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Sorry, the Inflation Bill won’t lower healthcare costs

World of DTC Marketing

It’s no wonder that voters consistently rank bringing down prescription drug prices and other measures to reduce the cost of care as among Congress’ top priorities. Congress rightly chose to negioate drug prices for Medicare, but prescription drugs are only 10-12% of every healthcare dollar we spend.

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Medicare Part D Claims Have Increased, But 340B Prescriptions Increased Faster

Pharmacy Times

The proportion of prescriptions by a 340B-affiliated physician increased from 9.4% in 2013 to 19.3% in 2020, but the prescriptions filled by 340B pharmacies increased from 18.4% to 49.9%.

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The current pharma business model is unsustainable

World of DTC Marketing

In pharma, growth depends on new products with hefty price tags when over 80% of voters want lower costs for their prescription drugs. Wall Street wants growth, as do investors, but that may be impossible for pharmaceutical companies. Biogen’s failure should be a warning to other pharma companies.

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Novo Nordisk industry membership reinstated

European Pharmaceutical Review

The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) conducted an in-depth investigation into the case , and requested a further audit from Novo Nordisk. The case was the eighth instance in the past four decades that the ABPIs board has issued this degree of sanction, the industry body highlighted upon announcing the news.

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Constipation Patients Are Suffering in Silence—Here’s How to Help Them

PM360

1 Yet, most patients haven’t tried prescription therapies, a discovery Phreesia Life Sciences made after surveying 6,780 adults age 18 and older who previously had been diagnosed with or treated for constipation as they checked in for their doctors’ appointments. 1, 2013. Address Patients’ Quality of Life. References: 1.

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Digital Self-Neuromodulation Therapy for PTSD: Interview with Oded Kraft, CEO of GrayMatters Health

Medgadget

She started working on this technology around 2013 after realizing the dire need for an alternative solution for mental disorders, and through realization that science can provide more answers. My co-founders and I met with Prof. Over the course of the 15 sessions, patients practice this new skill and can improve with time.

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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. 136 (2013), [link] opinions/12pdf/12-416_m5n0.pdf. 1435 (“Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021”), [link] gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1435/text; H.R. Actavis, 570 U.S.