Alex Brill Writes to FTC Regarding Interim Pharmacy Benefit Manager Report
In July, MGA CEO Alex Brill submitted a comment letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) expressing concerns about their newly released interim report.
New MGA Analysis Finds Drug Rebates Not Associated with List Price Increases
In a new report, MGA examines the role of rebates among a subset of prescription drugs with the biggest price hikes between 2018 and 2023.
PBM Concerns Induce Surprising Bipartisanship
Recent congressional focus on the business practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) has been intense. Six committees have held 11 hearings related to PBMs in the first 20 weeks of the 118th Congress, and legislation is advancing in both chambers.
A Drug with Two Prices
After 20 years, the monopoly for Abbvie’s Humira (adalimumab) has ended with the recent entry of Amgen’s biosimilar Amjevita. However, Amgen’s dual pricing strategy for its product has been raising some eyebrows.
Alex Brill to FTC: Claims That PBMs Raise Drug Prices are Unfounded
In response to the FTC’s request for information regarding the business practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and their impact on pharmacies and consumers, MGA’s Alex Brill submitted a letter detailing his findings.
- New MGA Paper Identifies Barriers to US Biosimilar Success in the Second Decade
- Congress on the Brink of Disrupting the PBM Market
- Raising the Salt Cap Would Increase Tax Complexity
- Economics of “Delinking” Are Still Not Good
- The Child Tax Credit: Tradeoffs and Preferences
- Oregon’s Measure 118: The Turnover Tax Is the Worst
- Dueling Child Tax Credit Proposals: Harris vs. Vance
- Trump Proposes Bringing Back the Deduction for Auto Loan Interest
- Overtime Income Tax Break: Not Illogical, Just Costly and Complicated
- Presidential Candidates’ Dueling Child Credit Expansions Explained
