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Gross-to-Net Bubble Update: 2023 Pricing Realities at 10 Top Drugmakers

Drug Channels

It’s time for Drug Channels ’ annual update on pricing at the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers. These data remain inconvenient for drug pricing flat earthers (#DPFE): When rebates and discounts were factored in, brand-name drug prices again declined—or grew slowly—in 2023.

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US legislative update: takeaways for European pharma

European Pharmaceutical Review

In the current US Congressional session, Congress has focused heavily on legislation directed at reducing prescription drug prices. The new law will also require drug manufacturers to pay rebates to Medicare if they increase drug prices faster than consumer inflation. 5) monitoring access to biosimilars.

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CMS Issues Proposed Rule on the Medicare Part B and Part D Inflation Rebate Program; HPM Issues Detailed Summary

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Gaulkin — Enacted in 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) amended the Medicare provisions of the Social Security Act to impose several discount requirements on pharmaceutical manufacturers.

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The Fourth Circuit Upholds CMS’ Definition of “Line-Extension Drug” and “New Formulation”

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Under the Medicaid Drug Rebate statute, a pharmaceutical manufacturer whose drug prices increase faster than the rate of inflation must pay additional per-unit rebates to the program. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servs., 23-1457 (4th Cir.

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Preliminary Injunction Decision in Chambers of Commerce Case Provides First Insights Into Merits of Medicare Negotiations Cases

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

By Faraz Siddiqui — Last week, a federal court in Ohio denied a preliminary injunction motion by four Chambers of Commerce in their lawsuit against the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. Standing The Defendants questioned, and the court reviewed, Plaintiffs’ standing.

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Popping the Gross-to-Net Bubble, Part IV: Extreme Examples of Who Grew the Bubble

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Bill Roth Key Takeaways Price hikes, not launch prices, drove the GTN bubble. The real driver of the gross-to-net (GTN) bubble was the pharmaceutical industry's ability to raise drug prices year after year—enabled by loopholes in PBM contracts—rather than high launch prices alone.

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President Trump Issues Two Executive Orders Concerning the Affordability and Accessibility of Drugs

Big Molecule Watch

In the past month, President Trump signed two executive orders concerning drug access and affordability, including for biologics and biosimilar drugs. 14273 (EO 273), titled Lowering Drug Prices By Once Again Putting Americans First. discounts on prices and the manufacturers that acquiesce to these price demands.