Pricing Debate
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Drugs From Bausch, J&J And Amgen Top ICER's Unsupported Price Increase List
Seven of the top 10 drugs with net price increases in 2021 that had a substantial effect on US spending did not have adequate new evidence to support any price increase, ICER determined.
Quick Listen: Scrip's Five Must-Know Things
In this week's podcast edition of Five Must-Know Things: a preview of the CTAD Alzheimer’s meeting; US myeloma drug withdrawal puts pressure on GSK; UniQure/CSL's gene therapy sets new US price record; new leadership at Teva; and Merck’s Frazier cautions against profit maximization.
Departing Words: Merck’s Ken Frazier Cautions Against Profit Maximization
Pharma CEOs must balance optimizing access and profitability, former Merck CEO and soon-to-be ex executive chairman of the company said. Frazier says health care industry must come to table and admit the “system ain’t working,” talks about the need to protect democracy, in a sweeping interview at the STAT Summit.
US Pricing Reform Puts Cancer Drug Innovation At Risk, Drug Leaders Warn
Merck & Co. CEO Rob Davis, Regeneron president George Yancopoulos, Pfizer R&D president Mikael Dolsten and others weighed in at the Galien Forum on the potential impact of the US Inflation Reduction Act on innovation.
Quick Listen: Scrip's Five Must-Know Things
In this week's podcast edition of Five Must-Know Things: J&J and Roche’s first-half wins and challenges; Alexion’s Ultomiris plans; GSK’s AI and genomics investments; and a wide-ranging chat with the former secretary of the US department of Veterans Affairs.
Stock Watch: Will Static Pricing And Rising Inflation Compress Pharmaceutical Margins?
Generic pharmaceutical margins are notoriously thin while pricing is limited by intense competition. What happens to margins when raw material and energy pressures rise?
ICER Pushes ALS Drug Makers To Moderate Launch Price While Awaiting Confirmatory Data
The US drug pricing watch dog issued a final assessment on Amylyx's AMX0035 and Mitsubishi Tanabe's Radicava for ALS.
Blueprint’s Ayvakit Mastocytosis Results Raise Commercial Uncertainty
The Phase III PIONEER study in indolent systemic mastocytosis met the primary endpoint, but the magnitude of benefit came up short of analysts’ expectations.
Medicare Price ‘Negotiation’ Process Gets Broad Brush Treatment In New Law
With enactment of the drug pricing reform provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, stakeholders now turn their attention to the implementing regulations that will be developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Patent Settlements and Medicare Negotiation: What Leverage Does Pharma Have To ‘Game’ Price Reform?
Brand drug companies might be able to use patent settlements with generic and biosimilar makers to get out of the drug price negotiations that will be created under the US legislation nearing enactment, but sponsors could run into regulatory and antitrust obstacles.
Quick Listen: Scrip's Five Must-Know Things
In this week's podcast version of Five Must-Know Things: planned US drug pricing legislation in focus; solid quarter but no Seagen announcement for Merck & Co; AbbVie’s Gonzalez sounds alarm over US pricing legislation; Alnylam ready to expand in amyloidosis; and Boehringer Ingelheim on global Jardiance strategy.
As Lilly’s Realized Sales Prices Drop, Ricks Reiterates Criticism Of US Drug Price Plan
With Lilly’s sales narrative hampered by global price pressures, Lilly CEO David Ricks again criticized drug price negotiation proposals before Congress. Mounjaro launch offers a bright spot, exceeding projections.
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