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.
You may also be interested in...
Sanofi/Regeneron Cut Praluent List Price As PBMs Look To Maintain Rebate Status Quo
The move follows a similar price cut for Amgen's competing PCSK9 inhibitor Repatha and comes as PBMs, including UnitedHealth Group's OptumRx, are looking for ways to maintain the drug rebate status quo.
Pink Sheet Podcast: Monkeypox Vaccine EUA, Drug Pricing Bill Fallout, US FDA’s IT Upgrade
Pink Sheet reporters and editor discuss the new monkeypox vaccine EUA, the potential impact of drug pricing legislation, and how things may have been different if the FDA already had a desired technology upgrade.
Immunogenicity Data Drove Monkeypox Dose-Sparring Decision…It Also Drove Initial Approval
Comfort with the initial approval based on inferred effectiveness may have made the current EUA process more palatable to US FDA officials but means there is a bigger gap in what’s known about the vaccine’s effectiveness overall.