Lower Reimbursement For Accelerated Approval Drugs May Get Push From ICER
Executive Summary
ICER President Steve Pearson expresses interest in setting drug costs for accelerated approval drugs low with price increases based on confirmatory evidence ahead of upcoming white paper from the group.
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