Purchasing contract for state Medicaid and Corrections programs would last up to five years and aim to treat more than 10,000 patients in first year.
The Louisiana Department of Health is officially seeking a manufacturing partner to implement a novel subscription-based, or “Netflix,” purchasing model for hepatitis C drugs beginning later this year.
The department released a solicitation Jan. 10 requesting bids from manufacturers interested in participating in the model. Responses are requested by Feb. 28.
Joint procurement, if used by member states to respond to potential pricing and access challenges caused by a US most favored nations pricing policy, would cause more uncertainty for pharmaceutical companies, warn industry representatives.
President Trump’s new Executive Order on drug pricing reprises several policy themes from his first administration, including giving the FDA many tasks intended to increase competition in the marketplace.
Germany’s federal health care decision-making body, the G-BA, tells the Pink Sheet that German drug prices are fair and speculation of price rises in the market due to the US MFN policy is fear mongering.
In this first in a series of articles looking at the potential impact of the MFN drug pricing policy on European pharmaceutical markets, EUCOPE’s Alexander Natz tells the Pink Sheet why the US policy underscores the importance of confidential net pricing.
Germany’s federal health care decision-making body, the G-BA, tells the Pink Sheet that German drug prices are fair and speculation of price rises in the market due to the US MFN policy is fear mongering.
Japan's NHI program continues to give and take as 11 new drugs are granted reimbursement, while the prices of others - including three ophthalmic therapies - are cut by up to 20% under a Market Expansion Repricing scheme.
In this first in a series of articles looking at the potential impact of the MFN drug pricing policy on European pharmaceutical markets, EUCOPE’s Alexander Natz tells the Pink Sheet why the US policy underscores the importance of confidential net pricing.
