Abstract
The pharmaceutical-provision of the public health system includes the medications that will satisfy the populations` clinical needs and will be paid with public funds. In the southern Basque Country, different organizations will participate in the selection of these medicines: the Spanish Agency for Medicine and Medical Devices in drug authorisation, the General Directorate of the Common Services Portfolio of the National Health System and Pharmacy, in specifying the list of medicines to be funded and the Interministerial Price Commission for medicines in price-fixing. The decisions of these organisations are public and can be consulted online on different websites.