The US pharmaceutical industry is finally on the right side of the inflation debate, with drug price increases clearly lagging well behind overall consumer price growth. It is, however, probably too late to make a difference in the prospects of price control legislation.
It will likely end up as a bitter irony for the US pharmaceutical industry that draconian new price regulations – including inflation penalties – come to the US market at a time when drug price increases are lagging far behind other factors increasing costs for consumers.
The Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America trade association is doing its best to highlight the reality that there...
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Pfizer is in active discussions with Trump on MFN pricing and collaborating with peers on direct sales as an approach to lower drug prices, CEO Albert Bourla said.
The billionaire investor said during a recent conference that brand drug manufacturers want to work with his Cost Plus Drug Co., but are afraid the PBMs will retaliate.
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.
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.
