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RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2024
What the newly released Medicare prices for 10 drugs do and don’t tell us
16 August 2024 - CMS needs to beware of unintended consequences that might hamper patient access. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2024
Medicare’s drug price talks are about to get more heated
16 August 2024 - Drug makers and officials are fighting over many aspects of the now-annual negotiations. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2024
Commemorating the second anniversary of the Biden-Harris Lower Cost Prescription Drug Law
16 August 2024 - The Inflation Reduction Act is saving Americans millions in lower prescription drug costs and making health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2024
Negotiating for lower drug prices works, saves billions
15 August 2024 - In a historic moment that will help lower prescription drug prices for millions of people across America, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2024
How to tell if Biden drove a hard bargain in Medicare drug price negotiations
30 July 2024 - The deadline for announcing how much Medicare lowered drug prices in the first year of negotiation is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Aug 2024
Novo Nordisk latest drugmaker to face setback in IRA litigation
1 August 2024 - A federal court backed the Biden administration’s Medicare drug price negotiation program on Wednesday, the latest ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jul 2024
Drug middlemen push patients to pricier medicines, House probe finds
23 July 2024 - Findings from the House Oversight investigation add to criticism that pharmacy-benefit managers are driving up drug spending. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2024
Johnson & Johnson, BMS fight US drug price plan at Third Circuit
16 July 2024 - Pharmaceutical giants Johnson & Johnson, BMS and AstraZeneca are rejecting federal district court decisions that rule ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2024
FTC to sue drug managers over insulin prices
10 July 2024 - Antitrust agency is investigating how PBMs and manufacturers negotiate discounts. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2024
Pharmacy middlemen appear to be inflating drug prices, FTC says
9 July 2024 - The Federal Trade Commission released a critical report detailing how pharmacy benefit managers—like CVS Health’s Caremark, Cigna’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jul 2024
Judge rules against Boehringer Ingelheim in pharma’s latest legal loss on Medicare negotiation
5 July 2024 - A federal judge ruled against Boehringer Ingelheim’s challenge to the new Medicare drug price negotiation program, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2024
President Biden: Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly must stop ripping off Americans with high drug prices
2 July 2024 - If Novo Nordisk and other pharmaceutical companies refuse to substantially lower prescription drug prices in our country ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jun 2024
HHS announces cost savings for 64 prescription drugs thanks to the Medicare Rebate Program established by the Biden-Harris Administration’s Lower Cost Prescription Drug Law
26 June 2024 - Under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, some people with Medicare will pay less for some Part ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2024
The opaque industry secretly inflating prices for prescription drugs
21 June 2024 - Pharmacy benefit managers are driving up drug costs for millions of people, employers and Government. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jun 2024
ICER publishes protocol for annual assessment of drug coverage policies that present barriers to fair access
5 June 2024 - This year’s analysis will include the top ten commercial formularies by covered lives, and include drugs ...