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STAT+: Just how much money do drugmakers gain from patent extensions?

STAT

Extending patent protection doesn’t just stretch a drug’s profits — in some cases, doing so can lead to its most significant revenue period, according to a recent analysis published by the Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge, or I-MAK, a nonprofit advocating for drug pricing reforms.

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Is CAR-T safe for early-stage patients?

STAT

Damian here with a reminder that my colleague Ed Silverman is hosting a discussion today about the long-awaited arrival of Humira biosimilars and all they portend for drug costs, insurance coverage, and pharma revenues.    Sign up  to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Hello, everyone. Read the rest…

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September 2023 Newsletter

Safe Biologics

6 “The Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act”, which would prevent the HHS Secretary from requiring switching studies in order for a biosimilar to be deemed “interchangeable” Under U.S. state law, only biosimilars which are interchangeable may be substituted by a pharmacist without contacting the prescriber.

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FDA Tells Congress What It Wants, What it Really Really Wants (it really really really wants a zigazig-ah)

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the extraordinary focus on drug pricing in the last decade, generic competition—FDA’s only real way to have an effect on drug pricing—tops this year’s list.

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June 2023 Newsletter

Safe Biologics

REGISTER NOW: July 26th ASBM/GaBI Webinar on IRA Medicare Price Negotiation On July 26th, ASBM and the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI) will host the first of two webinars examining the implications for patients and healthcare providers of the recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). REGISTER HERE. View the poster here.

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June 2023 Newsletter

Safe Biologics

REGISTER NOW: July 26th ASBM/GaBI Webinar on IRA Medicare Price Negotiation On July 26th, ASBM and the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI) will host the first of two webinars examining the implications for patients and healthcare providers of the recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). REGISTER HERE. View the poster here.

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May 2023 Newsletter

Safe Biologics

Coming Soon: ASBM/GaBI Webinar on IRA’s Medicare Price Negotiation Provisions ASBM and the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI) are in the final planning stages for the first of two webinars examining the implications for patients and healthcare providers of the recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).