Congress on the Brink of Disrupting the PBM Market
During much of 2024, the prevailing view in Washington was that some policies related to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) would be included in the end-of-year continuing resolution.
Economics of “Delinking” Are Still Not Good
Delinking would lead to higher costs for patients and taxpayers and put more money in the pockets of brand drug manufacturers.
Despite Headwinds, Biosimilars Market Is Growing in 2024
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a record number of biosimilars in 2024, and the year is only half over.
Patent Thicket Déjà Vu
Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on drug competition was largely as expected: Committee members voiced support for legislative reforms to address features of the current patent system that result in abuses that excessively limit competition.
Will Congress Finally Act on Patent Thickets?
In 2019, the Committee moved legislation to prevent brand drug companies from amassing superfluous patents around their products—a strategy that, as we’ve written before, is uniquely problematic in the United States.
Current and Future State of US Biosimilars
Fourteen years ago, Congress established a regulatory pathway for biosimilars, direct competitors to branded biologic drugs.
- New MGA Paper Identifies Barriers to US Biosimilar Success in the Second Decade
- Congress on the Brink of Disrupting the PBM Market
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