Prescribing variation across Europe: Insights into prescribing practices and educational needs
Aims Prescribing medication is a complex process, influenced by many factors that can be weighed differently. Four prescriber profiles have been identified: pragmatic‐contextual, guideline‐oriented, experience‐driven and vulnerability‐focused. However, the extent to which European prescribers identify with these profiles and the role of these profiles ...
Mariëlle G. Hartjes +3 more
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From diagnosis to daily life: A comparative pilot study on healthcare access and challenges for neurofibromatosis type 1 in public systems of Brazil and Portugal. [PDF]
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How the HTAR will contribute to a value‐based decision‐making for medicinal products across the EU
The European Union Health Technology Regulation 2021/2282 (HTAR) introduces joint assessment of health technologies (including medicinal products and medical devices) across EU Member States. It was signed into law in 2021 and came into full force in January 2025.
Roisin Adams, Michal Stanak
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Validating an Online Portuguese Battery to Measure Working Memory Capacity in a Sample of Portuguese and Brazilian Participants. [PDF]
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Regulators use expedited approval pathways to speed market approval and patient access to promising new drugs. However, there is uncertainty about whether these pathways are successful in approving drugs with significant therapeutic advantages. This systematic review aims to examine the safety, effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of drugs approved via
Ashleigh Hooimeyer +4 more
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The International Trauma Questionnaire Child and Adolescent Version (ITQ-CA) in Portuguese: validation for children at risk. [PDF]
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Aims Ocrelizumab is a humanized anti‐CD20 monoclonal antibody used in multiple sclerosis. Since its commercialization, several cases of ocrelizumab‐induced colitis have been reported in the scientific literature. Methods To explore the potential association of ocrelizumab with colitis as an adverse drug reaction (ADR), we conducted a descriptive and ...
Audrey Fresse +3 more
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Strengthening medical education through health policy and management training: a cross-sectional study among Portuguese medical students. [PDF]
Goiana-Da-Silva F +22 more
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This systematic literature review aimed to identify and characterize existing interventions designed to empower citizens to spontaneously report adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and to determine which interventions have been shown to be the most effective internationally. The research question was structured using the PICO framework.
Margarida Perdigão +3 more
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