Assessment and Appraisal of Drug Innovativeness in Italy: Ultimate Evidence on Key Drivers and Consistency

Alvise Verde, Federica Turati, Clara Trimarchi, Carlotta Galeone, Claudio Jommi · 2026

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Verde and co-authors update proof on how Italy's drug agency judges whether new drugs count as innovative. Appraisals from July 2017 to December 2024 were pulled from the agency website. The team tested links between verdicts and graded domains such as unmet need.

Added therapeutic value tied most strongly to an innovative verdict, with odds over seventy. Rare disease drugs were more likely to get conditional status, at odds of 2 point 95. Full status came more often for uses that include children, at odds of 3 point 60. Indirect comparisons lowered the odds sharply, to 0 point 18. The study checks these patterns against the 2025 reform.

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CREATORAlvise Verde, Federica Turati, Clara Trimarchi, Carlotta Galeone, Claudio Jommi
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE25 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13214850

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