Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger Profile
Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger

@KNVokinger

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Professor of Law and Medicine at University of Zurich and ETH Zurich Academic Chair for Regulation in Law, Medicine, and Technology

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@NEJM
NEJM
3 months
In a new Perspective, Kerstin N. Vokinger, MD, JD, PhD, Guanqiao Li, MD, and Olivier J. Wouters, PhD (@ojwouters), write that China has recently emerged as an important player in new drug development — a field traditionally dominated by the United States and Europe. This shift
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@JAMANeuro
JAMA Neurology
1 year
Viewpoint from @james_hillis, Edward Scheffer Cliff, and @KNVokinger: The FDA's recent authorization of an AI-powered medical device for dementia prognosis marks a step in the regulation and clinical implementation of #AI in healthcare. https://t.co/YIcO4GHiKH
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@KNVokinger
Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger
1 year
New study @TheLancet WHO shapes priorities for the world’s most influential medicines list? We analyzed applicants for WHO essential medicines list and discuss solutions to improve access to essential medicines https://t.co/g540PARiu8 w/ @kjmeetswrld @CamilleGla52655
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@azucker7
alain zucker
1 year
Was sie mit den steigenden Krankenkassenprämien zu tun hat: Die Angstgegnerin – eine Professorin legt sich mit der Pharmabranche an
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nzz.ch
Der Anstieg der Krankenkassenprämien hat einiges mit neuen teuren Medikamenten zu tun. Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger, Professorin an der Universität Zürich, sagt allerdings: «Es gibt keinen messbaren...
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@elpaisinenglish
El País English Edition
1 year
🗞️Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger: ‘New cancer therapies are being approved for patient groups not included in clinical trials’ Read more 👇
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english.elpais.com
Researchers from the universities of Zurich, Yale and Harvard reveal the differences between the characteristics of the patients who receive the drug during pharmaceutical testing and those who end...
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@oriol_guell
oriol guell
1 year
Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger: “Las nuevas terapias contra el cáncer son aprobadas para perfiles de pacientes no incluidos en los ensayos” Investigadores de Zurich, Yale y Harvard revelan diferencias que pueden reducir la seguridad y eficacia https://t.co/88VBS17AwT vía @el_pais
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elpais.com
Investigadores de las universidades de Zúrich, Yale y Harvard revelan diferencias entre las características de los enfermos en los que los fármacos son probados y aquellos que los acaban recibiendo,...
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@KNVokinger
Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger
1 year
New study @AnnalsofIM We assessed time from approval until reimbursement of new drugs in US, Germany, England, France, and Switzerland (2011-2022) @CamilleGla52655, @miquelsb2, @DusetzinaS With coverage @NZZ https://t.co/BZ03wZvk5C
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nzz.ch
Laut der Pharmaindustrie hemmen tiefe Preise und lange Preisverhandlungen den Zugang für Schweizer Patienten zu Medikamenten. Politik und Behörden drängen dagegen auf weitere Preissenkungen.
@AnnalsofIM
Annals of Int Med
1 year
A new report finds that the U.S. lags behind European countries in time from drug approval to reimbursement. This is important because while approval enables market entry of new drugs, insurance reimbursement is what determines patient access: https://t.co/k0btjuWrsI
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@JAMAHealthForum
JAMA Health Forum
1 year
Drug prices declined substantially after patent expiration across 8 high-income countries, from 30% to 80% during the 8 years after patent expiration. https://t.co/Fd2xD0bYsT @KNVokinger
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@JAMAInternalMed
JAMA Internal Medicine
1 year
Viewpoint compares use and costs of GLP-1 receptor agonists for weight loss between the US and 3 other peer countries. https://t.co/HO4SVel4ls
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@DrMarkLythgoe
Dr Mark Lythgoe
2 years
Happy to share our new perspective article in @TheLancetOncol highlighting shortages of #essential (and #curative) #cancer medicines https://t.co/XGNvXp0ksq Kudos to amazing co-authors @kjmeetswrld @KNVokinger @ImperialSandC @UZH_en @LSEHealthPolicy @imperialcollege
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@NZZ
NZZ
2 years
Neujahr ist die Zeit für neue Regeln – jedes Jahr treten Hunderte davon in Kraft. Doch wer ist dafür verantwortlich, und wo wird am meisten vorgeschrieben? Ein Zürcher Forschungsteam hat dies untersucht. Von @DanielGerny https://t.co/8yp0nwrmZg
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@NEJM_AI
NEJM AI
2 years
Global competition between countries on the successful development of AI technologies has emerged over the past decade, with medicine at the forefront of interest. This study finds that China dominated in terms of absolute number of trials. Read more: https://t.co/OptrI0yk0E
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@KNVokinger
Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger
2 years
New study geographic representation of trials for AI med devices @NEJM_AI: 97% national. Approx half in China, followed by US & Japan https://t.co/8iPIeYu11u. Funded by @snsf_ch Covered by Swiss National News @srfnews @georg_halter w/ @FrauenfelderTh https://t.co/JyGZJxBDUc
srf.ch
Fast alle KI-Medizinprodukte sind nur in einem Land trainiert worden. Das zeigt eine neue Studie und warnt vor Risiken.
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@lorenzomoja
lorenzo moja
2 years
Thinking the future of essential medicines @WHO. Great thoughts with incredible talents and scientific superstars
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@KNVokinger
Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger
2 years
New study @LancetDigitalH: Analysis of 510(k) predicate network of AI medical devices. Tasks of AI medical devices change over time and may raise safety issues. https://t.co/sw7odZkIZO @Captcoma, @cxbln, @Unispital_USZ funded by @snsf_ch covered by @NZZ
@NZZ
NZZ
2 years
Auch in Spitälern hält KI Einzug. Eine Medizinerin macht auf Risiken aufmerksam und kritisiert den Plan, amerikanische Medizinprodukte automatisch auch in der Schweiz zuzulassen. https://t.co/tQ3lskXh2Z
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@KNVokinger
Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger
2 years
New piece: Drugs increasingly approved for many indications. Findings indicate substantially lower R&D costs for supplemental indications compared to first indications. More public data necessary to validate findings. with @ojwouters @LSEHealthPolicy https://t.co/gEslklVwvN
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jamanetwork.com
This Viewpoint compares the research and development costs for a drug’s first indication with supplemental indications to demonstrate that the cost of approval for supplemental indications may be...
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@KNVokinger
Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger
2 years
Cancer premium: Cancer drugs 3x more expensive than non-cancer drugs after adjusting for efficacy, prevalence, incidence & mortality. https://t.co/XLd5S0FsOR with @miquelsb2, @TheWonkologist Funding: @snsf_ch Covered by El Pais https://t.co/gvQjogRiNg & Swiss national news:
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thelancet.com
Drug pricing reforms should target the cancer premium to improve access of patients to cancer drugs as well as to achieve equity across the different therapeutic areas and sustainability in the...
@srfnews
SRF News
2 years
#Krebsmedikamente sind dreimal teurer als andere Medikamente: Das zeigt eine neue Studie. Eine medizinische Erklärung für den Preisunterschied konnten die Forscherinnen und Forscher nicht finden.
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