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(cz) The in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment Menopur (highly-purified human menopausal gonatropin or HP-hMG, Ferring) offers considerable cost-savings over recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (rFSH), according to health economics data presented at this week’s meeting of the European Society of Human reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), held in Amsterdam (29th June-July 1st 2009).
The results could translate into more live births for a given treatment budget and help widen access to IVF, according to speakers at a press conference held at ESHRE.
HP-hMG and rFSH are two gonadotropin drugs commonly used to enhance egg production in patients receiving IVF treatment. HP-hMG, contains both FSH and hCG-driven (human chorionic gonadotropin) LH-activity (luteinizing hormone). In contrast, rFSH is a recombinant product and contains only rFSH.
“Until recently, discussions regarding funding for infertility treatment services have been hindered by a relative paucity of economic studies of the specific treatments,” said investigator Dr Jaro Wex from PharmArchitecture, UK.
Dr Wex’s analysis determined the cost-effectiveness of different gonadotropins in IVF cycles involving frozen embryo transfers using a simulation model. The economic evaluation compared HP-hMG and rFSH using individual patient data (n=986) pooled from two recent large, randomised trials (EISG and MERiT).
The model used both live-birth data for the compared products and published UK costs of IVF related medical resources. The main objectives were to determine for each patient starting treatment consisting of one fresh and up to two cryo or fresh cycles: The number of live-births; the average cost of treatment; the average cost per live-birth; the incremental cost-effectiveness; and the impact of inclusion of maternal and neonatal costs arising from successful pregnancies. more…

From: »Pharmacy Europe«

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