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BCG-OPPI report: Winning in the Indian healthcare market to unlock disruptive growth

Express Pharma

However, winning in the Indian market requires a strategically thought-out India-specific strategy that accounts for the market nuances such as non-uniform payer coverage of specialty drugs, pricing schedules and varying levels of healthcare infrastructure.

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NHC Submits Comments on CMS Draft Guidance for IPAY 2028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.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about unsupported drug price hikes, an annual HIV prevention shot, and more

STAT

They said they recently completed a pharmacokinetics study — tracking how a drug behaves in the body — that gave them confidence to advance the molecule.    They will present that data next year. The PrEP has been available for a decade in the form of a daily pill.

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Mapping the crisis: How data can help fix America’s growing pharmacy deserts

pharmaphorum

Importantly, this type of insight also supports smarter negotiations around drug pricing. In communities where there is only one pharmacy – or none – there is no competition to drive down prices. By identifying these regions, PBMs can better advocate for fair pricing models that reflect real-world access challenges.

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Understanding Recent Changes to 505(b)(2) Drugs and Reimbursement

Pharmacy Times

This pathway’s expanded use and shifting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) policies are reshaping reimbursement practices and therapeutic equivalence standards for 505(b)(2) drugs. If the request doesn’t come in, all 505(b)(2) drugs will be considered nontherapeutically equivalent and therefore get their own J-code.

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Bolstering Health Technology Assessment With the Help of AI

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Artificial intelligence (AI) presents a transformative opportunity to address these challenges and enhance HTA methodologies while ensuring more informed formulary decisions and efficient allocation of healthcare resources.

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Locked in a federal stalemate, states take PBM reform into their own hands

PharmaVoice

Known as the negotiators between health plans, pharmacies and drug companies, pharmacy benefit managers are currently entangled in a national conversation about reform. The pharma industry has long blamed PBMs for rising drug prices, pointing to opaque rebate and profit structures , and proposed policy shifts could take them to task.