
Holly Campbell Holly Campbell is former deputy vice president of public affairs at PhRMA focusing on the cost and value of medicines.
Recent Posts
New rule makes it harder for patients to lower their out-of-pocket costs

In the midst of increased financial insecurity for Americans due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is shocking the Administration finalized a policy change in the 2021 Notice of Benefit and Payment...
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Retail medicine spending to remain stable share of overall health care spending through next decade

National Health Expenditure (NHE) data projections recently released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) indicate retail medicine spending grew 3.2% in 2019 and will continue to...
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America’s biopharmaceutical companies are working around the clock to beat coronavirus

Today, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) underscored the industry’s commitment to finding solutions to prevent,...
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PhRMA comments on HHS proposed rule on manufacturer cost-sharing assistance and accumulator adjustment programs

Yesterday, PhRMA submitted comments on the Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) 2021 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters proposed rule. The proposed rule would hurt patients’ ability to...
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Nearly 50% of brand medicine spending goes to the supply chain and others

Nearly 50% of total spending on brand medicines – the sum of all payments made at the pharmacy or paid on a claim to a health care provider – went to the supply chain and other entities in 2018,...
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New NHE data: Medicine prices declined, and hospitals were biggest driver of health care spending in 2018

According to new data from the National Health Expenditures (NHE), retail medicine prices declined by 1% and retail medicine spending grew just 2.5% in 2018. To put that in context, hospital...
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PhRMA CEO in STAT: Pelosi’s drug pricing plan puts medical innovation at risk

The following op-ed was authored by PhRMA president and CEO Stephen J. Ubl and published in STAT First Opinion here on October 17, 2019. The future of medical innovation in America is at a...
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More evidence that medicine prices are growing at slowest rate in decades

This week the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released yet another report showing that medicine prices are growing at the slowest rate in decades. The report, “Measuring Prescription...
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The truth about the marketing and promotion of medicines

Despite what critics say, the U.S. biopharmaceutical industry spends three times more on the research and development (R&D) of new treatments and cures than on the marketing and promotion of...
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Survey shows out-of-pocket costs top health care concern for voters

A recent national survey of 800 registered voters conducted by Public Opinion Strategies shows that health insurance premiums, deductibles and copays are the top health care concerns for Americans....
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