US Outcomes-Based Contracts: Big Uptick In Interest, But Not Execution

The promise of outcomes-based contracts for biopharmaceuticals has yet to be realized in the US. Although precise numbers are hard to come by, payers and manufacturers agree the field is still nascent. However, they don’t seem to be giving up on the idea.

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Outcomes-based risk sharing contracts between private payers and pharmaceutical manufacturers are still a relatively minor factor in the US reimbursement landscape despite a handful of widely publicized examples and heightened interest in pursuing such deals.

That’s the view expressed by some of the more active US-based payers involved in developing outcomes-based risk sharing arrangements for prescription drugs, which generally link coverage and payments to real-world...

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