Generics
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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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Caught my eye — 12/20/24
Read more: Caught my eye — 12/20/24Is anybody out there? It seems like everyone has disappeared for the rest of the year. And who can blame them? A few odds and ends caught my eye as I got ready to wrap up this year… Rebatable: 2025 should be interesting with now 4 companies pursuing the rebate model and suing the government.…
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340B, Caught my eye, Drug Prices, Generics, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare Negotiation, Medicare Part D, Medicare Transaction FacilitatorCaught my eye — 8/23/24
Read more: Caught my eye — 8/23/24It’s an Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) hangover kind of week. Last week the first Medicare negotiated prices for 2026 were announced and this week is the “what does this mean?” week with everyone catching up and chiming in. What I wrote last week stands but if you want another review, Health Affairs/KFF has you covered.…
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340B, Biosimilars, Drug Prices, Generics, Healthcare Costs, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, ValueCaught my eye — 6/21/24
Read more: Caught my eye — 6/21/24You know it is hot when I say, “Let’s go for a walk” and my dog looks at me from the stop of the stairs and refuses to move. At 6:30 in the morning. I hope you’re feeling more motivated than he is. Same same, not different. Late last year, the Medicare prescription drug benefit…
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Return of the MAC (Well I tried to tell you so)
Read more: Return of the MAC (Well I tried to tell you so)Last week MedPAC, the Medicare advisory committee to Congress, had a really interesting session on generic drug pricing in the Medicare prescription drug program (Part D.) There is always so much focus on branded drugs that an opportunity to flip the script and learn about the 90% of prescription drug utilization in Part D (and…
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