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STAT+: Boehringer Ingelheim layoffs are a sign of dysfunctional Humira biosimilar market

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  The price of Humira rose 470% in the 20 years following its launch in 2003 to reach upward of $84,000 annually. List prices of Humira biosimilars are as much as 85% lower.    Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Next big hope for Alzheimer’s might not help most Black patients; drugmakers ask Supreme Court to toss terrorism-support ruling

STAT

Advertisements eviscerating and glorifying pharmacy benefit managers have been around for years, but have intensified over the past three months as Congress scrutinizes the role these middlemen play in shaping high prescription drug prices , STAT tells us.

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The Issue with Reissue: PTE Edition

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Even though the PTE provisions established in the Drug Price Competition and Patent Restoration Act are forty-plus years old, courts are still grappling with questions about how to best implement the Patent Term Extension.

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NHC Comments on Request for Information: Medicare Transaction Facilitator (MTF) for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

Putting Patients First Blog

NHC Comments on Request for Information: Medicare Transaction Facilitator (MTF) for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (PDF) November 13, 2023 Benjamin Stidham, Contract Specialist Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services U.S. Drug Distribution Data 2019. 5 Salako, A., Ullrich, F., and Mueller, K. Alexandr, G.,

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What You Need to Know about Celiac Disease

Putting Patients First Blog

About Beyond Celiac Since 2003, Beyond Celiac has been the leading patient advocacy and research-driven celiac disease organization working to drive diagnosis, advance research and accelerate the discovery of new treatments and a cure. Beyond Celiac is here to help.

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First Drugs Selected for Price Negotiations Under The Inflation Reduction Act To Be Announced Next Week: A Recap of What That Means – The Drug Price Negotiation Program and Pending Legal Challenges

Big Molecule Watch

The Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program will kick off next week. There are reports that the White House may announce the list of selected drugs even before that deadline, on Tuesday, August 29 th. Before the IRA, the government could not set prices for any drugs covered by Medicare.

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Oncology R&D: the patient insights we’re still missing, and how to catch up

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The numbers are striking – in just the 13 years following 2003, R&D costs were estimated to have doubled , and with failure rates as high as 90% and time to market stagnating at ~12 years for the past three decades , the R&D innovation need is urgent.