China has announced a raft of new measures to encourage innovative drug development across the product life cycle, including using insurance data to differentiate new therapies and applying commercial insurance to selected novel products.
Insurance trade groups warned that the Big Beautiful Bill destabilize Medicaid and result in the largest ever roll-back in health care coverage in the US.
The creation of a single national formulary for medicines prescribing that could impact industry is among the action points in the UK government’s new 10-year health plan for the National Health Service in England.
Final guidelines explaining how staff at Canada’s Patented Medicine Prices Review Board should go about identifying drugs that could be considered for an excessive price hearing will come into force soon.
The Health and Human Services Secretary made incorrect statements about the status of key industry priorities at a recent House hearing, which actually may be a good thing for drug sponsors.
The legislation expected to be signed by President Trump is a mixed bag for pharmaceutical manufacturers depending on their product mix and manufacturing situation.
Industry experts forecast the impact of President Trump's Most-Favored Nation drug pricing policy on the commercial insurance industry.
The plan could curtail a period of pricing flexibility for newer subcutaneous versions of important oncology drugs.
ZIN, the Dutch health technology assessment body, estimates that the number of patients eligible for treatment with a PARP inhibitor will be halved following a reassessment of drugs in the class.
New rules requiring more granular drug pricing data to be disclosed in machine-readable files will go into effect in 2026.
The budget reconciliation bill nears final passage without pharmacy benefit manager reforms or provisions that would facilitate access to cell and gene therapies for children, but its Medicaid cuts pose a significant threat to prescription drug access.
While challenges in the US present an “incredible opportunity” for Europe, there is no “doomsday” happening there, Stefan Oelrich, the newly-announced president of European pharma industry federation EFPIA says.
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz said PBMs may deserve "one last chance" to fix the rebate system before federal regulations and legislation are enacted.
Expanded confidential pricing for pharmaceuticals is intended to help manage medicines expenditure, according to Amgros, the procurement agency that will negotiate the prices.
The list of essential prescription drugs and related products will shape Canada’s first national formulary for the country’s universal pharmacare program.
Incentives for repurposed drugs proposed as part of the EU pharma reform package are a “great step forward,” but more recognition is needed from payers and regulators to leverage the benefits of these medicines, experts say.
John Crowley discussed how he prioritizes industry’s many competing challenges in a Pink Sheet interview at the BIO International Convention.
The government has explained how to navigate the UK’s regulatory and market access funding mechanisms.
The Council of the EU’s vision for the pharma reform package includes a stronger role for member states regarding the supply of medicines and the prevention of indication-stacking for orphan drugs.
Clarity on payer responses to controversial vaccine recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices may be coming.