Drug pricing

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ICER says the prices of new drug launches in the US rose 51% in three years, adding up to $1.5bn in first-year costs to US health systems.

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The FDA has named the first products to take advantage of its recently announced Commissioner's national priority voucher programme.

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Merck KGaA has become the third drugmaker to reach a deal with the Trump administration to cut medicine costs, offering discounts on fertility drugs.

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AstraZeneca has become the second pharma group to reach an agreement with the Trump administration on Most Favoured Nation (MFN) drug pricing.

Market Access

Two pharmaceutical giants have paused investment in the UK. More than a setback for British life sciences, it’s a warning sign for the future.

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Changes to the threshold used by NICE to measure cost-effectiveness could be on the way as part of a plan that would raise NHS spending on medicines.