House passes Democratic bill authorizing the federal government to negotiate drug prices in Medicare. While the exercise has sharpened the debate over how prices feed innovation, the underlying policy stands little chance of being enacted without a Democratic wave in the next election. Our table highlights the key provisions of HR 3 and other pending pricing legislation.
The Democratic-controlled US House passed Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial drug pricing bill on 12 December essentially along party lines, as expected. But consideration in the Senate won’t happen anytime soon. Whether it happens at all may depend on whether Democrats pick up more seats in that chamber in the 2020 elections.
The current Republican-led Senate is not expected to take up HR 3 before then because of strong partisan opposition to...
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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.
