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Value-Based Pricing for Drugs: Theme and Variations

A taxonomy of the features that make a payment model truly value-based.

Originally published on 05/02/2018 in JAMA Viewpoint

The term "value-based pricing' has been adopted by pharmaceutical companies, payers and policy makers to refer to a range of payment models that break with convention.

However, their potential for aligning a drug's price with its value varies substantially. Anna Kaltenboeck and Dr. Bach offer a taxonomy of the features that make a payment model truly value-based.

Read the full paper here.

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