Snd. We need meaningful reimbursement in Germany , France and Italy . If I was the Ceo of AMRN I would try to engage those Health Depts in discussions on designing a clinical trial that if successful would make them commit to at least cover the selected population studied in the trial .
An obvious R-IT subgroup IMHO is the revascularisation subgroup . Event lines separated fairly early Theres no placebo . We would compare existing SOC ( standard of care ) with SOC plus Vascepa and look at the revasc rates following the initial PCI procedure In R-IT , these revasc rates were cut by roughly 50% ........so a major savings in healthcare costs to these Health Depts . Again ...we need the buy in from these 3 health depts in at least designing , organizing and if necessary running this trial ...say as Kaiser ran MITIGATE. here in the US.
The trial has to be large enough ( properly powered ) so that these Health Depts agree will act on the results if the risk reduction is clinically relevant and statistically significant. The Greek trial Capt referred to is " hypothesis generating " .
Bottom line ...Ypu need these EU health depts to buy into this trial in some form ( AMRN may fund it but the Health depts have input on design and actually run the trial ........short trial ...max 3 yrs if possible and if properly powered )