E-DRUG: Drug price

Dear friends,

for a sientific work, a friend of me want to get more information about a drug
called BETAFERON Interferon. beta-1b (CHIRON/Schering). He will know,

a) in which country, it is on the marked for the indication "multiple
sklerose"
b) What is the price for 15 Amp 8 Mio I.E.
c) Must it be payed by the health insurance ?

Thank you for your help.

Markus Fritz

SWISS DRUG INFORMATION CENTER SDIC
Postfach 124
4007 Basle
Te and Fax:061/6928711

Dear friends,

for a sientific work, a friend of me want to get more information about a
drug
called BETAFERON Interferon. beta-1b (CHIRON/Schering). He will know,

a) in which country, it is on the marked for the indication "multiple
sklerose"
b) What is the price for 15 Amp 8 Mio I.E.
c) Must it be payed by the health insurance ?

Thank you for your help.

Markus Fritz

SWISS DRUG INFORMATION CENTER SDIC
Postfach 124
4007 Basle
Te and Fax:061/6928711

Dear Mark

Betaseron was approved for use in EU by the new European Medicines
Evaluation Agency (EMEA) earlier this year (Lancet 24 Feb 1996:483). I do
not know how many of the members of EU that has marketed it yet, but both
Sweden and Denmark did so recently. I suggest you approach the Regulatory
Control Agencies in the two countries (Sweden; Läkemedelsverket and Denmark
: Sundhetsstyrelsen) to obtain the information you're asking for. Please
let me know if you need the addresses.

Regards Kirsten Myhr, MScPharm
Kirsten Myhr
Otervn 72
9017 Tromsoe
Norway
Tel +47 77 67 65 96
Fax +47 77 64 48 31
E-mail myhr@telepost.no