A Prior Auth Truce? Novartis Willing to Embrace ICER-Like Price Determinations For Increased Access
Executive Summary
Novartis gets some praise for being willing to embrace cost-effective drug prices, but health policy analysts are skeptical the industry would truly adopt the idea for its best-selling drugs, particularly if the appropriate guardrails were put in place to ensure broader budget impact was controlled. Holes were also poked in the way Novartis determined the total cost of drug utilization management on the US health system.
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