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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. Prescription drug costs are only a small part of healthcare costs, and by 2028 U.S. 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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Your Guide to Virtual Reality Reimbursement in the U.S. Healthcare Market

Nixon Gwilt Law

As a law firm focused specifically on healthcare innovation, we get really excited about developing areas of the healthcare industry. Digital health companies building VR solutions often ask us this question, and if you are a founder or executive looking for ways to commercialize your VR platform for healthcare providers in the U.S.,

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Five points on CMS’s first ten picks for price negotiations

Clarivate

While more expensive than type 2 diabetes drugs, blood thinners follow a similar pattern of high prescription volumes. The dearth of cancer drugs (only blood cancer drug Imbruvica made this first list) stems from CMS only pursuing negotiations for Part D drugs in 2026 and 2027, then expanding to Part B drugs in 2028. With 27.5%

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Pharma’s reputational high will be short-lived

World of DTC Marketing

A great example of pharma’s profiteering is biosimilar drugs which cost a lot and add billions of dollars to healthcare costs. Another biologic, Enbrel, on the market since 1998, will not have its $5 billion in sales challenged until the end of 2028. Political pressure was mounting in the US, the most profitable market.

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Consequences of the First 10 Drugs Selected for Medicare’s Negotiation Program

PM360

As many in the industry now know, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the most significant reform of Medicare prescription drug coverage since the creation of Part D and has wide-ranging implications for the healthcare industry. CMS negotiation may lead to additional savings for beneficiaries and for the Medicare program.

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Key Developments from AMCP 2023 on Blockbuster Generics, Diabetes Drugs, PBM Legislation, and More

PM360

This product would be a more potent prescription version than the OTCs, Casberg notes. This increases to 15 Part D drugs in 2026, as well as 15 Part B and D drugs in 2028, and a full 20 Part B and D drugs in 2029. The impact of the IRA’s price negotiations on payers is mixed, he noted.