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#SFHS2604988ADecree on Pharmaceutical Specialty Coverage - March 2026

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

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🇬🇧 English

This decree outlines the coverage for a specific pharmaceutical specialty, Dalbavancin, under the French healthcare system. It provides guidelines on which patients are eligible for reimbursement based on the severity and etiology of their bacterial skin infections. The coverage is limited to adult patients with confirmed or suspected staphylococcal infections resistant to methicillin.

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Key Changes

  • Establishment of coverage criteria for Dalbavancin.
  • Limitation of reimbursement to specific adult patients.
  • Inclusion of requirements regarding infection severity and bacterial resistance.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Reimburse Dalbavancin (UCD code 3400890039956, 500mg) when prescribed for acute bacterial skin and soft tissue infections in adult patients with confirmed or suspected methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infection of significant severity

French healthcare insurance (assurance maladie)
operational
high

Limit Dalbavancin coverage exclusively to the therapeutic indication of acute bacterial skin and soft tissue infections (IBAPTM) in adults with confirmed or suspected methicillin-resistant staphylococcal etiology

French healthcare insurance (assurance maladie)
prohibition
high

Eliminate patient co-payments (participation de l'assuré) for Dalbavancin when prescribed within the approved therapeutic indication

French healthcare insurance (assurance maladie)
operational
high

Only provide reimbursement for Dalbavancin to adult patients; pediatric patients are excluded from coverage

French healthcare insurance (assurance maladie)
prohibition
high

Require confirmation or strong suspicion of methicillin resistance before authorizing Dalbavancin reimbursement

French healthcare insurance (assurance maladie), prescribing physicians
operational

Affected Parties

Healthcare providersPatients with specific infections

Tags

healthcare,pharmaceuticals,insurance