Drug pricing
US pharma lobby launches legal action against the Trump administration over drug pricing proposals
December 8, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, PhRMA, Trump, US
US industry organisations including the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) have launched legal action against the Trump administration …
Reinventing the value equation
April 27, 2020Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, feature, real world data, real world evidence, real-world data, real-world evidence
There is a duty to ensure access to innovative treatments for patients with unmet need, but a health service gatekeeper …
How the intended role of generic medicines is being undermined in America
April 20, 2020Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, US, feature, generic medicines, generics
The introduction of a generic medicine should, in theory, incentivise companies to lower the price of the original drug, creating healthy …
US prescription drugs most expensive in world, analysis shows
May 8, 2019Research and Development Drug pricing, Japan, Ontario, UK, US, prescription drugs
Brand name prescription drugs cost on average 4.3 times more in the United States than in the UK, according to …
The price of access: Can the NHS afford Orkambi?
April 29, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, NHS, NICE, Orkambi, UK, Vertex, access, cystic fibrosis, feature, pharma, pricing
The impasse over access to Vertex’s Orkambi for cystic fibrosis patients in England and Wales has revealed the cracks in …
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February 26, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Drug pricing, HIV, Trump, WHO, brexit, depression, mental health, pharmacovigilance, rare disease
Just one month to go until Brexit here in the UK, and it’s still all to play for. After months …
President Trump unveils new plans to bring US drug prices in line with the rest of the world
October 26, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, Trump, US, pharma
Two weeks before the all-important midterm elections in the US, and after repeated strongly-worded promises, President Trump has unveiled an …
Trump administration propose ruling requiring price transparency on TV ads
October 16, 2018Manufacturing and Production Alex Azar, Drug pricing, Trump, access, adverts
US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, has announced a proposal which would require pharma firms to include the …
New group blames PBM’s and hospitals for rising drug prices
October 4, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Alliance to Protect Medical Innovation, Drug pricing, PhRMA, Trunmp, aha, pharma
A new group, organised under the banner of the Alliance to Protect Medical Innovation, is blaming hospitals and PBM’s for …
US House of Representatives blocks drug pricing advert bill
September 18, 2018Manufacturing and Production Big Pharma, Drug pricing, HHS, Trump, Twitter, adverts
A ruling which would force pharmaceutical companies to disclose the price of their drugs in television advertisements has been set …
PhRMA blames hospitals for rising drug prices, hospitals association responds
September 11, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Donald Trump, Drug pricing, PhRMA, hospitals, pharma
The American pharmaceutical industry trade lobby PhRMA has suggested that hospitals are to blame for high drug prices as the …
FDA explores import strategy in effort to reduce price of drugs
July 20, 2018Medical Communications Drug pricing, Trump, borders, import, the donald
The FDA has been directed to explore ways in which medicines could be safely imported from other countries “in the …
Trump slams Pfizer over price hikes, Pfizer responds
July 10, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Donald Trump, Drug pricing, Pfizer, Trump, pharma
Price hiking in the pharmaceutical industry continues to persist, and has become ever more prominent in the public sphere thanks …
Trump’s drug pricing reforms lack bite
February 12, 2018Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, President trump, Trump, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
President Trump’s rhetoric leading up to his election had the pharmaceutical industry very worried – his often quoted line about …
PhRMA launches lawsuit against the state of California over anti-price hike bill
December 11, 2017Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, PhRMA, california, pharma, price hikes
The state of California has become the target of legal action after the lobbying group Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of …
