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ICER publishes final evidence report and policy recommendations on therapies for atopic dermatitis
17 August 2021 - Given uncertainty about safety data on oral JAK inhibitors for other indications, a narrow majority of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2021
ICER publishes final evidence report and policy recommendations on aducanumab for Alzheimer’s disease
5 August 2021 - Independent appraisal committee unanimously determined the evidence is not adequate to demonstrate that aducanumab provides a net ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2021
Aduhelm pros and cons debated at ICER meeting
16 July 2021 - Biogen officials defended the company's Alzheimer's drug and criticised ICER's cost effectiveness report today at a meeting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2021
ICER publishes evidence report on therapies for atopic dermatitis
9 July 2021 - Evidence demonstrates the JAK inhibitors abrocitinib and upadacitinib are effective treatments for atopic dermatitis, but safety concerns ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2021
ICER to test principle of fair access to fairly priced pharmaceuticals
2 July 2021 - The controversial approval last month by the FDA of Aduhelm (aducanumab) for patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2021
ICER to assess treatment for type 2 diabetes
30 June 2021 - Report will be subject of New England CEPAC meeting in January 2022; draft scoping document open ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2021
In revised evidence report, ICER confirms judgment that evidence is insufficient to demonstrate net health benefit of aducanumab for patients with Alzheimer’s disease
30 June 2021 - Accepting the uncertainty associated with the positive estimate obtained from pooled data from both pivotal trials, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jun 2021
Are drugs priced in accordance with value? A comparison of value based and net prices using Institute for Clinical and Economic Review reports
19 June 2021 - The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review is an independent organisation that reviews drugs and devices with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2021
ICER issues statement on the FDA’s approval of aducanumab for Alzheimer’s disease
7 June 2021 - The ICER believes that the FDA, in approving aducanumab (Aduhelm, Biogen) for the treatment of Alzheimer’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jun 2021
The economics of alternative payment models for pharmaceuticals
1 June 2021 - Pharmaceuticals are priced uniformly by convention, but vary in their degree of effectiveness for different disease indications. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2021
External reference pricing: the drug pricing reform America needs?
27 May 2021 - External reference pricing, sometimes known as international reference pricing, refers to the practice of informing price negotiations ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2021
ICER publishes protocol for first annual assessment of drug coverage policies that present barriers to fair access
25 May 2021 - ICER’s analysis, based on MMIT’s market access analytics solution, will evaluate how 15 of the largest ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2021
Quality, access, and the use of real world data by payers: where are we now? Where do we want to be in the future?
15 May 2021 - One of the biggest challenges payers face today is determining the value of innovative therapies in diseases ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2021
Making cancer treatments affordable today won’t hurt tomorrow’s innovation
12 May 2021 - Congress is about to debate legislation—the Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R.3)—that would give Medicare the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2021
ICER releases draft evidence report on therapies for atopic dermatitis
14 May 2021 - Public comment period now open until 11 June 2021; requests to make oral comment during public meeting ...