Tashia Lentz of Biogen outlines what she sees as an increasingly tough market access environment for new treatments in Denmark and calls for greater stakeholder openness to innovative pricing schemes. Lentz also makes a comparison between the life sciences ecosystems in Sweden, where she spent three years heading up Astellas’ affiliate, and Denmark, highlighting several areas in which Denmark could improve.
Having worked across Sweden, Norway, and Finland, I can say that, unfortunately, Denmark has become the most difficult Nordic market in which to launch new medications. The Danish Medicines Council’s data demands are extremely tough, which results in fewer approvals
