December 17th 2024
The biosimilars market in the US is on the rise, but barriers to greater adoption remain.
December 12th 2024
Making Obesity Treatments More Affordable
September 27th 2023George Hampton, president and CEO, Currax Pharmaceuticals, discusses the obesity treatment landscape, payment options available to insured and uninsured patients, and how pharma can make obesity treatments more affordable in an exclusive Q&A with Pharm Exec.
Current Drug Affordability Challenges
August 2nd 2023In this exclusive Q&A, Vishali Amin, chief of staff to the office of the president and senior director of customer success for Kalderos, discusses the biggest hurdles to drug affordability, how patients can become aware of drug discounts, how drugs are selected for regulatory discount programs, and drug pricing strategies.
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.
Health Equity in Pharma: Communities Most Impacted by Racial Bias
July 5th 2023Rose Blackburne, MD, MBA, vice president, global head, general medicine, PPD Clinical Research, Thermo Fisher Scientific, discusses health equity in pharma, specifically racial biases, and how the industry can address inequities in access and care going forward.
A New Era for Market Access: Organizing the Function’s Broader Strategic Role
May 10th 2023BCG’s 2022 benchmark study uncovers new competencies needed for pharma access leaders in enterprise-wide business strategy, where thoughtfully designed approaches and goals focused on shared priority and responsibility are increasingly important.
Rethinking Unmet Patient Medical Needs Through the Lens of the Patient Journey
April 7th 2023Biopharma companies can foster patient-centered innovation by focusing on unmet needs along each stage of the patient journey while collaborating with key stakeholders directly or indirectly responsible for disease management.
There’s a Need for PBMs, but also a Need for Change
March 31st 2023Rohit Gupta, vice president of analytics strategy and transformation at Beghou Consulting, addresses the controversial middlemen of the drug pricing world, the pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Can increased competition and other innovative solutions loosen their grip and prevent further consolidation?
Stars Aligned for Pricing Model? Value-Based Contracts May be Poised for Takeoff
January 11th 2023As new forms of cell and gene therapies continue to be developed, life sciences companies and payers need to find alternative ways to pay for these expensive treatments. Value-based contracts, though slow to gain traction so far, may provide the solution these groups are looking for.
Biopharma’s Untapped Value: The Quest to Reverse First-Launch Failure Trends
December 8th 2022Emerging biopharma companies are critical to the vibrancy of the healthcare landscape, but their long road of drug development fails to translate to successful market launch more often than it does for large pharma. What can be done to improve those odds?