FTC Commissioner Changes Could Impact Pharma Mergers, Scrutiny Of Biosimilars Uptake

A newly launched UK government inquiry is seeking to learn how viable it would be to bring back domestic control over the entire drug manufacturing pipeline.

Complaints about TPAs offer an explanation of why self-funded employers continue to use the big three PBMs despite concerns about those relationships. Proposed solutions include banning retaliatory fees and data withholding.

While the 15% rate is a substantial blow for pharmaceutical firms, the US-EU deal provides a framework for trade agreements with other countries that could see the industry avoiding higher tariffs elsewhere.

The FDA's recent announcement of plans to expand unannounced inspections at ex-US facilities should put firms on advance notice that their next foreign facility inspection may not be preannounced, Ivy Sweeney, acting head of the agency's drug inspections office said.