# G-BA Benefit Assessment Watch — German AMNOG Tracker (`azureblue/g-ba-benefit-assessment-watch`) Actor Daily delta monitor of G-BA Nutzenbewertung (German AMNOG §35a SGB V) decisions. For German Market Access, pharma pricing strategy, and HEOR teams. Per-Beschluss webhook delivery. - **URL**: https://apify.com/azureblue/g-ba-benefit-assessment-watch.md - **Developed by:** [azureblue](https://apify.com/azureblue) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Business - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## G-BA Benefit Assessment Watch — German AMNOG Tracker Daily delta monitor of every **G-BA Nutzenbewertung** decision (German AMNOG, §35a SGB V) — the regulatory gate that decides what every new drug is allowed to cost in Germany. Webhook delivery per Beschluss. For **German Market Access, Pharma Pricing Strategy, HEOR, and Competitive Intelligence** teams. --- ### What this Actor does Data source: [g-ba.de/bewertungsverfahren/nutzenbewertung/](https://www.g-ba.de/bewertungsverfahren/nutzenbewertung/) — the public Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss Verfahren index. No login, no API key. On each scheduled run: 1. Fetches the listing page → ~30 most-recent Verfahren-IDs. 2. Fetches each detail page → parses Wirkstoff, Indikation, Verfahrensnummer (D-XXX), all linked Beschluss PDFs (BAnz, Tragende Gründe, ZD). 3. Computes a stable identity per Verfahren (verfahrenId + most-recent Beschluss-date) and **diffs against the seen-set in its KV store**. 4. Pushes only **new or amended** Beschlüsse to the dataset — never duplicates. 5. Optionally fires a **HMAC-signed webhook** for every new Beschluss. Output conforms to the unified `azureblue/medical-core` envelope so you can join G-BA Beschlüsse alongside EMA approvals and FDA recalls in one warehouse table. --- ### Use Cases #### 1. Pharma launch-pricing strategy A pharma pricing-strategy lead launching in Germany monitors every G-BA Beschluss that names a competitor in the same therapy area. Each Beschluss directly drives GKV-Spitzenverband negotiations and therefore the comparator price for THEIR launch. **A single Beschluss can shift the launch price by 15-40%** — having the alert within hours instead of finding it via a colleague's email digest is worth the entire annual subscription. #### 2. HEOR evidence-pack updates A HEOR team prepares dossiers for AMNOG submissions. Each new Beschluss publishes the Tragende Gründe — the formal G-BA reasoning. Auto-archiving these PDFs against an internal indication taxonomy means **the HEOR evidence library is current the day a Beschluss is published**, not when someone manually downloads the PDF weeks later. #### 3. Market-access CI on competitor portfolios A CI analyst tracks the AMNOG status of 8 competitor molecules in oncology. Filter the actor with `substanceFilter: "pembrolizumab"` (one run per competitor) — webhook into Slack. **Detects benefit-rating downgrades and indication amendments the same business day**, vs. ~3-6 weeks via trade-press monitoring. --- ### Output (sample item) ```json { "scrapedAt": "2026-05-14T07:00:00.000Z", "sourceUrl": "https://www.g-ba.de/bewertungsverfahren/nutzenbewertung/1000/", "sourceDomain": "g-ba.de", "actorVersion": "1.0.0", "dataHash": "8a2f...d0", "regulator": "G_BA", "alertType": "benefit-assessment", "recordId": "1000", "changeKind": "new", "activeSubstance": "Nivolumab", "indication": "Neues Anwendungsgebiet: Melanom (Stadium IIB oder IIC), adjuvante Therapie, ≥ 12 Jahre, Monotherapie", "publishedAt": "2024-07-18", "effectiveAt": "2024-07-18", "summary": "G-BA Nutzenbewertung D-982: Nivolumab (Neues Anwendungsgebiet: Melanom ...). Beschluss 2024-07-18.", "documents": [ { "kind": "BAnz-Beschluss", "url": "https://www.g-ba.de/downloads/.../2024-07-18_AM-RL-XII_Nivolumab_D-982_BAnz.pdf", "title": "Beschluss (Bundesanzeiger)" }, { "kind": "TrG", "url": "https://www.g-ba.de/downloads/.../2024-07-18_AM-RL-XII_Nivolumab_D-982_TrG.pdf", "title": "Tragende Gründe" }, { "kind": "gba-page", "url": "https://www.g-ba.de/bewertungsverfahren/nutzenbewertung/1000/", "title": "G-BA Verfahren overview" } ], "extras": { "verfahrenId": "1000", "verfahrensnummer": "D-982", "benefitRating": null, "benefitRatingCode": null, "documentCount": 38 } } ```` #### Webhook payload If you set `webhookUrl`: ```json { "eventId": "8a2f...d0", "eventType": "gba.benefit-assessment", "actor": "g-ba-benefit-assessment-watch", "emittedAt": "2026-05-14T07:00:01.123Z", "schemaVersion": 1, "data": { /* the alert object above */ } } ``` `X-Azureblue-Signature: sha256=` header included if `webhookSecret` is set. *** ### Pricing | Event | Price | When it fires | |---|---|---| | **Monthly subscription** | **$79** | Once per calendar month, on first delta-mode run — covers unlimited monitoring within the month | | **Per Beschluss** | **$0.02** | Per new or amended Verfahren pushed to the dataset | **Trial mode** (`mode: "trial"`): 5 Verfahren, no charges, no state writes. Use to verify your filter scoping before subscribing. **Typical Market Access buyer**: ~5-15 Beschlüsse/month on a competitive portfolio → **$79 + $0.30/mo ≈ $80 all-in**. Compare to: a single mis-anticipated AMNOG rating costing €15m–€100m on a launch price ceiling. *** ### v1 limitations / v1.1 roadmap - **Benefit rating (erheblicher / beträchtlicher / geringer / nicht belegt) is null in v1** — the rating phrase lives in the BAnz/TrG PDF text, not in g-ba.de HTML. The PDF links are surfaced in `documents[]` so your team can click through, but the rating is not yet a queryable field. - **v1.1**: PDF text parsing of the BAnz to populate `extras.benefitRating` and `extras.benefitRatingCode` automatically. ETA depends on PDF parsing performance — opt-in flag once available. - **v1.2**: IQWiG report cross-link (the IQWiG benefit assessment that G-BA bases its Beschluss on) — the *evidence* behind the decision. *** ### Compliance - **Public-data only** — sourced from g-ba.de, the German federal HTA authority's public Verfahren register. No login walls, no PHI, no paywalled content. - **GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)** — Beschluss content is published in the Bundesanzeiger as German federal law; downstream use as legitimate pharma market-access intelligence is the buyer's responsibility under GDPR. - **Rate-limited scraping** — 800ms between Verfahren detail requests. G-BA is a single-region public-sector site; we keep traffic gentle. *** ### Sister Actors — complementary coverage from `azureblue` - [`ema-drug-approval-watch`](https://apify.com/azureblue/ema-drug-approval-watch) — upstream EU regulatory event that triggers most German AMNOG processes - [`fda-drug-approval-watch`](https://apify.com/azureblue/fda-drug-approval-watch) — same alert schema, US drug-approval + recall side - [`pubmed-kol-profile-builder`](https://apify.com/azureblue/pubmed-kol-profile-builder) — find the German KOLs publishing on the same indication the Beschluss covers - [`cochrane-review-scraper`](https://apify.com/azureblue/cochrane-review-scraper) — the systematic-review evidence base feeding IQWiG / G-BA assessments - [`clinical-trials-scraper`](https://apify.com/azureblue/clinical-trials-scraper) — the trial pipeline behind the substances heading into G-BA assessment *** ### Changelog See `CHANGELOG.md` in this Actor. # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): Delta is the rental tier — first run per calendar month fires the $79 subscription charge, then only new/amended Beschlüsse fire per-item charges. Snapshot rebuilds the seen-set. Trial bypasses charges and state. ## `substanceFilter` (type: `string`): Case-insensitive substring match against the parsed active substance (INN). Empty = monitor all Verfahren on the listing page. Use to scope monitoring to YOUR portfolio. ## `indicationFilter` (type: `string`): Case-insensitive substring match on the indication parsed from the G-BA H1. Examples: 'Lungenkarzinom', 'Diabetes', 'Multiple Sklerose'. Combine with substanceFilter for tight scope. ## `maxVerfahren` (type: `integer`): Cap on Verfahren this run processes. The listing page surfaces ~30 most-recent Verfahren — 50 is enough to catch all amendments + new entries between daily runs. ## `webhookUrl` (type: `string`): POST endpoint receiving one JSON payload per new or amended Verfahren. Test with https://webhook.site. Failed deliveries persist in KV store under `webhook.dlq.*`. ## `webhookSecret` (type: `string`): If set, every webhook request includes `X-Azureblue-Signature: sha256=` so your endpoint can verify. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "delta", "substanceFilter": "pembrolizumab", "indicationFilter": "Lungenkarzinom", "maxVerfahren": 50 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): Default dataset — one item per new or amended Verfahren with substance, indication, Beschluss date, and links to BAnz + Tragende Gründe PDFs. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("azureblue/g-ba-benefit-assessment-watch").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("azureblue/g-ba-benefit-assessment-watch").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call azureblue/g-ba-benefit-assessment-watch --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=azureblue/g-ba-benefit-assessment-watch", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "G-BA Benefit Assessment Watch — German AMNOG Tracker", "description": "Daily delta monitor of G-BA Nutzenbewertung (German AMNOG §35a SGB V) decisions. For German Market Access, pharma pricing strategy, and HEOR teams. Per-Beschluss webhook delivery.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "S2D7TZbEqHFGNYidE" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/azureblue~g-ba-benefit-assessment-watch/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-azureblue-g-ba-benefit-assessment-watch", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/azureblue~g-ba-benefit-assessment-watch/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-azureblue-g-ba-benefit-assessment-watch", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/azureblue~g-ba-benefit-assessment-watch/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-azureblue-g-ba-benefit-assessment-watch", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "mode": { "title": "Run mode", "enum": [ "delta", "snapshot", "trial" ], "type": "string", "description": "Delta is the rental tier — first run per calendar month fires the $79 subscription charge, then only new/amended Beschlüsse fire per-item charges. Snapshot rebuilds the seen-set. Trial bypasses charges and state.", "default": "delta" }, "substanceFilter": { "title": "Active substance filter (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Case-insensitive substring match against the parsed active substance (INN). Empty = monitor all Verfahren on the listing page. Use to scope monitoring to YOUR portfolio." }, "indicationFilter": { "title": "Indication filter (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Case-insensitive substring match on the indication parsed from the G-BA H1. Examples: 'Lungenkarzinom', 'Diabetes', 'Multiple Sklerose'. Combine with substanceFilter for tight scope." }, "maxVerfahren": { "title": "Max Verfahren per run", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 200, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap on Verfahren this run processes. The listing page surfaces ~30 most-recent Verfahren — 50 is enough to catch all amendments + new entries between daily runs.", "default": 50 }, "webhookUrl": { "title": "Webhook URL (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "POST endpoint receiving one JSON payload per new or amended Verfahren. Test with https://webhook.site. Failed deliveries persist in KV store under `webhook.dlq.*`." }, "webhookSecret": { "title": "Webhook HMAC secret (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "If set, every webhook request includes `X-Azureblue-Signature: sha256=` so your endpoint can verify." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```