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Issue 09/02/2021
Launch Price Tracker
News 09/01/2021
Senate Moves Forward with $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Bill, Includes Funding Offset from Bach’s Drug Vial Waste Research
The infrastructure bill includes a drug waste provision from the Recovering Excessive Funds for Unused and Needless Drugs (REFUND) Act, which requires manufacturers to rebate the amount wasted back to CMS. An estimated $3 billion over 10 years can be recouped and invested in roads, bridges, and other infrastructure initiatives.
Research 04/09/2021
Trump's Drug-Pricing Ideas Would Cost Taxpayers a Bundle
Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies would stand to make a lot more money.
Research 03/15/2021
Biosimilars: Market Changes do not equal policy success
Numerous articles and reports have trumpeted biosimilar market growth, but it's critical we do not lose sight of the sole objective for creating the biosimilar market: to reduce the cost of older biologic drugs for society and taxpayers.
Research 03/29/2020
Pharmaceutical Products and Their Value: Lessons Learned and the Path Ahead
Value-based pricing has emerged as an alternative to prices determined by what the market will bear. But which agreements are truly "value-based"?
Research 07/09/2019
Mortgaging New Treatments Kicks the Can on High Drug Prices
The launch price for one-time gene therapy Zolgensma presents various implications.
Research 01/29/2019
Overview of Original Subscription Model and Features of LA and WA Proposals
An overview of the original subscription-based Netflix model proposed and the proposals put forth by Louisiana and Washington.
Research 12/17/2018
Fact Checking the NYT Fact Check on the Trump Proposal
The Drug Pricing Lab takes issue with The New York Times "Fact Check" on the recent Trump Administration proposal to pilot alternative reimbursement for Part B drugs.
Research 10/29/2018
The "Netflix Model" of Financing Hepatitis C Treatment
An alternative payment model is proposed to support a population-level payment paradigm.
Research 08/01/2018
Spending On Prescription Drugs In The US: Where Does All The Money Go?
Supply chain intermediaries, or “middlemen,” are being blamed for capturing much of the money that is often categorized as drug spending.
Research 05/11/2018
Impact of President Trump's Proposed 340B Hospital Eligibility Threshold
Research tells us 9% of hospitals would lose their 340B eligibility under Trump's drug pricing plan. Essentially all are in Medicaid expansion states.
Research 05/02/2018
Value-Based Pricing for Drugs: Theme and Variations
A taxonomy of the features that make a payment model truly value-based.
News 07/26/2017
Baseball Illuminates the Problem with U.S. Drug Pricing
Dana Goldman and Darius Lakdawalla look to Major League baseball to explain the drug pricing problem.
Research 06/21/2017
Outcomes-Based Drug Contracts Do Not Move Us Closer to Value
What steps are needed to make outcomes-based contracting a value-based approach?
Research 03/07/2017
R&D Costs Do Not Explain Elevated U.S. Drug Prices
Drug prices in other high income countries for the 20 top selling drugs globally make up less than half of U.S. net drug prices.
News 04/16/2016
Drug Companies Boosted Their Prices, Analysis Finds
Major drug companies have raised prices over the past five years, sometimes doubling them, a Reuters analysis found.
News 10/27/2015
How Taxpayers Prop Up Big Pharma, and How to Cap That
When Martin Shkreli of Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price for Daraprim by 5,455%, he put drug pricing on the agenda for the leading 2016 presidential candidates.
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