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NHC Submits Comments on CMS Draft Guidance for IPAY 2028

Putting Patients First Blog

The NHC supports the efforts to reduce out-of-pocket costs for Medicare beneficiaries and appreciates CMS’ work to establish a process that seeks to incorporate patient perspectives into drug pricing policy. The IPAY 2028 guidance introduces a preliminary framework for addressing this evolution through potential renegotiation of MFPs.

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Merck agrees to acquire Verona Pharma for $10bn

Pharmaceutical Technology

Sectors Sections Clinical Trials Drug Manufacturers Therapy Area Pricing and Market Access Latest E. Keytruda, which brought in $30bn in revenue in 2024, is approaching patent expirations set in 2028, and Merck is therefore intensifying efforts to restructure its portfolio, according to a report by Reuters.

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Incyte replaces CEO Hoppenot with dealmaker Meury

BioPharma Dive

The company has had a good deal of success with Jakafi, a multipurpose drug approved to treat rare blood cancers and graft-versus-host disease. But Jakafi’s main patents expire in 2028, a date that for years now has been on investors’ radar as they’ve pressed Incyte on what it expects will take the drug’s place. TechTarget, Inc.s

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How linked data can unlock the full potential of healthcare research

Pharmaceutical Technology

EU’s Pharma Package falls short of Europe’s goal of global competitiveness Why can’t the US figure out weight loss drug prices? With the data and analytics market in pharmaceuticals now set to be worth $2.1bn by 2028, data needs to be integrated meaningfully to change healthcare outcomes.

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RFK Jr axes vaccine advisory committee members

Pharmaceutical Technology

Go deeper with GlobalData Reports United States of America (USA) Drug Pricing and Reimbursement Lands. Without removing the current members, the current Trump administration would not have been able to appoint a majority of new members until 2028, RFK Jr wrote. Data Insights The gold standard of business intelligence.

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Top biopharmaceutical Covid-19 vaccine companies boosted with over 80% revenue growth

Pharmaceutical Technology

According to GlobalData’s report, Paxlovid, the company’s small-molecule Covid-19 oral therapy, was shown to reduce Covid-19 infections by 32% in adults and is forecast to be the top-selling drug by total sales, generating $81bn between 2021 and 2028. AbbVie reported a 22.7% Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) documented a 9.1%

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FDA Approves Amgen’s WEZLANA As Biosimilar to and Interchangeable With Janssen’s STELARA (ustekinumab) – Stelara Is One of the 10 Drugs Selected by CMS for Drug Price Negotiations Under the Inflation Reduction Act

Big Molecule Watch

The licensure and marketing of WEZLANA could affect negotiations with CMS regarding Medicare pricing for STELARA under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Drug Price Negotiation Program. FDA’s approval of WEZLANA has also been raised as a pertinent fact in one of the pending challenges to the Drug Price Negotiation Program.