Some drugs recorded significant increases in Medicare gross spending between the periods covered by publicly available data and what CMS had access to internally, which contributed to their unexpected presence on the list.
The fact that AstraZeneca PLC’s Farxiga and Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Stelara are among the 10 drugs targeted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the first round of Medicare price negotiation surprised at least some industry watchers.
But stakeholders may have been more prepared if there had been broader access to the same Medicare spending data that...
IQWiG, Germany’s health technology assessment body, is making contingency plans in case key US resources it relies on for information retrieval, when conducting benefit assessments of new medicines, become unavailable.
Senior Indegene executive William Lobb talks about complexities of the direct-to-patient distribution model in the US, including potentially introducing new intermediaries into the system. Questions on MFN's feasibility and why it may be “catastrophic” to biopharma were also part of the discussion
Business Group on Health annual employer survey highlights fast-growing Rx costs, led by the GLP-1 drugs, and payer strategies for controlling them. Policy prescriptions are unclear, though, since employers are loath to leave PBMs and nervous about pending changes to Medicare and Medicaid.
If the UK is to become a top three country in the cell and gene therapy space, it must overcome the current political “stumbling block” around making changes that recognize the value of these therapies, Matthew Durdy, CEO of the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, tells the Pink Sheet.
The once and current CBER director’s justification for his COVID-19 decision stands as a warning of the uncertainty sponsors, particularly those in the vaccine space, may now face at FDA.
Pink Sheet Drug Review Profile feature listing FDA staff who conducted the reviews of Novavax and Moderna's post-pandemic COVID-19 vaccines
Business Group on Health annual employer survey highlights fast-growing Rx costs, led by the GLP-1 drugs, and payer strategies for controlling them. Policy prescriptions are unclear, though, since employers are loath to leave PBMs and nervous about pending changes to Medicare and Medicaid.
