Lower Reimbursement For Accelerated Approval Drugs May Get Push From ICER

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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ICER may soon suggest accelerated approval drugs start at low price points. • Source: Shutterstock

The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review may soon join a key Medicaid commission in recommending the US consider a new way of pricing and reimbursing drugs granted accelerated approval where prices would be set low to account for the unproven clinical benefit, then rise as new confirmatory evidence becomes available.

ICER is coming out with a white paper on the accelerated approval pathway on Monday, 26 April and questions and...

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