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IP Explained: Understanding biopharmaceutical innovation
By Andrew Powaleny | July 30, 2019
Over the past 25 years, prescription medicines have transformed the trajectory of many debilitating diseases and conditions, including heart disease, HIV/AIDS, cancer and hepatitis C, resulting in...
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IP Explained: Why IP protections are important for biologic medicines
By Tom Wilbur | July 18, 2019
Biologics are cutting-edge therapies that treat or cure some of the most challenging and costly diseases. These medicines are created from living organisms through highly complex manufacturing...
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PhRMA member companies invested nearly $80 billion in R&D last year
By Tim McClung | July 18, 2019
Last year, PhRMA member companies invested a record-setting $79.6 billion in research and development (R&D) according to the 2019 PhRMA member annual survey.
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Setting the record straight on international reference pricing
By Kevin Haninger | July 16, 2019
There’s been a lot of talk in Washington about how to help patients better access and afford their medicines. These are important discussions that will hopefully result in real affordability...
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Four states adopt first-in-the-nation laws to protect patients from surprise insurer practices
By Nick McGee | July 15, 2019
West Virginia, Virginia, Arizona and Illinois recently became the first states in America to adopt patient-centered legislation to bring relief and more predictability to patients facing high...
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New Let’s Talk About Cost TV ad asks: Why aren’t patients sharing in savings at the pharmacy counter?
By Priscilla VanderVeer | July 9, 2019
For the last two years, our Let’s Talk About Cost campaign has sought to answer questions people have about their medicine costs and advance a dialogue on how we can make medicines more affordable...
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Study finds hospitals continue to mark up medicines up to 500% of their cost
By Holly Campbell | July 9, 2019
A new analysis from the Moran Company found hospitals continue to charge, on average, five times their cost for medicines, driving up cost sharing and premiums for patients across the country....
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Three reasons why the latest Rx Savings Solutions analysis is misleading
By Holly Campbell | July 2, 2019
Yesterday, multiple news outlets featured data from Rx Savings Solutions on medicine price trends. These data reflect list price increases, ignoring the significant rebates and discounts on...
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