**5. Conclusions**

The present paper describes how MCDA can be easily adapted to different countries and decision-making settings to improve the efficiency and transparency of the decision-making process, in the case of the undertaking of pharmaceutical bidding. The approach described here can be easily adapted to other countries and decision-making settings.

A short explanation of the principles of multiple-criteria decision analysis and the use in decisions on pharmaceuticals can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=7OoKJHvsUbo.
