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Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: "D" Is for Data It is critical for Medicare to address important questions on drug safety and utilization, and about how prescribing decisions affect health outcomes and costs. |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2008 Jill Wechsler |
Challenge and Challenges Expanded healthcare coverage also fits the goals of pharma manufacturers. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2013 Jill Wechsler |
Transformation to Characterize 2013 FDA policies will reshape drug development, while pressure to cut healthcare spending may alter drug coverage and pricing. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2009 Jill Wechsler |
Securing Savings A close look at the healthcare industry will separate real cost-cutting measures from money-saving myths. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 10, 2014 |
Obama Policies Reshape Pharma Marketing Health reform initiatives promote transparency, challenge reimbursement, writes Jill Wechsler. |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2007 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: Shop and Compare Insurers and payers believe that more comparative information on medical treatments will save money and improve care, but such analysis may be costly to pharma. |
HBS Working Knowledge November 17, 2003 Martha Lagace |
The Politics of Innovation Mark B. McClellan, the new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, described what the FDA is doing to bridge the gap between the high cost of innovation and patients' demand for lower prices. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler |
Outrage Grows Over Drug Pricing Insurers, physicians attack high-cost therapies in anticipation of specialty drug surge. |
Bio-IT World August 13, 2003 Brian Reid |
Remaking the FDA New commissioner is pushing for greater use of technology and innovation to speed the flow of drugs to market. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: Out of Commission? Crawford Steps Down The clouded circumstances of the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration may complicate the process of securing a permanent leader. Meanwhile, battles continue over hot-button issues such as the morning-after pill and the regulation of follow-on biologics. |
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2008 Jill Wechsler |
Can Sentinel Save Drug Development? FDA's new sentinel system shows the pendulum swing toward safety won't swing back anytime soon. |
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2013 Jill Wechsler |
Costs and Coverage Challenge Medicare Drug Plans Rate cuts and fraud concerns create problems for Part D plans and Part B providers. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
Costs and Benefits of Health Reform Will expanded markets and accountable care organizations offset higher rebates, added fees, and closer scrutiny of marketing and prices? |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
Obamacare, Innovation and Pricing Tax and budget decisions will shape the healthcare market and drug research and regulation. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler |
Drug Coverage, Costs Under Scrutiny Benefits offered by insurance plans on health exchanges and through Medicare are raising concerns about patient access to needed therapies |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler |
Pharma Challenges for 2014 Pricing and personalized medicine are key themes shaping drug development and marketing |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2011 Jill Wechsler |
Politics & PDUFA Pharma companies will assess health reform, negotiate user fees and keep an eye on federal prosecutors in the year ahead. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: Cross-Agency Collaboration for Part D Medicare Part D gives CMS more clout over coverage, pricing, and even drug development. |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2010 Jill Wechsler |
New Ballgame in Washington Republican gains in Congress create uncertainty for health reform, drug regulation, and biomedical research |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2006 Rod Cavin |
Forecasting Medicare: Price Controls in the Years Ahead Part D in 2010 will be under price and access pressure. Pharma should develop plans for the future by imagining best- and worst-case scenarios. |
American Family Physician April 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter Medicaid Cost Sharing and Premiums May Reduce Physician Revenues... AMA Supports Amendment on Cuts to Medicare Physician Payments... Increase in Candidates Matched into Family Medicine Residencies... etc. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2011 |
Revisiting Reform Courts, Congress review policies and programs shaping drug costs and access. |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2011 Jill Wechsler |
Rebates and Reform User-fee renewal legislation sets the stage for new policies affecting reimbursement, research, and regulatory oversight. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Prescription Drug Coverage for Seniors Faces Uncertain Future The discussion about adding a prescription drug benefit to Medicare will be put on hold... |
Managed Care April 2001 Patrick Mullen |
Interview: Alan F. Holmer With the ever-rising cost of prescription drugs generating an outcry to reform Medicare, PhRMA's president finds himself in the eye of the storm... |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler |
Reimbursement Limits Threaten Drug Access High cost-sharing, narrow formularies create problems for pharma companies and patients. |
Chemistry World March 25, 2010 Rebecca Trager |
Big pharma scores in US healthcare reform President Obama has signed the biggest US healthcare reform since the 1960s, and although it is largely seen as a victory for the pharmaceutical industry, some analysts are characterising it as a 'double-edged sword'. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
New Year, New Issues Look for action in 2012 on drug access, shortages, innovation, and transparency. The 800-pound gorilla in the room is the looming Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Obama health reform legislation. |
Managed Care April 2005 |
Medicare Modernization Act to Increase Public Sector Spending Nearly 50 Percent While the burden on the public sector to supply health care benefits to Medicare and Medicaid enrollees will increase, on the private side, a reevaluation of current forms of health insurance coverage may take place as growth in premiums continues to outpace growth in compensation. |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler |
What Price Innovation? Payers, drug plans seek clear assessment of drug value to rationalize high drug prices. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
Who Will Pay for New Drugs? Comparative research documenting value and affordability is key to obtaining coverage for high-cost therapies. |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2008 Jill Wechsler |
Part D Under Attack Congressional leaders ready campaign to curb Medicare drug plans. |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2009 Jill Wechsler |
Through the Looking Glass Pharma relations with researchers are critical for developing new technology, and reformers will discourage inappropriate relationships by making any links to pharmaceutical marketing known to all. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Medicare Choices What are Medicare private fee-for-service plans and why did their fortunes rise and fall so dramatically? Most important, if these plans survive in their current form, should advisors suggest them for clients enrolled in or approaching Medicare eligibility? |
American Family Physician October 1, 2000 Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp |
Newsletter Report Highlights What Older Americans Think About Medicare... $35,000 Grant Paves Way for Tool to Prevent Prescription Errors... FDA Launches Oncology Tools Web Site... Federal Funds Support Research in Women's Health... Surgeon General's Report on Tobacco Use Draws AMA Approval... |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2005 Erik Felker |
Elephant or Specialist? The Bush Administration has put in place the groundwork for new market forces that will forever change how pharmaceuticals are commercialized. Although the long-term impact of this change is not known, unprepared companies are at a serious disadvantage. |
Investment Advisor July 2009 Melanie Waddell |
The Great Health Reform Debate President Barack Obama has set an ambitious deadline of October to achieve comprehensive healthcare reform. |
Managed Care May 2007 Frank Diamond |
Medicare Advantage Hits Jackpot with Private Fee-for-Service Plans The secret to the success of Medicare private fee-for-service plans is as old as gold. Will beneficiary satisfaction force Congress to keep the faucet turned on? |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2008 Jill Wechsler |
Resolving Conflicting Interests The Physician Payment Sunshine Act would require pharmaceutical and medical device companies to disclose payments of more than $500 to doctors. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 Robert M. Hayes |
Preserve Medicare Medicare is a roadmap for the future healthcare of America. It should be fine-tuned and improved, not undermined and privatized as the Washington power brokers are now attempting to do. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: Opportunity Knocks FDA has finally released its long-awaited list of research opportunities for the Critical Path initiative. Now comes the hard part, as companies learn how to collaborate on projects that will benefit pharma as a whole. |
Managed Care March 2007 John Carroll |
Democratic Agenda Places Medicare Advantage at Risk Battle lines are drawn over proposals to raid the Medicare managed care program of funds to be applied to other health care needs. Democrats themselves are split. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2005 |
Marketing to Professionals: Shaping the Future of Medicine Pharma will focus on approving safer, more effective drugs that have real-life applications. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2009 Jill Wechsler |
Kickoff for Reform In addition to overhauling healthcare, Congress is weighing proposals for updating FDA policies and expanding access to drugs. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: Hard Evidence The push for more useful information on medication effectiveness is shaping drug development and reimbursement. |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
Costs, Coverage, and Court Decisions Its election season and drug pricing issues are once again front and center in the policy wars on managing the high cost of healthcare. |
Managed Care May 2002 |
Drug Companies Unveil Their Plan For Discount Card In the absence of any congressional action on a pharmacy benefit in Medicare, seven pharmaceutical companies have teamed up to offer a drug discount card that many call a vital first step in shoring up Medicare coverage |
Registered Rep. October 10, 2014 Mark Miller |
Healthcare Inflation is on the Mend Tame healthcare inflation is good news for your retired clients. |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2005 Patrick Clinton |
PharmExec's 2006 Forecast The 2006 pharmaceutical industry is under assault from Congress, the press and the public, add a complex government program that will unimaginably change industry economics, and subtract revenues from off-patent products. |
BusinessWeek May 10, 2004 John Carey |
Drug Prices: A New Covenant? The states' growing negotiating clout with Big Pharma raises crucial questions |