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Disruption in healthcare is coming

World of DTC Marketing

PBMs, insurers, pharma companies, and hospitals don’t want to give up their profits even if it’s better for the general population. Then there is the cost of generic drugs. bilĀ­lion in 2020 if it had purĀ­chased 77 of 89 drugs from Cuban’s firm.

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Sweeping changes in leaked EU pharma law draft reignite profit vs access conflict

Pharmaceutical Technology

The EU is planning a sweeping revision of its pharma legislation in March, the largest change in 20 years. The overhaul will address drug marketing exclusivity length, pricing, patient access, innovation incentives, antimicrobial resistance, clinical trials, supply chain security and shortages, and environmental impact.

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Californiaā€™s low-cost insulin plans receive $100m manufacturing boost

Pharmaceutical Technology

Nothing epitomises market failures more than the cost of insulin,ā€ Newsom said in a video posted on Twitter. CivicaRx is a non-profit generic drug company producing affordable insulin biosimilars in collaboration with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). In-house manufacturing the norm.

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PBMs and insurers want your prescription money

World of DTC Marketing

Pharma companies have very little control over patients’ prices for their Rxs. A drug’s out-of-pocket cost is primarily the result of decisions made by insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Insurers and PBMs have even devised schemes to overcharge patients for generic drugs.

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Common sense approach to the pharma industry

World of DTC Marketing

Pharma companies are still too focused on profits while people continue to rely on prescription drugs to compensate for unhealthy lifestyles. The headline and byline in a Times editorial said it all “Donā€™t Fall for Big Pharmaā€™s Savior Act, Heroic work went into the development of the coronavirus vaccines.

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Pioneering access to complex generic productsĀ 

Drug Discovery World

This will continue to be the case going forward, but the nature of the off-patent landscape will evolve in line with ongoing changes in the segmentā€™s ā€˜pipelineā€™: the originator products of today, which will become the generic and biosimilar medicines of tomorrow. There is significant need for more cost-effective generic versions.

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Katie Porter attacks pharma

World of DTC Marketing

So where to start… Congresswoman Porter may want to look at the percentage of generic drugs available virus branded (89%). I have worked with and stayed in contact with some R&D people within pharma and they have a different answer. In pharma R&D returns have declined to 1.8 percent from 2018.

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