Gottlieb Places Drug Pricing Out Front In First Speech To US FDA Staff
Executive Summary
New FDA Commissioner tells employees that 'too many consumers are priced out of medicines they need' and that FDA must take meaningful steps to get lower cost alternatives to market.
You may also be interested in...
UPDATED: US FDA Has People Working At CMS To Help Implement Inflation Reduction Act
The FDA was mum on the expertise that it appears to be lending the payer, but Commissioner Robert Califf reiterated that communication between the agency and CMS is increasing.
US FDA Gets Out Of The 'Competition' Business – At Least In Oncology
The US FDA often reminds advisory committees that price is not part of its mission, but the agency pointedly told the experts meeting to review Lilly/Innovent’s sintilimab that “competition” should not be a factor either. Do they really mean that?
Drug Pricing Activity At US FDA May Be Unique To Gottlieb Tenure
Steven Grossman argues that the former commissioner possessed the credentials to be out front on the pricing issue, unlike other recent FDA commissioners and the current holder of the office.