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Medicare savings won’t make a dent in healthcare costs

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: Allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices is popular with voters because the media has been focused on the high price of some drugs, but this measure won’t lead to lower healthcare costs. If pharma is a business, they will find a way to develop, buy, or acquire new drugs. healthcare spending will reach $6.2

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How retailers and “payviders” are disrupting U.S. healthcare in 2024

Clarivate

Strategy #1: innovate and create Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has said that overnight success takes about 10 years — and that ramp-up period may be what’s playing out for the ecommerce giant in healthcare. billion, following an earlier failed healthcare venture with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase.

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Pharma’s reputational high will be short-lived

World of DTC Marketing

The rapid rollout of Covid-19 vaccines has made household names of Pfizer and AstraZeneca, and the whole industry is winning praise for co-operation” However, the bump in reputation will be short-lived because companies need to earn the public’s trust every day, and pharma is already damaging their perception with people.

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Pharma-biotech partnerships take on new urgency as patent cliffs loom

Clarivate

A glance at the 2022 top selling drugs for the biggest pharma companies reveals how dependent many large pharmas are on a small basket of products – most acquired through partnerships or acquisitions – that are nearing loss of exclusivity. Pharma is placing bigger bets on a smaller number of therapeutics and technology platforms.

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Non-Invasive Healthcare Products Buy and Sell

Contrarian Sales Techniques

Non-invasive healthcare products refer to medical devices or technologies that do not require puncturing the skin or entering the body in any way to diagnose, treat, or monitor a health condition. The market for non-invasive healthcare products is expected to grow significantly in the coming years.

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Viatris to acquire Oyster Point and Famy Life Sciences

Pharmaceutical Technology

Viatris has signed definitive agreements to acquire Oyster Point Pharma and Famy Life Sciences in a deal totalling nearly $700m-$750m in cash to establish an ophthalmology franchise. Oyster Point Pharma introduced Tyrvaya, a nasal spray approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat dry eye disease, in November last year.

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Making Sense of the Latest Changes to the Market Access Landscape

PM360

No one has ever described the pharma market access landscape as simple or easy to understand, and the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is not likely to change that. Most immediately, it will add confusion in the healthcare space,” explains Daniel Sontupe, Associate Partner, Managing Director, The Bloc Value Builders.