing and reimbursement policies

• Intellectual property environment

• Biopharmaceutical regulatory requirements

• Public procurement policies – pharmaceuticals

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Demographic Background

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Demographics

• Total population: 34 million

• Annual population growth rates: between 0.79% and 1.36% 2000-2010

• Dependency population 2010– Youth population (aged less than 15): 28.1%– Elderly population (aged 65 and over): 5.9%

• Dependency population aged 65 and over growing rapidly: predicted to reach 21.2% of total population by 2050

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Macroeconomic Background

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Macroeconomic Background• GDP per head: USD 15,195 (2010)

• OECD average USD 33,976 (2010)

• Annual GDP growth 2011: 4.5%

• OECD average 2011: 1.8%

• Volatile economic growth rates over past decade – greater highs and lows than US, EU27 and OECD averages

• Low national debt: 27% of GDP in 2010

• OECD central government debt average close to 80%

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Real GDP % Growth 1997-2010

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Health System Overview

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General Health System Facts• Several vertically integrated public insurers/providers for different

parts of population (social security, low-income, unemployed/self-employed)

• Universal coverage (through expansion of public insurance schemes) targeted in 2012

• Outside social security system, financing mix of MoH and states• Actual coverage and medical services provided by social security

system and State Health Services• Out-of-pocket spending highest in the OECD (49% in 2010)• Health policy fragmented, divided between federal and state

governments• Large private sector (represents 50% of health spending)

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Health Expenditure

• TEH 6.2% of GDP in 2010 (latest figures)– 3.3% lower than OECD average of 9.5% (2010)

• 47.3% of total health spending in 2010 public expenditure– OECD average 72% (2010)

• 3-4% increase in public expenditure as % of TEH since 2005 • Annual average growth rate (AAGR) total health expenditure 3.8%

per year 2000-2009– OECD average 4.3%

• AAGR public sector 4.0% per year 2000-2009 – OECD average 4.5%

• Out of pocket spending as % of TEH 49% 2010 – OECD average 19.5 % (2010)

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Total Expenditure on Health % of GDP, 1990-2010

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Public Expenditure on Health, % TEH, Mexico, 1990-2011

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Public expenditure and out-of-pocket payments, % total expenditure on health, 2010

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Pharmaceutical Overview

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Pharmaceutical Overview (1)

• Pharmaceuticals partially covered through various health insurance schemes

• Public insurance provision dominated by generics• Traditionally, three main classes of medicines in the market:

- Innovative (patented); - “Interchangeable generics” (approved and registered by MoH based on

bioequivalence tests); and - “Similar generics” or similares (generics approved and registered without

bioequivalence tests)• Public insurance provision of similares phased out 2005-present

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Pharmaceutical Overview (2)

• High volume of medicines sold through private pharmacies due to insufficient public health insurance coverage of pharmaceuticals

• Private financing of medicines far outweighs public financing: 80% vs. 20%

• Majority of private spending on medicines is OOP (over 95%)• Still, overall, lowest consumption of pharmaceutical products per

capita in OECD

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Snapshot of Pharmaceutical Spending

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• Pharmaceutical spending as % TEH 2nd highest in OECD (27.1% in 2009)

• Per capita spending 2nd lowest in OECD (2009)• Medium growth in per capita pharmaceutical spending in 2000s,

from very low rates at beginning of decade• Between 1999-2009 per capita spending almost tripled from

USD 87.3 to USD 249.9 (PPP)• Incremental growth expected: pharmaceutical sales projected to

rise from US$13 billion (MXN161 billion) in 2011 to US$18 billion in 2015

Total Expenditure on Pharmaceuticals and Other Medical Non-durables, % TEH, Mexico, 1999-2009

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Total Expenditure on Pharmaceuticals, % of TEH, 1999-2009, Mexico and Select OECD Countries

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Total Per Capita Spending, Pharmaceuticals and Other Medical Non-durables, US$ PPP, Mexico, 1999-2009

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Pricing and Reimbursement Policies

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Pricing Policies Patented Medicines

• Maximum retail prices capped by Ministry of Economy (mainly for private sector)

• Use international reference pricing• Calculated on basis of the average ex-factory price of the

previous quarter in the six largest markets for a given product globally

• Governed by General Law on Health, Article 31• Lack of across-the-board compliance by pharmacies, poorly

regulated• Little competition in public sector prices for patented medicines

(due to centralized purchasing price)

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Generic Pricing Policies

Pricing• Public sector: no central price control, wide variation in prices by

state or insurance scheme• Private sector: generics/off-patent medicines no price controlPolicies Promoting the Use of Generics• Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks

(COFEPRIS) creates Interchangeable Generics List• Listed by INN, includes both generic and original products• Public sector insurance schemes use list as well as National

Formulary to encourage (but not require) generic prescription• Generic consumption through public insurance coverage still

limited

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Reimbursement Policies

• All public institutions and insurance schemes governed by National Formulary (Cuadro Básico y Catálogo de Medicamientos)

• Set by National Formulary Committee (CICBISS) of the General Health Council (CSG)

• Dictates first, second and third lines of treatment• 4-5 months for review and decision• Listed by INN, each assigned a code• Limits medicines available to 932 INNs (2011) based on market

authorization and Economic Evaluation Study (EEE)• Large majority are off-patent• Published annually

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HTA Policies

• Economic Evaluation Study (EEE) compares current standard treatment with product proposed for inclusion in Cuadro Básico

• Mandated by CICBISS Internal Regulation, Article 24 • Submitted by company, CICBISS reviews according to CSG

guidelines• Must include at least 1 of the following comparisons:

- Cost-minimization – cost savings compared to equally effective comparators

- Cost-effectiveness – incremental cost-effectiveness ratio relative to GDP per capita per additional years of life

- Cost-utility – same as above, using QALY as denominator- Cost-benefit – rate of return relative to public debt issued by Federal

Government

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Intellectual Property Environment

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Pharmaceutical IP Overview

• Biopharmaceutical IP protection fairly standard, but not fully in line with international standards and bilateral commitments

• Biotech inventions patentable, except in natural state or processes of reproduction

• Patent linkage system ineffective, lacks transparency • IP enforcement improving but insufficient

- Significant delays in prosecution common- Injunctions frequently ineffective- Sales of counterfeit medicines in pharmacies undeterred, although efforts

to contain are increasingly routine

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Pharmaceutical ‘Patent Linkage’ Mechanism

• Basic linkage system exists based on Presidential Decree (2003)

• Requires generic applicants to comment on the patent status of the reference product

• Potential infringement issues resolved by Mexican Patent Office (IMPI) and COFEPRIS and published by IMPI

• Significant weaknesses:– Does not involve notification or consultation of the patent holder– Only applies to substance patents; despite 2008 Supreme Court ruling

requiring inclusion of formulation and use patents, not consistently applied– Process often delayed and ineffective

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PTE and RDP

• Mexico does not offer patent term extensions for pharmaceutical products

• COFEPRIS introduced 5 year regulatory data protection term in 2012

• RDP only applies to NCEs thus far

• Implementation of RDP still uncertain

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Biopharmaceutical Regulatory Requirements

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Marketing Authorization for Chemical Entities

• MoH Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS) responsible for drug testing and approval

• New drug submissions required to undergo safety, efficacy and quality testing

• All generics now required to submit bioequivalence tests • Re-registration required every 5 years (elimination of similares)• COFEPRIS actively monitors availability of unapproved/sub-

standard drugs• Recent delays in approvals; 2011-12 new target maximum

approval time 180 days• COFEPRIS observes and has adopted guidelines of

International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH)

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Removal of Similares from the Mexican Market

• Similares formalized in 1998 reform to General Law on Health• Reform identified three classes of drugs approved by MoH

(innovative, interchangeable generics and similar generics)• Similares did not undergo bioequivalence tests; not sanctioned

as interchangeable with the original drug• Accounted for 36% of medicines sold in private sector in 2002• Quality and safety debate over non-bioequivalence tested

products in both public and private sectors 2002-2005 • Effort to phase out similares from the market, 2005-2010

- 2005 amendment to General Law on Health, Art.376 required all generics to undergo bioequivalence tests

- All generics registered prior to 2005 had to be re-registered using bioequivalence tests by 2010

• Not yet fully implemented; severe delays in re-registration (1,000 applications remaining in Oct 2012)

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Marketing Authorization for Biologics and Biosimilars

• Biological drugs undergo the same procedure and testing requirements as new chemical entities

• “Biocomparables” (biosimilars) pathway came into force in 2012 (Mexican Health Law, Art 222bis and COFEPRIS guidelines)

• Mexican biosimilar pathway de facto resembles that used by the European Medicines Agency

• Biologic similares (bio-similares) being phased out along with other similares

• RDP protection/periods do not exist for biologics and biosimilars

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Public Procurement Policies – Pharmaceuticals

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Public Procurement Policies – Pharmaceuticals (1)

General characteristics of the procurement system

• Relies on INN (as per the Cuadro Básico)

• Favors generics over innovative products

• Decisions based largely on price

• Value plays a role mainly to the extent it is a factor of a product’s inclusion in the Cuadro Básico

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Public Procurement Policies – Pharmaceuticals (2)

Phase I: Setting of centralized procurement price• Coordinating Commission for Negotiating the Price of Medicines

and Other Health Inputs (CCNPMIS) annually secures single price for given product for all public institutions

• Composed of representatives of MoH, MoEcon, public health insurers

• Principle objective: uniform price reductionsPhase II: Actual procurement by individual institutions• Based on centrally agreed price• Mandatory to tender for products included in Cuadro Básico

(generics where possible)• States handle purchasing of non-essential medicines for all

MoH-dependent schemes• Wide variation in average drug prices among states

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Thank you!

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