Medicare Drug Pricing Casts A Cloud Over J.P. Morgan’s Opening Day

Inflation Reduction Act means that industry ‘will have to adjust’ to new market realities, especially for small molecule drugs.

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SAN FRANCISCO—Policies under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that will allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices have been an overhang for the otherwise celebratory start of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. The IRA is expected to be a hot topic at the meeting, with one of the keynote spots dedicated to the new law’s impact on innovation.

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