New MGA Analysis of the Adalimumab Biosimilars Market in the United States
The Biosimilars Council released the following statement in response to the new MGA report authored by Alex Brill and Christy Robinson.
New PCMA Podcast Highlights Importance of Prescription Drug Rebates
“The rebate rule came out of a concern about rising drug prices,” said Brill. “But it is a policy that is chock full of unintended consequences. If it were implemented, we’d have fewer discounts. That’s definitely not going to lower overall spending in the healthcare sector.”
New White Paper Identifies Patent Thickets as Barrier to US Biosimilars Market and Domestic Manufacturing
“How Patent Thickets Constrain the US Biosimilars Market and Domestic Manufacturing,” authored by Alex Brill and Christy Robinson, explains how reference biologic manufacturers create thickets of overlapping, weaker follow-on patents to keep competitors from entering the market. The paper highlights how originators have strong incentives to protect their profit streams and have found patent thickets to be an easy way to significantly extend the duration of monopolies in the US, preventing access to more affordable medicines for patients.
New Report Shows Brand Drug Product Hopping Costs Billions for Patients and Healthcare System Each Year
Report details five instances of product hopping that collectively cost $4.7 billion annually.
- New MGA White Paper Examines Consequences of Regulatory Uncertainty for Employee Ownership
- MGA Releases White Paper on Role of PBMs in US Drug Pricing Debate
- Unintended Consequences of Limiting PBMs
- ‘The Price of Business’: A Major Fiscal Crisis is Brewing and Largely Ignored by the Media
- 1 big thing: Congress takes on PBMs
- Here comes Humira competition
- Humira Competitors Don’t Guarantee Lower Patient Drug Costs
- The State of Biosimilars: What to Watch
- ‘The Price of Business’: Discussing the Latest Inflation Report
- Alex Brill Interviewed on the Future of the Adalimumab Market
