Xtandi Still Faces Likely US Price Cut Even As It Avoids ‘March In’ Proceeding

The Biden administration decision not to pursue ‘march in’ proceedings for Pfizer/Astellas’ Xtandi sounds like good news. The reality is that the prostate cancer therapy is likely to face a more certain federal pricing intervention in the first year of the new Medicare ‘negotiation’ process.

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Xtandi may have moved out of the frying pan and out of the fire on pricing. • Source: Shutterstock

The headlines about the US government’s decisions on price interventions for Pfizer Inc./Astellas Pharma, Inc.’s Xtandi brings to mind the old phrase about getting out of the frying pan and into the fire.

The headlines are about a decision not to take on Xtandi’s price, when the Department of Health & Human Services...

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