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ICER’s New President On What She Wants From Industry – And From Medicare Price Negotiations

 
• By Jessica Merrill

In an interview, Sarah Emond talks about why she is ‘worried’ about cell and gene therapy, when ICER might revise its assessment of obesity drugs, and how CMS could build a reliable and transparent Medicare price negotiation program.

ICER President Sarah Emond
ICER president and CEO Sarah Emond • Source: ICER

The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s new president and CEO Sarah Emond took over the role from the organization’s longtime leader and founder Steve Pearson on 1 January and in an interview at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, she discussed some of the pressing drug pricing issues on ICER’s radar for the year ahead.

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  • Sarah Emond took over as president and CEO from the organization’s longtime leader and founder Steve Pearson on 1 January.

Emond has had a lengthy career at ICER, having worked for the organization for 14 years – most recently as...

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