Biosimilar uptake is increasing and so are health savings

There has been a lot of talk recently about the biosimilars marketplace and what role biosimilars play in reducing health care costs. We’re here to set the record straight about how these medicines...
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CMS coverage policies restrict patient access to important treatment options for Alzheimer’s disease

There’s been a lot of discussion this year about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) national coverage determination (NCD) for new Alzheimer’s treatments finalized earlier this year in...
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The Senate’s latest price setting proposal will undermine: Patient access to medicines

Members of Congress continue to push a misguided drug pricing proposal under the guise of negotiation as part of the reconciliation package. This proposal is nothing short of government price setting...
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New research shows competition driven by biosimilars helps control costs in Part B

Discussions about spending in Medicare Part B, including a recent report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC, too often overlook how competition between medicines drives down the...
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CMS coverage decision restricts access to treatments for Alzheimer’s disease

This year’s Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month offers an important opportunity to remember the severe toll that Alzheimer’s takes on patients and family caregivers. Unfortunately, this year also...
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Part B 101: Three charts show the program helps control costs for health care system and enrollees

Medicare Part B covers a wide range of health care services, including physician office visits, hospital outpatient care and medical equipment. It also covers medicines that are usually administered...
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PhRMA submits comments urging CMS to withdraw coverage proposal

In comments submitted this week, PhRMA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to withdraw its proposed national coverage determination (NCD) for monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for the...
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It’s a new year, but sadly Congress is still pursuing flawed price setting policies

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...
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Post-approval research save lives. Why is Congress trying disincentivize it?

While some in Congress continue to claim the latest drug pricing plan in Washington is “negotiation,” that is far from the truth. The reality is that the current plan gives the government a new...
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A price control by any other name would still put patients at risk and threaten innovation

Some policymakers in DC are laser focused on giving the government the power to “negotiate” in Medicare. What they aren’t saying is that this isn’t negotiation at all. They essentially just want the...
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