Market Access

Analysis of U.S. drug pricing reform in 2026 highlights how the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare drug price negotiation, and most-favored-nation pricing initiatives are reshaping pharmaceutical pricing, limiting patent-driven market exclusivity, accelerating generic and biosimilar competition, and driving strategic shifts in market access, pricing models, and innovation priorities across the biopharma industry.

Shionogi completed its $2.5 billion acquisition of global rights to Radicava from Tanabe Pharma, adding one of the few approved treatments for ALS to its portfolio .

Regulators are shifting antitrust scrutiny in healthcare from market share and pricing toward how vertically integrated systems shape patient flow, access, and competitive dynamics, signaling deeper oversight of ecosystem design, strategic intent, and cumulative market influence.

Novo Nordisk launched a multi-month Wegovy subscription program offering fixed monthly pricing through telehealth providers, aiming to improve affordability and long-term adherence among self-pay patients.

eHealth’s vice president of consumer enablement discusses pricing and cost issues with GLP-1s.

CMS’s 2026 requirement for manufacturers to submit “reasonable assumptions” alongside ASP data formalizes the role of estimation in drug pricing, increasing scrutiny on how ASP is constructed and shifting reporting toward greater transparency and accountability.

A comparison of TrumpRx.gov prices against UK National Health Service pharmacy payouts found that drugs from several major manufacturers remain significantly cheaper under the British system.

A nationally representative survey of more than 20,000 U.S. adults found that 33% made at least one daily spending trade-off to pay for healthcare in the past year

Leaning into a future downward pricing environment in pharma.

The deal comes after Novo took legal action against Hims to prevent the company from offering compounded GLP-1 medications.

Ipsen is withdrawing its EZH2 inhibitor Tazverik from all markets after an ongoing clinical trial identified safety concerns involving secondary blood cancers.

Market access strategies are evolving as more biopharma companies commercialize their own therapies, requiring closer alignment with payer requirements, provider education, specialty pharmacy networks, and patient support services to ensure appropriate coverage, prescribing, and long-term adherence.

Joseph Kleiman examines how Trump Rx could pressure pharmacy benefit managers and retailers to increase transparency and affordability, while cautioning that its long-term impact will depend on price consistency.

Starting next January, the list prices for three of the company’s weight-loss medications will reduce.

A public clash is emerging between ACIP advisers and the FDA over the future of Covid vaccines, as ACIP vice chair Robert Malone publicly accuses Commissioner Marty Makary of blocking efforts to remove the shots from the market.

How demand-driven development will help new products be more successful.

Novo Nordisk’s launch of the first oral GLP-1 for obesity brings Wegovy to U.S. patients in pill form, expanding access to clinically proven weight-loss and cardiovascular risk-reduction therapy with broad affordability options.

As the availability and utilization of ultra-high-cost, long-term specialty products such as GLP-1s and cell and gene therapies grows, HR decision-makers and pharmacy consultants must embrace a more value-oriented mindset where they can.

Ascension of agonist class touching all parts of the market—from science to strategy.

Will the politically fueled reforms and mandates around drug pricing reduce the complexity of the system?

The European pharmaceutical market, representing 20% of the global pharmaceutical market, is not a fortress to be feared but an opportunity to be seized.

Evaluating standard clinical focus through the growing financial lens.

The entrepreneur urges the Trump administration to eliminate costly FDA generic drug fees, part of a broader push to scale domestic production, address shortages, and challenge PBM-driven pricing models.

A successful transition from clinical development to commercial launch in cell and gene therapy requires early, structured collaboration with health systems to address operational, financial, and workflow challenges that shape real-world patient access and therapy adoption.

The price adjustment to the popular GLP-1 agonist is part of an ongoing effort to expand access to patients with obesity by making medicines more affordable.