Amgen, Inc. executives have been outspoken about the impact Medicare drug price negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will have on the biopharmaceutical industry, but the pricing and reimbursement landscape in the US has become more challenging not just because of government policy shifts but also from increasingly difficult commercial payer negotiations.
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Scrip spoke with Amgen’s senior VP of US business operations about the impact of drug pricing and reimbursement pressures coming from government policy changes and commercial payers.

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