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#SFHS2607855ADecree of 26 March 2026 amending the list of pharmaceutical specialties reimbursable to social insured persons

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This French decree extends national health insurance reimbursement to spironolactone-containing medicines for a new indication: treatment of hirsutism in adults, either as monotherapy or in combination with other drugs. The measure adds twelve specific Aldactone and generic Spironolactone Pfizer presentations (25 mg, 50 mg and 75 mg tablets in packs of 30 or 90) to the reimbursable list under the new extended indication. The change takes legal effect upon publication in the Journal Officiel and applies to all social-security insured persons in France. It widens patient access to an established potassium-sparing diuretic for an endocrine/cosmetic condition without altering pricing, posology or safety rules.

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Key Changes

  • Extension of reimbursement to treatment of hirsutism in adults (monotherapy or combination)
  • Twelve specific spironolactone presentations (25 mg, 50 mg, 75 mg in B/30 and B/90 packs) added to the reimbursable list
  • All listed products are manufactured by Laboratoires Pfizer

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Obligations

What this law requires

high

Add twelve specified spironolactone pharmaceutical presentations (Aldactone and generic Spironolactone Pfizer in 25 mg, 50 mg, and 75 mg formulations in packs of 30 or 90) to the national list of reimbursable pharmaceuticals under the new indication of hirsutism treatment in adults

French national health insurance (Assurance Maladie), pharmaceutical regulatory authorities
operational
high

Extend national health insurance reimbursement coverage for the twelve listed spironolactone presentations to cover treatment of hirsutism in adults as monotherapy or in combination with other drugs

French social security system, all regional health insurance funds
operational
high

Apply the reimbursement extension to all socially-insured persons in France without restriction

French national health insurance funds, healthcare providers
operational
high

Publish the decree in the Journal Officiel de la République française to make it legally effective

French government (relevant ministry/administrative authority)
disclosure
medium

Make the reimbursement extension legally effective upon publication in the Journal Officiel without requiring additional regulatory steps or implementation delays

French national health insurance, healthcare administration
operational

Affected Parties

Adult patients with hirsutismEndocrinologists and dermatologists+3 more…

Tags

spironolactone,hirsutism,reimbursement