Kreis: Challenging Price of Costly CF Drug Not ‘Discrimination’
Maurice Kreis, head of the New Hampshire Office of the Consumer Advocate, says challenging the price of Vertex Pharmaceuticals' cystic [...]
Study Suggests Pfizer’s Vyndaqel is Too Expensive
A recent study published in JAMA Cardiology suggests the price tag on Pfizer's Vyndaqel is too high. According to a [...]
Sarepta Therapeutics’ Berry Talks Access to Rare Disease Treatments
Sarepta Therapeutics' Diane Berry in a recent Patients Rising Podcast discussed access to treatments for rare diseases. Berry is Sarepta [...]
ICER to Review Most Significant Drug Price Hikes
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) is set to review whether the most significant drug price increases are [...]
Study: Almost 9 in 10 Concerned about High Drug Prices Due to COVID-19
Almost nine in 10 adults in the U.S. are either "very" (55 percent) or "somewhat" (33 percent) concerned pharma will [...]
Updated Guide to HEOR/Market Access Writing Release
The 2020 update to "Evidence generation and communication: a guide to getting started in HEOR/market access medical writing" has been [...]
ISPOR Offering Short Courses on Value Assessment Frameworks, HTA
The International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) is offering two short, online courses. Below are the two courses: [...]
Analysis Finds Clinical Trial Costs are Actually Modest
A new analysis published in BMJ Open suggests that clinical trial costs for new drugs are generally modest, according to [...]
Study: ICER Reports Play Major Role in MCOs’ Decisions
Many managed care organizations say they use reports by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) in their decision-making, [...]
Joint Project Establishes RWD Link
ONC reported that the Coordinated Registry Network for Women's Health Technologies, a joint project involving ONC, the FDA and NIH, [...]
Report Highlights Growing Role of AI in Healthcare
A recent report by Alteryx offers a deeper look into new research from HIMSS Media which reveals new insights into [...]
ICON’s Row, Capobianco and Adamski Talk Increasing Participation in Real-World Studies
In a recent interview with PMLiVE, ICON plc's Bill Row, Bruce Capobianco and Maggie Adamski discussed ways to increase patient [...]
NIH Expands Precision Medicine Program to Improve Understanding of COVID-19
The National Institute of Health's All of Us precision medicine program announced an expanded initiative aimed at generating insights into [...]
Fauci, Smith to Deliver Keynote Addresses for Virtual GHC Summit
Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease director, and Brad Smith, CMMI director, have been tapped to deliver [...]
Guidehouse’s Austin Talks Waste in Supply Chain
Guidehouse Health Systems Director Rob Austin in a new Relentless Health Value podcast discusses the financial waste produced by mismanaged [...]
Blog Post Urges Greater Understanding of Patient Experience Regarding De-implementation
A recent blog post on AcademyHealth says it is imperative to further study how patients deal with de-implementation. The authors, [...]
MAPS Offering Course on AI in Medical Affairs
The Medical Affairs Professional Society (MAPS) is offering a course on the foundations of artificial intelligence in medical affairs. Open [...]
Giri, Patel: Tough Road Ahead for Payers in Post-COVID Landscape
A recent article published in Managed Healthcare Executive looks at several key challenges payers will have to face in the [...]
New Definition of HTA
In a letter to the editor published in Value in Health, Brian O'Rourke, Wija Oortwijn and Tara Schuller offer a [...]
eBook Looks at How Providers, Payers Drive Outcomes-Based Analytics
A new report from Snowflake looks at how its cloud data solution and Tableau help providers and payers manage large, [...]
AcademyHealth’s Virtual Annual Research Meeting Nears
AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting is still on track to deliver the much-anticipated suite of offerings in a virtual environment. Set [...]
Study: Zero Co-Pay Program Reduced Health Spending by 18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana's (BCBSLA) Zero Dollar Co-pay (ZDC) program cut total, per-month health care spending by 18 [...]
New JCP Series Looks at Progress of Clinical Pathways
A new series by the Journal of Clinical Pathways offers insight from board members on the growth of clinical pathways. [...]
Report: EMA Considers Big Data Network ‘Priority’
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) says the development of a big data network is a "priority" project, according to a [...]
Jeff Anderson Joins OPEN Health as European Lead for OPEN VIE and Pharmerit
Via Pharmerit OPEN Health, the family of expert practices working in partnership to drive positive change in healthcare communications and [...]