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Caught my eye — 5/16/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 5/16/25This week I’ve repeatedly spoken to groups about the President’s Executive Order (EO) on Most Favored Nation (MFN) pricing and I feel a little vulnerable. I am often “authentic” in my explanations. I recognize that to many people I seem biased on a lot of issues but, in my defense, I find most politics maddening…
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Caught my eye — 5/09/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 5/09/25Direct Cost. I’ve written about the cuts from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), but I’m not sure I was clear on the impact on pharmaceutical manufacturers. Pharma relies on basic research for its drugs, and they also rely on scientists that have been trained in graduate schools and post-doctoral fellowships to develop and advance…
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Caught my eye — 5/2/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 5/2/25It has been a week that has rushed by and yet Monday feels like very long time ago. You know these kinds of weeks. So, let’s do a quick roundup of what made me pause between the stimulation overload of Vegas. And So it Begins? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suffered huge staffing…
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340B, Caught my eye, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare Negotiation, Medicare Part D, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, State-based ReformCaught my eye — 4/25/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 4/25/25Let’s Get Horizontal. Arkansas just passed a law banning pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from owning pharmacies in the state. Other states like Vermont and New York are considering it. This also includes mail order and specialty pharmacy. Lately the economics of independent pharmacies are getting covered in the media showcasing how they often lose money…
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Biosimilars, Caught my eye, Drug Prices, Drug shortages, ICER, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Obesity, Supply Chain, ValueCaught my eye — 4/11/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 4/11/25Some days I sit down the pottery wheel and I pull 4 bowls or vases in a row that are fantastic. Other days (like, oh, this Sunday and Wednesday) it all collapses. Here is hoping that all of us get better at staying centered and not collapsing. I’d Prefer Not. The 2026 Medicare Advantage and…
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340B, Caught my eye, Drug Prices, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare Negotiation, Medicare Transaction Facilitator, Medicare Transaction Facilitator, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, State-based Reform, UncategorizedCaught my eye — 4/4/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 4/4/25Mom and Pop Going Broke. The economics of pharmacies are fascinating. Like did you know they usually lose money on brand-name drugs? A pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) law in Montana would help those pharmacies get closer to at least breaking even and make sure they get dispensing fees. I thought this KFF piece was a…
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Caught my eye — 03/28/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 03/28/25There are some weeks you get to Friday and it’s just nice. The anticipation of some dopamine, some relaxation over the weekend. There are other weeks where you barrel into Friday and cram everything in so that 5 pm can arrive with a cocktail. Guess which week I’m having… three quick things you should know.…
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Caught my eye — 3/21/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 3/21/25Smug looks awful on me so it is a good thing I did a terrible job picking my brackets. I need to set a reminder to create 2 brackets next year –one on how I actually think things will go and one on a more whim basis (colors, mascots, which school I think my kids…
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340B, Biosimilars, Caught my eye, CMMI, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Obesity, Pharmacy Benefit ManagersCaught my eye — 3/14/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 3/14/25With the exception of the ending of demos/models at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), most of the news kind of rolled over me this week. So, instead, here is a capture of what is rattling around my chamber of health policy worries. Who’s on first? What’s on second? I don’t know ……
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Caught my eye, Generics, Healthcare Costs, ICER, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicaid, Medicare Negotiation, Medicare Part D, Orphan Drugs, State-based Reform, ValueCaught my eye — 03/07/25
Read more: Caught my eye — 03/07/25Tuesday morning, I spent the first half of the day convinced it was Wednesday, and yet, despite that mental setback, the rest of the week has flown by. Feels like a win. Killing me softly. Overall, glad to see the stories recognizing how the uncertainty of federal research dollars is impacting NIH summer internships, graduate…
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