Defining Line Extensions: Medicaid Rebate Change Gives CMS Power to take a Bite Out of Lifecycle Management

A new provision in the health care reform law means that new formulations of oral brand name drugs will be subject to additional rebates. But who is affected depends in part on how CMS defines a line extension.

Michael McCaughan

Some line extensions are suddenly less profitable, thanks to the Medicaid rebate provisions included in the health care reform law signed by President Obama in March. Which ones are affected,...

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