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Bernie Sanders Wants to Talk to CEOs About US vs ROW Pricing. Bring It On, I Say.

I love Thanksgiving for a number of reasons, the two biggest of which are 1) pie and 2) the explicit focus on gratitude. This year, I’ve been especially fortunate. As
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A Quick Look At Everything I Missed While I Was Gone

So I wasn’t gone that long, but I feel like I missed a ton. Eschewing the usual format in favor of some quick hits, grouped by importance. BIG DEALS The
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Three New Research Pieces to Boost Understanding of Pharma Industry Nuances

My goal for The Arc is to have some sort of a spin on some element of the news, rather than just a Chat-GPT-sounding summary of whatever tabs I have
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The Medicaid Best-Price Rule Is Having a Moment

Generally, I try to reserve Inflection Point for breaking news, and it’s tough to justify highlighting a Wall Street Journal editorial in this slot. Bear with me.  The WSJ editorial
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Strong Data Showing Heart Benefits to Obesity Meds Raises the Big Question: Whither Medicare

Programming Note: Cost Curve will be off Thursday, Friday, and next Monday so that I can watch my social media manager/future Terrier do her thing against some of Canada’s best
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There Are 1,600 Medicines in Development for Cancer, Proving Incentives Matter

The PhRMA Medicines in Development reports are almost hard to read because it’s hard to wrap your head around some of the numbers. The latest from the group looks at
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Looking Under the Hood at the Pricing Approach for the New Zepbound Obesity Med

Look, you’ve all seen the news, so I probably don’t need to provide the details: Lilly won FDA approval for Zepbound in obesity. It’s the same ingredient in Mounjaro and
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A Great WSJ Story Looks At the False Promise of Drugs with Two Prices

The Wall Street Journal covered, with some depth, the trend of biosimilars launching with two prices: a low price designed to be appealing to consumers (and, I guess, media) and
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Rich Hospitals Using 340B to Get Even Richer, According to a New Analysis

Look, the evidence is clear: hospitals are taking in a ton of 340B money, and we don’t know where it goes. But the circumstantial evidence is that it doesn’t go
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Medicare Benes Pay 33 Cents a Day for Insulin, HHS Says, Showing Why Access Is as Important as Price

It’s moving week at the Cost Curve offices, so the newsletter -- while it will appear -- is going to show up at slightly more random times. Thanks for your
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