Feb 1, 2023 | Legislation, MedBen Rx, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Rx Costs, Rx prices, Rx Spending
Pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) are increasingly being called to answer for their questionable business practices at multiple levels of government. On the state level, in recent months: A major PBM has settled with Iowa and at least 14 other states for...
Jan 23, 2023 | Avande, Gene therapy, Luke Burchard, MedBen Rx, Rx Costs, Rx prices, Rx Spending, Savings
In two recent articles, we touched on the growing prevalence of high-cost drugs, some with price tags in the thousands and even millions of dollars: Drugmakers are raising prices on over 350 unique drugs this month.Innovative gene therapies have emerged that cost as...
Jan 6, 2023 | Comparative Effectiveness, Cost Plus Pricing, MedBen Rx, News, Prescription drugs, Rx Costs, Rx prices, Specialty Drugs
From Reuters: “Drugmakers including Pfizer Inc, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Bristol Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca PLC and Sanofi SA plan to raise prices in the United States on more than 350 unique drugs in early January, according to data analyzed by healthcare research...
Dec 26, 2022 | MedBen Rx, Rx Costs, Rx prices, Rx Spending, Savings, Specialty Drugs
From earlier this year: “Health plans and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that manage drug costs… say specialty drugs now account for 50% or greater of the total prescription spending they manage. In some cases, employer clients are seeing specialty costs account...
Dec 22, 2022 | Lobbying, Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), Prescription drugs, Rx Spending
A review of the biggest spenders in health care lobbying by OpenSecrets reveals that, in the leadup to the 2021-22 election cycle, 16 of the top 25 lobbyists were pharmaceutical & health product organizations (see table below). The top health care lobbyist,...
