Medicare Price ‘Negotiation’ Would Have Stymied Verzenio Advance In Early Cancer – Lilly’s Ricks

Eli Lilly's CEO argued that pricing reforms aimed at existing drugs would be “hard to sustain or justify,” while other companies suggested a growing interest in direct-to-consumer sales programs.

Companies in Europe cannot delay business decision making much longer to wait for more certainty on major US policy shifts on tariffs and pricing.

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.