The debate over price 'negotiation' in the US has taken a turn for the worse for innovator pharma companies. The Democratic party seems eager to plow forward no matter what the impact is on innovation – and some patient advocates are surprisingly eager to cheer them along.
Historically, when the pressure to address high drug prices in the US reaches a critical point, the pharmaceutical industry has always counted on a last-line of defense: don’t do anything that might cripple the R&D engine that offers prospects for new cures.
So it is astonishing to see a drug pricing bill moving rapidly through the House of Representatives with a formal...
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Senate HELP Committee chair Sanders trying to broker a deal between Novo Nordisk and the major pharmacy benefit managers that will lead to lower list prices.
Alternatives to the top pharmacy benefits managers argue health plan-PBM integration is leading to anti-competitive tactics that make it impossible for some employers to switch PBMs.
An effort to change the US Food and Drug Administration’s conclusion that its obesity treatment candidate retatrutide is a drug and not a biologic could give the product more time with unrestricted pricing in Medicare, among other benefits.
Pharmacy benefit manager sues Federal Trade Commission claiming chair Khan has orchestrated a campaign against PBMs that is not based in fact.
Alternatives to the top pharmacy benefits managers argue health plan-PBM integration is leading to anti-competitive tactics that make it impossible for some employers to switch PBMs.
The UK regulator approved 16 medicines containing a new active substance in the first half of this year, while the European Commission issued marketing authorizations for 20 NAS-containing drugs.
