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Using traditional HTAs to determine coverage threatens patient access to medicine

By Katie Koziara  |    December 14, 2022
Concerns about the cost of health care have led to calls for the use of health technology assessments or HTAs by the federal government. This would allow government agencies to make important...   Read More

Traditional HTAs keep diverse patients out of the conversation

By Katie Koziara  |    December 7, 2022
Concerns about the cost of health care have led to calls for the use of health technology assessments or HTAs by the federal government. This would allow government agencies to make important...   Read More

Traditional HTA methods treat everyone like the “average” patient

By Katie Koziara  |    November 7, 2022
Concerns about the cost of health care have led to calls for the use of health technology assessments or HTAs by the federal government. This would allow government agencies to make important...   Read More

You won’t fix what you don’t value: Two reasons why traditional cost-effective analyses can perpetuate health inequities

By Jackie McRae  |    June 16, 2022
A new report from Partnership for Health Analytic Research or PHAR describes how value assessments that use traditional cost-effectiveness analyses can overlook important health disparities and risk...   Read More

Potential gene therapies bring hope to patients with sickle cell disease

By Katie Koziara  |    June 6, 2022
A recent analysis highlights how potential gene therapies have the potential to dramatically reduce income disparities for patients with sickle cell disease, leading to as much as $21,000 more in...   Read More

Stephanie Dyson of BMS on reducing health disparities

By Guest Contributor  |    April 27, 2022
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 PhRMA blog welcomes guest...   Read More

Sharing rebates can save Americans with diabetes $500 each year and improve adherence, especially for Black and Hispanic Americans

By Katie Koziara  |    March 16, 2022
A new study by GlobalData looked at brand oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs) and found that sharing negotiated rebates with patients in commercial health plans at the pharmacy counter can help lower...   Read More

Announcing CAREs Grant Round 4

By Jackie McRae  |    November 12, 2021
Medicines can be critical to treating, managing, and sometimes curing illnesses, thereby offering an effective tool to improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities. However, numerous studies...   Read More

Guest Series: PhRMA talks racial and health equity with Lauren Powell, VP US Health Equity and Community Wellness, Takeda

By Courtney Christian  |    September 27, 2021
Our industry has committed itself to making our workplaces trusting places to have complex, and sometimes difficult, conversations about diversity and inclusion.   Read More

PhRMA awards $75,000 to fund initiatives to reduce health inequities

By Lori Reilly  |    July 1, 2021
As part of PhRMA’s continuing commitment to build a more just and equitable health care system, we recently awarded $75,000 through our Collaborative Actions to Reach Equity (CAREs) grant program to...   Read More

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