Drug Delivery
The Biden administration on Thursday announced that the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program will save the U.S. government around $6 billion in its first year of implementation.
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The Most Favored Nation order is unlikely to deliver broad, sustained savings without triggering legal challenges, administrative friction and unintended consequences for both the healthcare sector and patient access.
With President Donald Trump expected to deliver a drug pricing order on Monday that Big Pharma and patient groups alike have railed against, the industry’s tumultuous ride is far from over.
Major pharmaceutical companies are committing billions to US manufacturing in an effort to avoid steep tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump.
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