Jennifer C. Chen, MPH

Senior Project Portfolio Manager, Center for Health Policy and Outcomes, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Jennifer joined the team in 2017. She focuses on an array of drug pricing-related analyses, with her current projects analyzing the supply chain dynamics and regulatory processes in the US and abroad, profiling Medicare Part D formularies, and critically reviewing key industry talking points. She also oversees day-to-day operations of program grants.

Prior to drug pricing, Jennifer supported the Epidemiology Service at MSKCC on projects specific to the cost-effectiveness analyses of colorectal cancer screening. She holds an MPH in epidemiology and pharmaceuticals management from Boston University School of Public Health, and a BS in anthropology from the University of California, Riverside.

Focus Areas

Supply chain dynamics
Drug pricing
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The Conflict Between QALYs and Well-Funded Patient Advocacy Groups
The goal of a QALY is to figure out how much any given drug is worth to a society so that we, as a society, have a benchmark to evaluate the price of pharmaceutical products.
Relentless Health Value 12/10/2020
Atypical antipsychotics: Decades of use, unfathomable harms
Using attributable risk calculations to quantify how many premature deaths resulted from atypical antipsychotic use in the elderly
Drug Pricing Lab 05/31/2022
Comparing Factors that Influence Pharmaceutical Pricing and Access in the…
Drug prices in the United States are some of the highest in the world, which has triggered several policy proposals aimed at adopting pricing strategies used by other countries.
Drug Pricing Lab 12/20/2021
Evaluating Industry’s Drug Pricing Claims
A closer look at three of PhRMA’s most cited talking points.
Drug Pricing Lab 11/18/2021
Value-Based Management of Specialty Drugs: Practical Considerations and Implications for…
Not all approaches are suited to meeting policy makers and health plans’ goals of managing specialty drugs based on their value. Researchers conducted a qualitative study with Blue Cross Blue Shield plans interested in implementing value-based specialty pharmacy management to observe the plans’ objectives, strategies, and factors influencing their ability to execute on these strategies.
AJMC 05/13/2021
Who Is Sowing Seeds of Confusion About The QALY?
Industry sponsorship of patient advocacy groups opposing the QALY threatens to undermine not just the QALY but also an objective analysis of policy decisions.
Health Affairs 07/24/2020
Xeljanz, the FDA, and nine years of patient harm
Quantifying population-level adverse events in the near decade between when safety concerns were identified and FDA action
Drug Pricing Lab 05/31/2022
Medicare Part B Premium Dynamics Explained
The Drug Pricing Lab commissioned Milliman to prepare a report exploring the impact of changes in Medicare Part B program costs on beneficiaries’ premiums and Social Security payments. This report focuses on the 2022 Part B premium for beneficiaries with various income levels to illustrate the payment dynamics and discusses the implications for related programs.
Milliman 12/23/2021
Biosimilars in Medicare Part D: pricing dynamics and considerations
The Drug Pricing Lab engaged Milliman to prepare a report summarizing the pricing dynamics affecting utilization of biosimilars in the current Medicare Part D marketplace and under the proposed Part D benefit design in the Build Back Better Act.

This report was commissioned by the Drug Pricing Lab.
Milliman 12/14/2021
Mapping conflict of interests: scoping review
A scoping review of the literature to identify all known ties between the medical product industry and the parties and activities in the healthcare ecosystem.
Drug Pricing Lab 11/03/2021
Production Plus Profit Pricing (P-quad) FAQ
08/17/2021
What A Waste! The National Academy Of Medicine’s Report On…
Why Congress should not follow the National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s recommendation to remove the JW modifier.
Health Affairs Blog 07/09/2021

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