PRMA Healthcheck Wins PM Society’s Silver Award for Market Access
The PRMA Healthcheck® digital application has been chosen as the silver award winner in the market access category of the [...]
States Take Action Over Increasing Drug Prices
Several politicians in Washington and some states have sought to address the rising prices of prescription drugs prices. The group [...]
Join Aetion’s science leaders for a Q&A during ICPE All Access
Each year, Aetion participates in the International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management, or ICPE, a global gathering of [...]
Cigna Rebrands Health Services Business Line as Evernorth
Cigna’s health services business line will be rebranded and launched as Evernorth, which will also include several other segments, including [...]
State Treasurers Call Out Gilead for Putting Remdesivir Profits Before Patients
State treasurers from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Maine, Iowa, Oregon, Colorado, Wisconsin, Texas, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts asked Gilead Sciences (GILD) [...]
ICER Recommends Deep Discounts for Ulcerative Colitis Treatments
Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that leads to chronic inflammation and ulcers in the digestive tract. [...]
RAND Report On Health Costs Raises Employer Ire
According to a new RAND study, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are getting the sweetest deal on [...]
Looking Beyond the Registry for Real-world Device Evidence
When real-world evidence is sought, medical device registries can prove to be valuable fields for data mining. However, most medical [...]
Pharma Industry Executives Fuming Over ‘Most Favored Nation’ Order
Roche Pharmaceuticals division CEO Bill Anderson criticized President Donald Trump’s “Most Favored Nation” order saying the order is “light on [...]
Winning: How Novartis Ensured a Stable Supply of Medicines During COVID
Join Steffen Lang, Ph.D., Global Head of Novartis Technical Operations as he discusses how Novartis was able to ensure that [...]
[Virtual Event] Getting real-world data about Covid-19
Can researchers provide information fast enough to meet society’s needs in the age of COVID-19? In this video, STAT’s Matthew [...]
Amazon Cloud Partnership Drives Cerner’s Shift to Digital Platform Company
Cerner announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) one year ago. Cerner plans to leverage Amazon's artificial intelligence capabilities [...]
Patients Suffer as PBMs Exclude Hundreds of Medicines Per Year from Formularies
Every year, hundreds of thousands of commercially insured patients may not be able to access their physician prescribed treatments. That’s [...]
Biosimilars Key to Capitalizing on Trump’s Favored Nations Order
President Trump recently signed an executive order that lowers prescription drug costs by tying US drug prices to prices paid [...]
Can PCORI Make Evidence Count in US Medicine?
The Affordable Care Act established the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to promote research on the comparative effectiveness of treatment [...]
Rise in Drug Prices Outpaces Other Healthcare Services
A new analysis from GoodRx revealed that drug prices are rising at a rate that outstrips other healthcare services. The [...]
HealthVerity Patient Confidence Index at Pre-pandemic Levels
HealthVerity reported a national score of 95 for its Patient Confidence Index (HVPCI). The score represents a five-point increase from [...]
A Bridge Too Far: The High Cost of Gilead’s HIV Prevention Pill
A new analysis by U.S. government researchers found that the high cost of the world’s only HIV prevention pill may [...]
Cutting Wasteful Drugs Can Save Employers Billions
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University along with The Pacific Business Group on Health released a guidebook that identifies 49 medications [...]
Trump’s Pre-Election Drug Pricing Order May Not Save Americans Much Money
With little under two months before the 2020 election, President Trump is making his boldest move yet against the pharmaceutical [...]
Can Real-World Data Help Overcome Cancer’s Financial Toxicity?
Cancer, second only to heart disease, is one of the most expensive conditions to treat. Costs for treatment continue to [...]
Cytel Releases Audiobook on Synthetic Control Arms (SCA)
Synthetic control arms (SCA) are virtual trial arms using observational data and historical claims data to simulate a study’s control [...]
What’s the Bottom Line? COVID-19 and Value-based Contracts
According to a new report released by Xtelligent Healthcare Media, the COVID-19 pandemic will shift the industry even farther away [...]
[Podcast] K&L Gates Triage: Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
In this podcast, Leah D’Aurora Richardson and Victoria Hamscho discuss upcoming oral arguments to be heard before the Supreme Court [...]
COVID Test Costs Reach as High as $14,750
COVID-19 relief legislation that lets providers in some cases set their own prices for COVID diagnostic tests has resulted in [...]