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New comments outline ways to counteract cost-shifting insurance trends

By Ashley Czin  |    January 28, 2022
PhRMA submitted comments this week in response to the Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) proposed rule. As outlined in our comments,...   Read More

Patients need to pay less for their medicines. States can help.

By Scott LaGanga  |    January 26, 2022
No one should struggle to afford the medicines they need. Unfortunately, some patients continue to bear more of their medicine costs at the pharmacy counter. Patients with deductibles have seen their...   Read More

ICYMI: New approvals by the FDA in 2021 offer greater treatment options for patients

By Richard Moscicki, M.D.  |    January 26, 2022
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a total of 60 new drugs in 2021. A new report from the FDA catalogs 50 new approvals by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)....   Read More

It’s a new year, but sadly Congress is still pursuing flawed price setting policies

By Nicole Longo  |    January 25, 2022
As we kick off 2022, Congress has a number of priorities they are aiming to tackle, including the Build Back Better Act (BBBA). Unfortunately, the bill includes policies that would take the...   Read More

New poll of all 50 states and 435 Congressional Districts shows perils of so-called Medicare “negotiation”

By Cynthia Hicks  |    January 25, 2022
A new large-scale survey of 20,000 Americans covering all states and Congressional districts shows a majority find health care coverage costs unreasonable and a top priority health care issue for...   Read More

ICYMI: New report demonstrates growing global impact of antimicrobial resistance

By Jocelyn Ulrich  |    January 24, 2022
New research published in The Lancet shows for the first time the global impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which poses an increasingly serious threat to human health around the world. The...   Read More

CBO reaffirms our innovation ecosystem leads to improved lives, long-term savings

By Brian Newell  |    January 21, 2022
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released a new report looking at trends in spending, prices and use of prescription drugs. While some politicians are trying to use the report to...   Read More

New data show continued decline in death rates for cancer patients related to treatment advances

By Andrew Powaleny  |    January 20, 2022
According to a new report from American Cancer Society (ACS), death rates for cancer patients in the United States continue to decrease. Each year, ACS details a range of incidence, mortality and...   Read More

Legislation threatens patent protections and future innovation

By Tom Wilbur  |    January 12, 2022
Recently introduced legislation, the “Restoring the America Invents Act (RAIA),” if enacted, would push the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to grant more...   Read More

New study finds more than half of brand medicine spending goes to the supply chain and others

By Brian Newell  |    January 7, 2022
More than half of total spending on brand medicines went to the supply chain, middlemen and other stakeholders in 2020 according to a new analysis from the Berkeley Research Group (BRG). These new...   Read More

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