The Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Information (PPRI) project is a 31 month project (2005-2007) commissioned by the Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General (DG SANCO) of the European Commission and co-funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health, Family and Youth (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, Familie und Jugend, BMGFJ). The project was coordinated by the main partner Gesundheit Österreich GmbH / Geschäftsbereich ÖBIG (GÖG/ÖBIG) and the associated partner World Health Organisation(WHO) Regional Office for Europe. The PPRI project has established a network of46 participating institutions (competent authorities and other relevant organisations) in the field of pharmaceuticals. The PPRI project seeks to increase transparency and knowledge and facilitate the exchange
of experience in the field of pharmaceuticals by establishing and maintaining a network of relevant institutions in the field of pharmaceuticals in the enlarged European Union (EU), in order to facilitate a regular exchange of information and allow a process of learning from each other. Moreover to produce country reports on pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement systems, the“PPRI Pharma Profiles”, to develope indicators for the comparison of pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursementinformation, to provide a comparative analysis on pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement in theEuropean Union (EU) and to disseminate the outcomes of the project.