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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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PBM Reform Efforts Are Taking Baby Steps in the Direction of Impact

My default assumption about most of the PBM reform proposals that have been circulating on Capitol Hill is that they’re smallball: they snack around the edge of the PBM business
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The Empire Strikes Back: The First Government Brief in the AZ IRA Case Hit Last Night

Lots of earnings this morning that I haven’t processed yet. Hoping to give those a good look this weekend. Until then … The government formally responded to AstraZeneca’s lawsuit alleging
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Is CMS Trying to Minimize the Visibility of Patient Input on Price Controls?

So I managed to screw up at least two things yesterday. First off, I misspelled Leana Wen’s name. Second, I included the wrong link in discussing Wen’s op-ed. The right
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Patient Feedback to CMS on IRA: Please, Please Keep Access in Mind

Yesterday was all about Eliquis. First up were the patient listening sessions I keep prattling on about. And while there was some sense that the parade of speakers didn’t shed
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CMS Patient-Focused Listening Session Transcripts

Below are transcripts (PDF) for all of the speakers at the CMS patient-focused listening sessions. Where possible, we've provided affiliations. CMS refers to speakers only with their first name, so
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