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Guest post: H.R.3 is the wrong approach to help patients like me

By Guest Contributor  |    November 26, 2019
Conversations and healthy debate about issues facing our industry and the health care system are critical to addressing some of today’s challenges and opportunities. The Catalyst welcomes guest...   Read More

Speaker Pelosi’s drug pricing plan could result in 56 fewer new medicines over 10 years

By Juliet Johnson  |    November 21, 2019
A new analysis from economic consulting firm Vital Transformation shows that Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s drug pricing plan, H.R.3, could result in at least 56 fewer innovative medicines for patients over...   Read More

Pelosi’s radical plan would leave patients with sickle cell disease behind

By Tom Wilbur  |    November 14, 2019
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most commonly inherited genetic blood disorder, affecting nearly 100,000 children and adults in the United States. Three million Americans carry the sickle cell trait...   Read More

R&D Focus: It takes an ecosystem to deliver innovative new therapies

By Richard Moscicki, M.D.  |    November 14, 2019
We are living in a new era of medicine where innovations are transforming our ability to attack the cause of a disease, not just the symptoms. Today, concepts, such as cell and gene therapies, that...   Read More

PhRMA submission to 2020 National Trade Estimate Report: Urgent action required to protect U.S. biopharmaceutical innovation

By Douglas Petersen  |    November 8, 2019
International trade policy plays a critical role in ensuring that the U.S. biopharmaceutical industry can continue to develop and provide both American and international patients with access to...   Read More

Pelosi’s radical plan would leave patients with rare pediatric diseases behind

By Tom Wilbur  |    November 7, 2019
There are about 7,000 rare diseases and half of these affect children. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 30 million Americans, or 10 percent of the population, have one of the...   Read More

Guest post: Value-based agreements can improve outcomes and even save patients money at the pharmacy counter

By Guest Contributor  |    November 7, 2019
Conversations and healthy debate about issues facing our industry and the health care system are critical to addressing some of today’s challenges and opportunities. The Catalyst welcomes guest...   Read More

IP Explained: By the Numbers: How reliable IP protections promote a strong U.S. economy

By Tom Wilbur  |    November 4, 2019
The U.S. biopharmaceutical industry depends on predictable and reliable intellectual property (IP) protections, including patents, to maintain its role as the global leader in biopharmaceutical...   Read More

New data show how ICER’s value framework could prevent or delay access to treatments for Medicaid patients across the country

By Katie Koziara  |    November 4, 2019
A new analysis from Xcenda applied the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s (ICER) value assessments to state Medicaid programs in California, Massachusetts, Maryland, Nevada and New York....   Read More

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