I mentioned yesterday that Merck had dropped its annual drug-price transparency report, warning that Merck’s numbers probably shouldn’t be extrapolated to the broader industry. After all, most companies don’t have
As is tradition, Merck is out as the first company to talk about 2023 list- and net-price changes across its portfolio. The company dropped its annual Pricing Action Transparency Report
So PBM reform is dead, according to the political press covering the government funding negotiations. STAT confirmed that fact with 11 different people, which is a feat. (Modern Healthcare, not
There’s a lot to go through today, but before I get started, I have a favor to ask: if you like what you’re reading, please forward it to a friend.
Pretty much every page of the new IQVIA “Global Trends in R&D 2024” report is worth deep consideration. It is the definitive atlas of how and where biopharma is investing
I could try to summarize it, but you’re probably better off just clicking over the Adam Fein’s latest post at Drug Channels today. Adam take a deep dive into the
After a chill week, we’re back to drinking from the firehose. One of the larger, if not sufficiently heralded, wins for the patient advocacy community last year was the effort
It’s the Friday before a long weekend, so it’s all Quick Turns into the weekend. See you Tuesday. CNN has a new piece on 2024 price hikes. I give them
It’s been a slow week, so it’s probably useful for me to pause for a moment and think about what’s coming. Here’s a short list of the milestones that I’m
Every year, I think to myself: is this the year where public pressure finally gets so great that health plans can no longer get away with copay accumulators? Of all