August 22nd 2025
A federal judge tripled damages against the pharmacy benefits manager after finding it encouraged inflated Medicare drug claims and underpaid pharmacies.
Why Every Pharma Executive Should Be Watching the Regeneron Kickback Case
August 6th 2025The Regeneron litigation highlights that donations routed through independent entities are not immune from challenge, especially if the government believes they are effectively covering a patient’s co-pay for a specific product.
Orders of Magnitude: Gauging Future Pricing-and-Policy Reverberations in Pharma
June 27th 2025Q&A with Model N's Michael Grosberg drills deeper into the new US drug pricing directives, including challenges in implementation, the potential unintended consequences, and how these actions could spark the shift to outcomes-based contracting in healthcare.
MDMA Therapy for Mental Health Conditions: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks?
October 25th 2024Despite a recent FDA Complete Response Letter issued to Lykos for midomafetamine capsules for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, experts believe that the future is bright for psychedelic drugs that treat mental health conditions.
Securities Litigation Arising from Alzheimer's Drug Treatments
September 25th 2024The legal challenges surrounding Biogen’s Aduhelm and Cassava Sciences’ simufilam underscore the ongoing difficulties in Alzheimer's drug development, leading to securities litigation over allegedly misleading statements about trial results and commercialization efforts.
US Pharma and Biotech Summit 2024: Improving Health Policy After the 2024 Election
May 22nd 2024In an interview with Pharm Exec Associate Editor Don Tracy, Robert Zirkelback, Chief Public Affairs Officer, Head of Strategic Initiatives, PhRMA discusses best-case scenarios for health policy amid the 2024 presidential election.
US Pharma and Biotech Summit 2024: The 2024 Presidential Election and the Pharma Industry
May 20th 2024In an interview with Pharm Exec Associate Editor Don Tracy, Robert Zirkelback, Chief Public Affairs Officer, Head of Strategic Initiatives, PhRMA discusses the upcoming United States presidential election and the potential impact that it could have on the pharma industry.
Drug Pricing from a Legal Perspective & IRA Predictions
July 28th 2023In this exclusive Q&A, Alice Valder Curran, life sciences regulatory expert and partner, Hogan Lovells LLP, shares her perspective on the biggest drug pricing challenges today, current efforts to lower drug pricing, and the Inflation Reduction Act.