The New York Times: Trump Promises Lower Drug Prices, but Drops Populist Solutions
May 14, 2018
Mark Merritt said the real problem was the high prices set by drugmakers. “Getting rid of rebates and other price...
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Forbes: Trump Doesn’t Know Who ‘Middlemen’ Are, But PBMs Okay With His Drug Price Agenda
May 14, 2018
“We support (the administration’s) call for greater flexibility in benefit design to encourage better price negotiations…” PCMA said...
Bloomberg: Express Scripts Agrees to Ease Access to Costly Cholesterol Drug
May 01, 2018
The drugs became symbols of the nation’s rising drug prices after they were approved in 2015...
May 01, 2018
Sanofi and Regeneron have agreed to lower the price of their cholesterol medicine in exchange for easier access for patients...
Kaiser Health News: How A Drug Company Under Pressure For High Prices Ratchets Up Political Activity
April 30, 2018
Even including discounts, however, the company’s net profit margin for 2017 was 34 percent, its highest since at least 2000,...
USA Today: Drug copay groups: Critical patient charities or fronts for drug makers?
April 27, 2018
This practice, the HHS inspector general said, could harm patients, the government and taxpayers because people might take pricey drugs...
Roll Call: Drug Pricing Proposal Should Revamp Medicare, GOP Experts Say
April 25, 2018
Moving reimbursement for those drugs into Part D could have a “massive impact overnight”...
Stat News: Drug makers question idea to shake up how Medicare pays for certain drugs
April 24, 2018
PCMA said the changes wouldn’t be as disruptive as others argued, and highlighted several classes of drugs...
Reuters: Express Scripts targets new migraine drugs to change U.S. pricing dynamic
April 24, 2018
The largest U.S. manager of prescription benefits is telling drugmakers that the current pricing model is broken...
Reuters: As cancer drug prices climb, value not keeping pace
April 13, 2018
The cost of new anti-cancer drugs increased more than five-fold from 2006 to 2015, but a new analysis suggests that...
Kaiser Health News: Patient Advocacy Groups Take In Millions From Drugmakers. Is There A Payback?
April 09, 2018
Pharmaceutical companies gave at least $116 million to patient advocacy groups in a single year...
Bloomberg: These New Pharma Bros Are Wreaking Havoc on Prescription Drug Prices
April 06, 2018
Pharma Bro,became notorious for increasing drug prices, Smith and Bove have quietly plied their trade helping to kick-start drug company...