Step Therapy: As Bill Aims To Routinize Processes, Study Finds Policies Often Stricter Than Clinical Guidelines

Canadian politicians must “move quickly” to introduce policies that will speed up access to medicines, such as by broadening criteria for the temporary reimbursement of medicines, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce says.

The new 60-day deadline for striking a deal with the drug industry underscores the challenges the Administration may be having in developing non-voluntary policies to achieve MFN pricing in the US.

Pilot is harbinger of greater transparency in the 340B program. But rebates may only be denied by manufacturers for overlap with Medicare negotiated prices, not for issues like diversion that have driven recent lawsuits.

Mexico’s drugs regulator will be able to grant quicker drug approvals based on decisions issued by World Health Organization listed authorities and founding ICH members.