Market Access

How low-cost drugs can succeed in the specialty pharmacy channel.

There is no magic bullet that will dramatically impact drug pricing to everybody’s liking. But a stepwise approach involving a series of reforms, including taking advantage of the next midterm elections, could point the path toward a solution.

In its 12th annual feature, Pharm Exec builds on the revamped approach it introduced last year in spotlighting notable biopharma brands, profiling a new round of products that are making waves in five key areas in healthcare and R&D.

How “patient influencers” look beyond price to help the industry evaluate newly-launched brands.

Drawing from implementation lessons and successes in other industries, possible strategy shifts to pharma’s pricing playbook are explored.

Groundbreaking treatment approaches call for innovative commercialization strategies.

The five ways pharma developers can get the most out of early engagement with payers and regulators when plotting their clinical and commercial evidence plans.

A potential rush of treatment options on the horizon for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis will require skillful maneuvering in this likely lucrative but uncharted therapeutic market.

Dr. Fumie Griego, the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations’ new Assistant Director General, speaks with Pharm Exec about her mission to use IFPMA ’s international reach to find real and practical solutions to the most pressing global healthcare challenges.

There is a tremendous, untapped market of undiagnosed patients for a variety of conditions, writes John Pagliuca. But how do you identify them when they are essentially hidden from view through conventional means?

A panel of biopharma executives discuss market access and the changing dynamics in reaching physicians and healthcare professionals.

Jackie DeAngelis outlines three common mistakes that hinder access attainment when launching a new drug.

Past Lilly president and D.C. insider discusses some of the critical topics facing the U.S. healthcare industry.

Study examines why a pharma brand’s early sales are not a trusted predictor for total lifetime value-it’s about driving waves of growth.

Payers and pharma companies seek outcomes data for evidence-based reimbursement deals.

February 28, 2017

Congress is poised to tackle exorbitant drug prices through health reform and FDA legislation.

Pharm Exec talks to Mel Formica, Takeda’s Vice President of Global Market Access, about what he sees as the challenges and opportunities in 2017, and how he envisions the industries market access capabilities evolving.

Pharm Exec speaks to ICON's Ramita Tandon about how the UK and European regulators' market access plans for 2017 will affect the industry.

With the push toward value-based heathcare set to accelerate even more in 2017, Takeda’s VP of global market access discusses the evolution of this all-important engine for medical innovation and bottom-line returns.

An industry-based working group presents a common standards and definition framework for “Access” competencies in pharma-as a starting point in solving the current shortage of talent and leaders for this widening set of activities.