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Opinion: Some ‘inconvenient’ truths about pharmacy benefit managers

STAT

A few recent examples make the point: A New York Times story in June 2024 bore the headline, “Pharmacy benefit managers are driving up drug costs for millions of people, employers and the government.” That view is wrong. Read the rest…

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Opinion: How the drug price negotiation program could affect Medicare Part D beneficiaries

STAT

The negotiation, informed by confidential data from manufacturers and analysis by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will result in a maximum fair price for each drug, which will be announced Sept. 1, 2024, and will take effect Jan. billion in the first year and more than $98 billion by 2031.

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STAT+: Blue Shield of California overhauls drug pricing operation — by adding more vendors

STAT

Blue Shield of California, a health insurance company that covers almost 5 million people, is restructuring how it will pay for prescription drugs by dividing the work up among five different vendors — two of which include Amazon and Mark Cuban’s pharmacy company.

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Tales of the Unsurprised: U.S. Brand-Name Drug Prices Fell for an Unprecedented Sixth Consecutive Year—And Will Fall Further in 2024 (rerun)

Drug Channels

Thanks to the IRA, Part D Plans Will Prefer High-List, High-Rebate Drugs. Click here to see the original post from January 2024. It's time for Drug Channels ’ annual reality check on U.S. drug pricing. For 2023, brand-name drugs’ list prices again grew at mid-single-digit rates.

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STAT+: 3 health policies states are taking on in 2024

STAT

STAT’s taking a look at some of the recent health policy trends that states will start to implement in 2024. For most states, the new year means a new legislative session.

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Financial factors to support and challenge Pharma in 2024

European Pharmaceutical Review

According to results from a survey by GlobalData, the top challenges for the pharmaceutical industry in 2024 will be inflation, geopolitical conflict and drug pricing pressures. Data outcomes revealed that most respondents from Pharma considered that drug pricing and reimbursement constraints will have a negative impact in 2024.

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Drug Channels News Roundup, February 2024: Pharmacy Shakeout Update, High Drug Prices, 340B Realities, MDs vs. Pharmacists, and Foo Fighters

Drug Channels

In this issue: An update on the retail pharmacy shakeout Arguing for high drug prices A leading researcher provides a 340B reality check Physicians don’t want pharmacists getting uppity Plus, Dave Grohl fights for your right to…have healthcare price transparency? Sorry, no Threads.) All rights reserved.