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ICER Expands Drug Value Comparison Program

 
• By Cathy Kelly

The non-profit Institute for Clinical and Economic Review plans comparative value and price assessments for up to 20 new drugs over the next two years, supported by grant funding.

The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review is planning to conduct comparative value and price assessments for 15 to 20 new drugs over the next two years to facilitate price negotiations between payers and manufacturers and also coverage decisions.

The assessments will be funded in part by a $5.2 million grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, a private, philanthropic organization. Announced July 21, the new funding essentially...

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• By Derrick Gingery, Sarah Karlin-Smith, Sue Sutter, and Nielsen Hobbs

Pink Sheet reporter and editors discuss the new clinical trial requirements that the FDA announced for COVID-19 vaccines, the updated label for Novavax’s newly approved COVID-19 vaccine, and other vaccine-related events that were part of a busy week for policy in the sector.

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• By Sarah Karlin-Smith

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Sarfez Pharma’s Promotional Claims For Diuretic Soaanz Draw US FDA Warning Letter

 
• By Sue Sutter

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MAHA Commission Outlines Enhanced Research On Drug Safety In Children

 
• By Cathy Kelly

Research would include initiatives on reproducing industry-sponsored studies, postmarket surveillance, and studies of long-term neurodevelopmental and metabolic outcomes for commonly prescribed pediatric drugs.

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Non-User Fee Dollars Increased In US FDA’s Updated FY 2026 Budget Request

 
• By Derrick Gingery

The budget authority total, which is significantly higher than the amount floated in an April OMB draft document, suggests there may have been successful lobbying to increase FDA funding.

US ‘Most Favored Nation’ Pricing Could be Game Changer for Drug Access In Germany

 
• By Francesca Bruce

In this first in a series of articles looking at the potential impact of the MFN drug pricing policy on European pharmaceutical markets, EUCOPE’s Alexander Natz tells the Pink Sheet why the US policy underscores the importance of confidential net pricing.

Pfizer’s All-Comers CRPC Dream For Talzenna Quashed For Lack Of Biomarker-Negative Rigor

 
• By Bridget Silverman

The lack of a formal analysis of efficacy in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients without HRR mutations doomed Pfizer’s Talzenna at the US FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee, as FDA oncology chief Richard Pazdur says chance cannot be ruled out.