04 November 2019 Milena Izmirlieva
Insights from ISPOR 2019: Challenges that payers in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries face when trying to devise risk sharing agreement...
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04 November 2019 Brendan Melck
Germany’s health minister Jen Spahn is seeking to resolve a long-running dispute with the European Commission over fixed drug pricing rules
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30 October 2019 Tania Rodrigues
Slovakia approved legislation to curtail alleged manufacturer attempts to circumvent IRP-related price reductions by marketing unique presentations...
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02 October 2019 Frank Chen
Expanding Medicare coverage to both lifestyle interventions and medication could lead to long-term reductions in health care spending.
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01 October 2019 Sophie Cairns
South Korean drug makers have seen several high-profile setbacks in recent months. What does this mean for overseas pharma?
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26 September 2019 Will Iacobucci Tim Dall April Semilla
The total economic burden associated with elevated blood glucose levels in the United States reached nearly $404 billion in 2017
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12 August 2019 Cameron Lockwood
Alive and kicking, this policy tool continues to feature prominently in the pricing framework of many markets, mature and emerging alike.
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02 August 2019 Eoin Ryan
Ireland's high level of pharma waste exports - rather than dealing with the problem at source - prompts Takeda's call for infrastructure investment...
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19 June 2019 Margaret Labban
Following the developments of Pharmacare in Canada as it breaks new ground with a universal, publicly-funded drug plan
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17 June 2019 Sophie Cairns
Despite China’s efforts to rein in drug prices, pockets of high prices persist.
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30 May 2019 Ewa Oliveira da Silva
Argentina's recent reimbursement deal with Biogen is of note for manufacturers of other high-cost therapies
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17 May 2019 Margaret Labban
Spend 2 minutes with our analyst, Margaret Labban, on Pharmacare
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17 May 2019 Brendan Melck
Bulgaria's new P&R policies are a double blow to the pharma industry
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03 May 2019 Janet Beal
As a new one-off gene therapy for SMA nears the US market, effective pricing will be crucial in ensuring sustainable patient access.
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17 April 2019 Sacha Baggili
India's new clinical trial rules establish an accelerated pathway for new drug approvals, but affordability remains a barrier to access.
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12 April 2019 Milena Izmirlieva
Democrats explore creative ways to expand health insurance access with Medicare X
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02 April 2019 Margaret Labban
The creation of the Canadian Drug Agency and Pharmacare could mean big changes for drug prices
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29 March 2019 Eoin Ryan
Norway’s Statistik Sentralbyrå (SSB) annual healthcare and pharmaceutical expenditure statistics confirms the accuracy of IHS Markit’s healthcare...
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12 March 2019
Using our model we examine the budget impact of passing through a share of negotiated manufacturer rebates to patients at POS
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12 February 2019 Milena Izmirlieva
Our latest quarterly forecast, released in January 2019, indicates that public spending in the United States will account for more than 86% of...
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28 December 2018 Cameron Lockwood
Significant discrepancies remain between the access conditions of different countries
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13 December 2018 Frank Chen April Semilla
Using a published and validated microsimulation model, we predicted the annual number of overdose, mortality, and direct medical costs associated...
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28 November 2018 Praful Mehta Eoin Ryan
Tenders for biosimilars for Humira in both Denmark and Italy mark a dramatic shift
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14 November 2018 Cameron Lockwood
International reference pricing of pharmaceuticals: Apply liberally or use sparingly?
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14 November 2018 Milena Izmirlieva
The impact of expedited marketing authorisation on P&R outcomes for drugs in the US and EU-5
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12 November 2018 Gustav Ando
Meet us at ISPOR, come see our posters, chat with us about our new product innovations
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08 November 2018 Gustav Ando
US gets the headlines, but Greece and Denmark have more immediate impact
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06 November 2018 Ewa Oliveira da Silva
Inefficiency in the centralized model behind Mexico's tendering decline
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17 October 2018 Brendan Melck
Discounts provided to Czech state hospitals in tenders showed that manufacturers are offering discounts on that reduce the ultimate price to...
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08 October 2018 Eoin Ryan
The co-ruling Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle: M5S) has voiced criticism of the economic case for pharmaceutical tenders in Italy...
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05 October 2018 Eoin Ryan
To curb shortages, Norway's pharma industry turns to a number of mechanisms to ensure that the country maintains low drug prices in relation...
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28 September 2018 Eoin Ryan
If UK and EU negotiators are unable to conclude a withdrawal and transition agreement, the likelihood of UK participation in the UPC and unitary...
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27 September 2018 Sophie Cairns
Asia’s emerging pharmaceutical markets are likely to focus increasingly on Health Technology Assessment as healthcare costs rise.
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20 September 2018 Sophie Cairns
Insights from The Pharma Market Access and Pricing Summit Asia
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16 August 2018 Ewa Oliveira da Silva
Policy uncertainty is set to remain high as the government may struggle to pass major reforms
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10 July 2018 Sophie Cairns
Takeda’s proposed purchase of Shire has led to shareholder dissent; however, M&A is expected to continu
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22 May 2018 Gustav Ando
Insights from ISPOR Baltimore 2018 - digital health
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18 May 2018 Gustav Ando
Meet us at ISPOR, come see our posters, chat with us about our new product innovations
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17 May 2018 Brendan Melck
Will shortages lead to changes in the discount-contract system?
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11 May 2018
Passing through a portion of rebates could generate substantial savings across the entire Medicare program
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19 April 2018 Sophie Cairns
Proposed tariffs on Chinese-made goods, including pharmaceutical ingredients, are expected to affect mainly US generics makers.
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27 March 2018 Ritashree Chakrabarti Tim Dall
Updates to the previous estimates on the burden of disease
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26 March 2018 Tania Rodrigues
Colombia embraces value-based pricing with Decree 433 of 2018 for new innovative drugs at market entry
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14 March 2018 Ewa Oliveira da Silva
Is risk-sharing the way forward for this cash-strapped public healthcare system?
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28 February 2018 Eoin Ryan
Reforms face a difficult path to implementation and the real possibility that they may require careful modification.
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07 December 2017
Over the next 10 years, Medicare is expected to save $19 billion
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04 December 2017 Milena Izmirlieva
Consumer access to effective and affordable medicines in the US is currently inadequately served by the pharmaceutical sector
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28 November 2017 Eoin Ryan
Luring the EMA to Amsterdam marks a stunning diplomatic coup
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14 November 2017 Ewa Oliveira da Silva
After October election strengthens government will public healthcare reform see a change?
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13 November 2017 Anne-Charlotte Ackermann
A value-based approach or a cost-effectiveness or efficacy approach?
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09 November 2017 Frank Chen
State-by-state projected annual savings to Medicaid from better management of diabetes
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03 November 2017 Janet Beal
The UK government has issued its much-anticipated response to the Accelerated Access Review (AAR)
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01 November 2017 Gustav Ando
Meet with our experts and analysts in Glasgow next week
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23 October 2017 Sophie Cairns
China removes the requirement for local clinical data as part of the drug approval process
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18 October 2017 Janet Beal
UK access to medicines during and after Brexit
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16 October 2017
A close look at pharma strategy in the Middle East
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28 September 2017 Tania Rodrigues
A look at how the formal use of IRP is evolving in Brazil compared to Colombia.
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12 September 2017 Brendan Melck
How does Lithuania plan to reducethe cost of medicines?
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29 August 2017 Ewa Oliveira da Silva
Where will the EMA locate after Brexit? Can Spain be the answer?
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17 August 2017 Cameron Lockwood
Is IRP a self sustaining dynamo or soon to be eclipsed?
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04 August 2017 Sophie Cairns
China adds another 36 medicines to NRDL
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28 July 2017 Milena Izmirlieva
What was the "Skinny Bill" and what's next?
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18 July 2017 Cameron Lockwood
At what point will payers decide that opacity in the prices being referenced renders the tool meaningless?
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11 July 2017
Drug shortages and the insufficient control systems in many Middle East countries have also allowed illegal mega-manufacturing factories to work...
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16 June 2017 Praful Mehta
IHS Markit and Context Matters have for the first time combined these two diverse datasets under one platform so that companies can draw meaningful...
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08 June 2017 Sophie Cairns
There is increasing public debate over whether Hong Kong's cash-rich government should give more public funding to rare rare-disease medicines....
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31 May 2017 Milena Izmirlieva
How oil prices undermine a country's ability to pay for medicines
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24 May 2017 Margaret Labban
A deeper look at US healthcare reform
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23 May 2017 Gustav Ando
Insights from Day one at ISPOR Boston: US healthcare reform
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22 May 2017 Gustav Ando
IHS Markit's life sciences team is at ISPOR this week.
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10 May 2017 Janet Beal
Ukraine has remained the only European country where until very recently patients have largely had to pay out-of-pocket
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03 May 2017 Brendan Melck
Tensions between the pharmaceutical industry and the social security institutions in Austria are high again
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13 April 2017 Eoin Ryan
The latest analysis could facilitate future cross-border procurement structures between two or more Nordic countries
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27 March 2017 Tania Rodrigues
best IRP practice considerations from an industry standpoint
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21 March 2017 Milena Izmirlieva
A look at some of the developments in cross-country procurement and its possible negative impact for Industry
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17 March 2017 Praful Mehta
There are clear signals in the EU that the market access environment will become more stringent in the coming years
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10 March 2017 Cameron Lockwood
A look at SB-17 and what it means for drug pricing in CA
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06 March 2017 Margaret Labban
The five key principles that need to be present in new legislation that would replace the ACA
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24 January 2017 Gustav Ando
The Patient Reported Indicators Survey (PaRIS) was formally launched with the ambition of becoming the pre-eminent standard to measure quality...
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05 January 2017 Tania Rodrigues
A survey of heads of HTA agencies in middle-income countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Latin America and Asia showed reservations...
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28 December 2016 Tania Rodrigues
Whilst at ISPOR Vienna, I attended a lively session on national health economic guidelines in Southern Europe that highlighted how current practice...
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18 November 2016 Janet Beal
A deeper look at the UK's Accelerated Access Review
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14 November 2016 Cameron Lockwood
An independent assessment of what the pharmaceutical industry is doing to help make medicines more accessible in low- and middle-income countries...
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11 November 2016 Milena Izmirlieva
Early expectations for the pharmaceutical industry as a result of the Trump election.
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08 November 2016 Gustav Ando
Proposition 61 on today's California ballot
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01 November 2016 Gustav Ando
Insights from 19th annual European Congress of ISPORin Vienna
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28 October 2016 Tania Rodrigues
President Mauricio Macri's bill for the creation of a formal HTA agency
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26 October 2016 Tania Rodrigues
Education on rising drug costs
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14 September 2016 Sophie Cairns
Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an unusually direct warning of "great turmoil" in a post-Brexit scenario
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09 September 2016 Eoin Ryan
Ireland's IRP framework underwent a major shake-up in August including an expansion of the basket
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06 September 2016 Brendan Melck
industry fears hit from reimbursement restrictions
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02 September 2016 IHS Markit Life Sciences Expert
The new insurance scheme may have negative effects for critically ill-patient groups.
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19 August 2016 Angelica Kershaw
Public health experts have welcomed the new approach of some pharmaceutical companies towards unveiling new patent policies facilitating access...
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15 August 2016 Cameron Lockwood
The field of advanced molecular diagnostics, including next-generation sequencing (NGS), has had a complicated history in Germany. When we performed...
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01 August 2016 Sophie Cairns
A win that is bittersweet
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28 July 2016 IHS Markit Life Sciences Expert
The people of Syria are now facing the spread of the serious but non-lethal skin infection
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19 July 2016 Milena Izmirlieva
Pinpointing the exact impact of Brexit on healthcare spending and pharmaceutical spending remains a moving target
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18 July 2016 Tania Rodrigues
The Spanish health sector is awaiting the formation of a coalition government that will help navigate a complex multi-party regional political...
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11 July 2016 Eoin Ryan
Major economic and political uncertainty across both UK and EU markets is likely to hamper the EMAs relocation and complicate the decision
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08 July 2016 Jing Zhang
What is the economic health of South America for pharma?
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06 July 2016 Cecilia Chui
Immunotherapy and precision medicine centre-stage at ASCO
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30 June 2016 Cameron Lockwood
Question marks over the sustainability of industry pipelines have been replaced by question marks over the sustainability of healthcare systems...
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27 June 2016 Angelica Kershaw
Resolution 2475/2016 authorises the Inter-ministerial Medicines and Medical Devices Pricing Commission (CNPMD) to reduce Glivec's price.
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A vote to leave the European Union and what it would mean for Britain's place in the world of pharma
20 June 2016 Milena Izmirlieva
As the date for Great Britain's referendum on whether to leave the European Union approaches, the pre-referendum debates have only marginally...
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17 June 2016 Anne-Charlotte Ackermann
A close look at France's formal BIA and access to HCV meds
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14 June 2016 Janet Beal
A cheaper, faster track to approve funding for me-too medicines in the UK?
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10 June 2016 Brendan Melck
A familiar problem in Greece today: trying to implement reforms which are difficult enough to implement in normal circumstances...
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01 June 2016 Sophie Cairns
Pricing and cost-effectiveness and public hospital discussions from our trip to Asia
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26 May 2016 Cameron Lockwood
A look at some of the challenges facing the NHS commissioning framework for molecular diagnostic testing
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23 May 2016 Cameron Lockwood
AA closer look at the access-to-medicines debate
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18 May 2016 Cameron Lockwood
A new and easy way to access our multi client studies
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21 April 2016 Angelica Kershaw
The latest on the spread of Zika and developments to address the current outbreak
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22 March 2016 Tania Rodrigues
A close look at the recent developments with DRGs
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06 March 2016 Cameron Lockwood
In late February, the Obama administration announced a number of actions designed to accelerate the development of precision medicine in the...
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29 February 2016 Eoin Ryan
The new EFPIA code introduces a significant new level of public scrutiny
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02 February 2016 Choukri Genane
A close look at the proposed appointment of haematology specialist Buzyn Agnes
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10 January 2016 Cecilia Chui
A closer look at precision Meds
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03 January 2016 Zhang, Jing
Understanding Chinese traditional medicine
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27 December 2015 Zhang, Jing
Understanding the twentieth-largest pharmaceutical market in the world
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21 December 2015 Brendan Melck
How over the counter meds are changing the market landscape
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10 December 2015 Milena Izmirlieva
A look at the pricing for PCSK9 inhibitors for cholesterol
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07 December 2015 Floriane Reinaud
Options when the price requested by the pharmaceutical company is believed to be too high
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02 December 2015 Sophie Cairns
Vietnam's pharmaceutical sector is expected to see the fiercest competition
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30 November 2015 Maria McGee
Time and again when we explore ways in which we can streamline market access, secure reimbursement and even refine pharmaceutical pricing, we...
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23 November 2015 Gustav Ando
Insights on the Pfizer/ Allergan merger
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19 November 2015 Brendan Melck
What are the implications for healthcare following the elections?
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17 November 2015 Milena Izmirlieva
Insights from ISPOR Milan - parallel scientific advice by regulatory agencies and HTA agencies
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15 November 2015 Gustav Ando
A healthcare system in crisis, a pharmaceutical industry in decline, and acute shortages of essential medicines
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13 November 2015 Milena Izmirlieva
Insights from ISPOR Milan 2015 on managed entry agreements
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10 November 2015 Tania Rodrigues
Discounts usually offered to distributors and retailers will be slashed
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09 November 2015 Gustav Ando
Insights from ISPOR Milan
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08 November 2015 Kavita Rainova
Is England's Cancer Drug Fund sustainable?
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04 November 2015 Cameron Lockwood
The value of molecular testing will increasingly hinge on experimental demonstration of clinical utility
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03 November 2015 Eoin Ryan
Ongoing price reductions negotiations covering the supply of innovative medicines
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30 October 2015 Gustav Ando
Booth 1015 and during session 3 of research posters
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26 October 2015 Angelica Kershaw
Insights from ISPOR Latin America on HTA and centralized procurement
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20 October 2015 Sophie Cairns
In Hong Kong's flourishing black market, costly branded drugs can be bought at a fraction of their market price
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13 October 2015 Maria McGee
A close look at AstraZeneca´s most recent biomarker technology collaboration
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09 October 2015 Choukri Genane
A look at the ongoing struggle for the French government with its health deficit
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05 October 2015 Tania Rodrigues
The state of precision medicine in Spain
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14 September 2015 Kavita Rainova
The vaccines situation raises concerns over the potential rise in other vaccine-preventable diseases
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09 September 2015 Mark Hollis
Governments in the region are increasingly working together to harmonize regulatory approvals
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03 September 2015 Floriane Reinaud
Can European governments fund new and innovative pharmaceuticals given their growing debt?
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27 August 2015 Eoin Ryan
Diabetes-related social and economic costs amounted to DKK31.8 billion (USD4.75 billion) in 2011, corresponding to DKK107,000 (USD16,000) per...
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25 August 2015 Cameron Lockwood
A close look at the market-specific differences in terms of how payers would like to see manufacturers address the REA gap
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19 August 2015 Sophie Cairns
IHS Life Sciences expects the explosion to cause significant disruption to the shipment of non-time-sensitive pharmaceutical exports
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17 August 2015 Cecilia Chui
What gets covered when a patient receives both insured and uninsured treatments in the same medical care series?
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31 July 2015 Cameron Lockwood
Understanding what's at stake, and behind, the changes within the Saudi MOH
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28 July 2015 Tania Rodrigues
The quest to dramatically change the molecular diagnostic landscape and ultimately provide a global vision of cancer treatment in Spain.
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23 July 2015 Angelica Kershaw
According to the MoH, with the implementation of these partnerships the Brazilian government has achieved BRL2.5 billion (USD782.2 million) in...
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21 July 2015 Mark Hollis
Does the UNAIDS report whitewash over the very real funding crisis facing HIV treatment programs?
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16 July 2015 Kavita Rainova
Do these new documents point to a single drugs market within the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)?
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14 July 2015
Using our disease prevention microsimulation model to understand the true burden of disease
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08 July 2015 Sophie Cairns
Thailand's battle against runaway pharmaceutical prices.
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06 July 2015 Zhang, Jing
A closer look at South Korea's healthcare economy
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30 June 2015 Milena Izmirlieva
Are there signs of actual changes in the United States P&R environment as a result of the 'Sovaldi Effect'?
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26 June 2015 Margaret Labban
A global perspective on Gilead's pricing strategy. The Sovaldi debate continues
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22 June 2015 Kavita Rainova
A closer look at the Ukrainian healthcare system amidst the country's ongoing turmoil
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17 June 2015 Maria McGee
Sweden looks to reform its pricing model.
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14 June 2015 Tania Rodrigues
Is global action needed to curb wide-spread use of antibiotics and the development of drug-resistant bacteria?
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05 June 2015 Cecilia Chui
Tracking shifts in MENA healthcare systems
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02 June 2015 Cameron Lockwood
The Middle East and North Africa is a region once again on the radar, following recent rumours that Valeant is considering a bid for Egypt's...
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27 May 2015 Angelica Kershaw
A close look at the drug shortages in Venezuela
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19 May 2015 Gustav Ando
Insights on regulations from #ISPORPhila
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18 May 2015 Gustav Ando
insights from #ISPORPhila 2015
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14 May 2015 Brendan Melck
Insights from the European Generics Association's (EGA) annual biosimilars conference.
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12 May 2015 Margaret Labban
On average, an estimated CAD7.3 billion (USD5.95 billion) in savings could be achieved in Canada through a universal drug plan.
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07 May 2015 Gustav Ando
IHS Life Sciences will be at ISPOR May 16-20
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05 May 2015 Mark Hollis
A look at the changing healthcare policy in India. Is it the end of the move towards universal coverage?
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29 April 2015 Cameron Lockwood
A look at the "barriers to access" for Sovaldi
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26 April 2015 Floriane Reinaud
IHS Life Sciences analysed price changes for innovative drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) that were priced in 2009 and afterwards....
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24 April 2015 Mark Hollis
In the lead-up to World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization has published new guidelines on the clinical management of malaria. In addition...
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23 April 2015 Sophie Cairns
A look at China's CFDA new regulations on far-flung corners of its pharmaceutical sector: multi-regional clinical trials, biosimilars, drug evaluation...
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21 April 2015 April Semilla
The importance of Health Impact Assessments (HIA) as a means of adding unique insights to a one dimensional analysis
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15 April 2015 Praful Mehta
A look at M&A activity for the industry
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13 April 2015 Angelica Kershaw
A deeper look at Colombia's "healthcare statutory law
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09 April 2015 Brendan Melck
Poland's pharmaceutical industry has reacted with strong condemnation to a letter sent by the deputy health minister to the country's health...
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06 April 2015 Federica Benassi
Amgen's Repatha (evolocumab) and Sanofi/Regeneron's Praluent (alirocumab) are expected to become the next cardiovascular blockbusters able to...
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02 April 2015 Maria McGee
The Swedish government has announced it is drawing on Danish experiences to improve cancer care by introducing standardised cancer care pathways...
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31 March 2015 Margaret Labban
The pricing and reimbursement (P&R) landscape for pharmaceuticals is gradually changing in Canada, particularly as the provinces have banded...
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25 March 2015 Anne-Charlotte Ackermann
We examine how the new pharmaco-economic evaluations impact market access conditions for innovative medicines in France.
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23 March 2015 Zhang, Jing
A close look at the the outlook for the Philippines and the pros and cons of joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
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16 March 2015 Kavita Rainova
As of 12 March, some of the drugs that were previously funded through the Cancer Drug's Fund (UK) have been de-listed.
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06 March 2015 Will Iacobucci
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), an organization that represents the accredited medical schools and teaching hospitals in...
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03 March 2015 Milena Izmirlieva
Learn more about the trends in risk sharing agreements (known as patient access schemes (PAS) in some markets) and the growing prevalence of...
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27 February 2015 Cecilia Chui
Economically, the Middle East (ME) is well positioned to be the one of next growth engine of global pharmaceutical sales: several countries in...
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20 February 2015 Cameron Lockwood
The fifty shades of grey of international reference pricing (IRP): it's a connection probably lost on the majority of those flocking to see...
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17 February 2015 Angelica Kershaw
An improvement in relations offers the potential to open a new era in the Cuban pharma industry.
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09 February 2015 Marinoni, Gaelle
Last year, when I shared some of our research findings on global pharmaceutical tiered pricing strategies, I highlighted the acute need for further...
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05 February 2015 Mark Hollis
In the historic surroundings of the UK Houses of Parliament a group of leading vaccine experts and representatives of the pharmaceutical industry...
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02 February 2015 Tania Rodrigues
The SiNATS reform represents a significant structural reform to the way health technologies will be evaluated in Portugal.
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30 January 2015 Choukri Genane
With a target population for Sovaldi representing 70,000 to 80,000 patients in France, the potential cost for the health insurance system is...
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27 January 2015 Gustav Ando
IHS Life Science team provides a look atthe top drivers for the industry in 2015
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21 January 2015 Tania Rodrigues
The main aim of this collaborative IPT model is to assist with pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement (P&R) decisions. Published on the Spanish...
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15 January 2015 Federica Benassi
On January 1, 2015, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) started to proactively publish clinical data concerning applications for centralised...
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12 January 2015 Brendan Melck
Greek pharmaceutical companies have had a tough year in 2014. The year started with the implementation of a new law on pharmaceutical pricing...
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06 January 2015 Margaret Labban
US President Barack Obama issued an executive order and national strategy to combat antibiotic resistance in September 2014, almost exactly a...
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02 January 2015 Gaelle Marinoni
Tiered drug pricing-in which pharmaceutical companies charge different prices across markets and market segments-is poised for expansion into...
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29 December 2014 Kavita Rainova
In early November a bill was put in front of the British parliament, for second reading, proposing that new licences should be sought by the...
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19 December 2014 Sophie Cairns
Last month, media reports surfaced over a missive that China's central pricing authority had issued to provincial pricing authorities during...
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11 December 2014 Brendan Melck
An increasing number of new EU member states in central and south-eastern Europe are introducing new legislation to allow restrictions and bans...
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09 December 2014 Margaret Labban
The highly anticipated trial results have reaffirmed the "LDL hypothesis" and offer a particularly positive outlook for present and future LDL...
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03 December 2014 Milena Izmirlieva
For pharma manufacturers early access to innovation should generally translate into early patient access and earlier revenues than if a company...
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01 December 2014 Federica Benassi
With the recent publication of the revised overarching guideline on biosimilar medicines, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has formally introduced...
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26 November 2014 Kavita Rainova
The recent deal termination has refocused attention on the overall political, social and economic climate in Russia, as well as specific pharmaceutical...
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24 November 2014 Federica Benassi
I recently attended the conference HTA 2.0 Europe – Teaming Up for Value organised by EUnetHTA in Rome. here are some thoughts and take-aways...
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21 November 2014 Praful Mehta
Using a risk ratings framework to help pharmaceutical companies better navigate and understand the changing market access landscape by quantifying...
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19 November 2014 Cameron Lockwood
A closer look at orphan drugs, specialty drugs and rising costs in US hospitals
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17 November 2014 Milena Izmirlieva
At the ISPOR 17th Annual European Congress earlier this week, pricing and reimbursement challenges in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries...
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12 November 2014 Mark Hollis
I'm at the ISPOR Europe 2014 (#isporamst2014) meeting, and an issue that keeps cropping up is vaccine pricing. This is also something that I...
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11 November 2014 Brendan Melck
AMNOG - and the system of early benefit assessment of new innovative drugs which it introduced - remains the most widely-discussed aspect of...
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10 November 2014 Gustav Ando
The 17th European Congress of ISPOR kicked off in a combative fashion this morning with a plenary session devoted to how to create sustainable...
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06 November 2014 Gustav Ando
The IHS Life Sciences team is pleased to announce that we will have a strong presence at the ISPOR 17th European Congress in Amsterdam, 8-12...
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04 November 2014 Milena Izmirlieva
In a comparatively unexpected move, Bulgaria's caretaker government has decided to introduce significant changes in the country's international...
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27 October 2014 Margaret Labban
Canada's unprecedented "18 at 18%" national generic drug pricing agreement is set to save the healthcare system billions. On 1 April ...
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23 October 2014 Milena Izmirlieva
This month marks ten years since our same day analysis service was the first to report on the world's first biosimilar approval in Australia....
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20 October 2014 Federica Benassi
While an increasing number of new HCV treatments gain approval for marketing authorisation in Europe, EU member states are looking at ways to...
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16 October 2014 Mark Hollis
Earlier this week, I appeared in CNBC to discuss the growing challenges around treating and containing Ebola. The World Health Organization...
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07 October 2014 Gustav Ando
As we discussed in a blog earlier this year, it was clear early on this year that 2014 will be remembered as the year in which M&A activity ret...
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26 September 2014 Cameron Lockwood
Sometimes standing still is the best way to move forward. Just ask the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which this...
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22 September 2014 Kavita Rainova
In the last few days, various government officials in Russia have been issuing statements saying that the import of pharmaceuticals will not...
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04 September 2014 Sophie Cairns
When entering China, test your drugs as the Chinese do. That may not be as catchy as the saying about Romans, but it's a rule that every company...
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21 August 2014 Marinoni, Gaelle
Tiered pricing is a commercial strategy that consists of charging different prices to different markets or market segments. In pharma, tiered...
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14 August 2014 Gustav Ando
As the 2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak claims its thousandth victim, many questions are being asked over how the disease can be contained...
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01 August 2014 Angelica Kershaw
From a government perspective, the potential benefits of biosimilars are pretty clear: they offer great potential to improve healthcare access...
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31 July 2014 Tericke Blanchard
The development of short-term therapies that can cure life-threatening diseases, versus chronic treatments that manage the condition, are driving...
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28 July 2014 Kavita Rainova
Over the past few weeks reports have been surfacing in the Ukrainian media over calls for the resignation of Ukraine's current Health Minister...
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23 July 2014 Margaret Labban
The world's first Programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) inhibitor was approved in Japan this month for the treatment of advanced melanoma. This novel...
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21 July 2014 Brendan Melck
Greece's new health minister, Makis Voridis, inherits the same overriding issue in the area of pharmaceutical policy as his predecessor - ......
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14 July 2014 Kavita Rainova
Early this month it was reported that the amendments to Russia's drug circulation law, Federal law FZ:61, were finally passed to the country's...
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11 July 2014 Mark Hollis
For some, any hope of a change in pharmaceutical and healthcare policy from India's much extolled new government were dashed the moment the new...
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10 July 2014 Milena Izmirlieva
I had the pleasure of attending the European Generic Medicines Association (EGA) annual meeting a few days ago and was struck by how little has...
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07 July 2014 Federica Benassi
Is Avastin as safe and effective as Lucentis in an ophthalmology setting? In recent years, many countries have evaluated potential risks posed...
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23 June 2014 Tericke Blanchard
The role of big data in healthcare decision making was the central theme at ISPOR's annual meeting in Montreal earlier this month. The greater...
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20 June 2014 Milena Izmirlieva
As Indian generics producer Dr. Reddy's announced yesterday that they want to boost their involvement in proprietary drugs and biosimilar drugs...
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16 June 2014 Cameron Lockwood
If you build it, they will come," a voice once whispered to Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams. (Technically that's a misquote, but since ...
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13 June 2014 Marinoni, Gaelle
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recently launched an adaptive licensing pilot project, which was hailed by the Agency as an initiative "to...
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04 June 2014 Margaret Labban
Negative recommendations don't always preclude market access in Canada I've been covering The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in ......
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03 June 2014 IHS Markit Life Sciences Expert
From fraud protection to online advertising, "big data" plays a large role behind the scenes of all of our day-to-day lives. References to ......
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30 May 2014 Gustav Ando
The IHS Life Sciences team is pleased to announce that we will again have a strong presence at the ISPOR 19th Annual International Meeting in...
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21 May 2014 Maria McGee
Having covered drug P&R developments in the Nordic markets here at IHS and with my participation in this recent study on flexible pricing, I h...
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09 May 2014 Gustav Ando
There has been a wildfire of criticism from many sectors over Pfizer's proposed record bid to acquire AstraZeneca over the last couple of weeks....
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28 April 2014 Kavita Rainova
The United Kingdom's National Institute of Care Excellence (NICE) has recently issued its document on Value based assessment (VBA) for consultation....
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22 April 2014 Gustav Ando
Easter bunnies hunting for the pipeline eggs The Easter weekend of 2014 will be remembered in the pharmaceutical industry as a moment where several...
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16 April 2014 Margaret Labban
Pfizer's Lipitor (atorvastatin), a small-molecule drug prescribed to lower cholesterol, set a world record in 2006 by generating $13.7 billion...
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08 April 2014 Marinoni, Gaelle
The IHS Life Sciences team is currently undertaking research on the concept of flexible pricing. Introduced notably in the UK Pharmaceutical...
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26 March 2014 Brendan Melck
At the end of last year, the Polish Ministry of Health (MoH) published its summary of the achievements of the Reimbursement Act. The wide-ranging...
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20 March 2014 Federica Benassi
Looking at recent developments in the European pharmaceutical markets, biosimilars seems to have a major potential for growth - and conversely...
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17 March 2014 Cameron Lockwood
Just recently, the EMA published its first summary of a risk-management plan for a centrally authorised product, Neuraceq for PET imaging in...
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11 March 2014 Gustav Ando
The IHS Healthcare and Pharma team is happy to announce that we are now IHS Life Sciences. Our new group name better conveys the breadth and...
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03 March 2014 Tania Rodrigues
As Sanofi's discontinuation of fedratinib for myelofibrosis (MF) in Phase III trials grabbed the headlines at the American Haematology Society...
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27 February 2014 Maria McGee
Having attended the LSE Risk Sharing and Managed Entry Agreements (MEA) Summit in London on 14 February, I was struck by the wide-spread audience...
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24 February 2014 Margaret Labban
Obamacare may reduce labour force participation The Congressional Budget Office (CBO)'s latest Budget and Economic Outlook forecast has come...
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18 February 2014 Mark Hollis
Recent newspaper headlines have been full of doom and gloom over the state of emerging market economies. From Turkey, to South Africa, and Argentina...
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13 February 2014 Gustav Ando
2014 is shaping up to be among the quietest years in recent memory as the patent cliff reaches its end - although there will be a notable spike...
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06 February 2014 Marinoni, Gaelle
I have got news in relation to the French pricing and reimbursement (P&R) reform, which is meant to see the replacement of the country's SMR/ASMR......
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04 February 2014 Gustav Ando
In many ways, 2014 has kicked off in a very similar way to how 2013 started for the global pharmaceutical industry: with a major setback. In...
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29 January 2014 Kavita Rainova
Over the past few months, there has been a steady inflow of news about collaboration between foreign pharma companies and Russian firms, along...
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27 January 2014 Maria McGee
Pharmaceutical companies in Sweden currently have a number of agreements with the government that focus on how the industry is regulated. What...
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20 January 2014 Brendan Melck
Germany's new coalition government has concluded its coalition agreement. It includes some important plans relating to public pharmaceutical...
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14 January 2014 Jing Zhang
As we begin the new year, let's take some time to look at what we expect to happen on the economic front -- for the US in general and then in...
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08 January 2014 Brendan Melck
The legal amendment passed by the Greek parliament on 27 November, which is set to introduce IRP and new maximum price thresholds for off-patent...
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29 December 2013 Margaret Labban
The US healthcare system is going through one of the biggest overhauls in its history. Provisions mandating healthcare insurance to all Americans...
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22 December 2013 Cameron Lockwood
With the recent announcement from Mylan and Biocon that their non-innovator biologic version of Herceptin has received approval in India for...
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18 December 2013 Tania Rodrigues
As I sip coffee from the mug with the "Order and Progress (Ordem e Progresso, in Portuguese)" motto national flag of Brazil, which I got in Rio......
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16 December 2013 Maria McGee
When I attended ISPOR's 16th Annual European Congress, in Dublin, earlier this month I attended an interesting discussion on EUnetHTA. The deputy...
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11 December 2013 Brendan Melck
In the four countries of central and eastern Europe (CEE) that make up the so called Visegrad 4 group - Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech...
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09 December 2013 Milena Izmirlieva
On 5 November, San Francisco voters approved a measure requiring the city to directly negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies. The...
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03 December 2013 Praful Mehta
The American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC) have again landed themselves in a huge controversy. Earlier this...
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02 December 2013 Federica Benassi
Among the many cost containment initiatives in healthcare around the world in recent years, France's Social Security Finance Bill (PLFSS) for...
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26 November 2013 Kavita Rainova
Earlier this month, following months of wait and speculation, the UK Department of Health (DH) and the pharma industry announced the successor...
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25 November 2013 Milena Izmirlieva
Value-based pricing for pharmaceuticals, or VBP, was due to be introduced in the United Kingdom for newly-approved NCEs and new indications starting...
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20 November 2013 Mark Hollis
South Africa's got a lot going for it, great beaches, sunshine (important to us Brits), plentiful wine. But what it doesn't have is a significant......
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18 November 2013 Federica Benassi
Figures from the European Commission estimate that tobacco is responsible for 700,000 deaths every year in Europe. Meanwhile, according to the...
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12 November 2013 Marinoni, Gaelle
International reference pricing (IRP) is going global. Think about it. Is this a fact, a threat, or a mix of both? After spending the last few...
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05 November 2013 Gustav Ando
Fans of the TV series South Park may be familiar with the appearance of the satirical "Captain Hindsight", a superhero who does not help people......
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04 November 2013 IHS Markit Life Sciences Expert
While the aging of the "baby boomer" population in the U.S. and the associated implications for increased healthcare costs have received ...
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04 November 2013 Maria McGee
In March of this year, we published an in-depth analysis on AMR in a special report titled, "Are we losing the fight against antimicrobial ......
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31 October 2013 Gustav Ando
The IHS Healthcare & Pharma team is pleased to announce that we will again have a strong presence at the ISPOR 16th European Congress in Dublin...
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29 October 2013 Milena Izmirlieva
Today, I had the privilege of making a presentation about health technology assessment (HTA) to an audience of pharmaceutical industry professionals...
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24 October 2013 Kavita Rainova
As an analyst covering Ukraine on a daily basis I find most developments in the country focused on low-tech technologies in healthcare - such...
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22 October 2013 Brendan Melck
On 1 October, the G-BA announced the completion of the first retroactive benefit assessment of a class of medicines under AMNOG. The class involved...
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18 October 2013 Gustav Ando
The late CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, famously quipped that "you can't connect the dots looking forward - you can only connect them looking ...
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09 October 2013 Mark Hollis
I attended the African Pharmaceutical Summit, held recently in Tunisia, and noted that delegates appeared to rally behind the notion of pharmaceutical...
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07 October 2013 Cameron Lockwood
GlaxoSmithKline and Theravance's Relvar Ellipta has found itself making multiple headlines lately- first as the result of a positive CHMP ......
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02 October 2013 Margaret Labban
On 1 October, health insurance marketplaces were officially launched in the US, offering affordable health care coverage to millions of uninsured...
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30 September 2013 Praful Mehta
Earlier this month, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) concluded its most prestigious event - ESC Congress 2013 - amid much fanfare. The...
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23 September 2013 Gustav Ando
In July, IHS launched its pharmaceutical Market Access Risk Scores (MARS), which are designed to quantify the relative risks of global pharmaceutical...
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19 September 2013 Margaret Labban
On 10 September 2013, US-headquartered biopharmaceutical firm Hospira and South-Korean partner Celltrion became the first companies to gain marketing...
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18 September 2013 Jing Zhang
My last trip back to China gave me a startling realization that the economy has improved beyond recognition. According to our estimate, China's...
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12 September 2013 Gustav Ando
IHS Healthcare is attending ISPOR 4th Latin America Conference, 12-14 September, at the Hilton Buenos Aires. If you are attending the show, come...
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09 September 2013 Praful Mehta
The weight loss industry is growing at an unprecedented rate - with diet drugs, weight loss programs, and unproven methods of lowering weight...
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05 September 2013 Cameron Lockwood
With August 30th come and gone, the full impact of the Canadian province of Alberta's May 1st reduction in its generic price cap from 35% to...
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03 September 2013 Cameron Lockwood
As outlined in my colleague Milena's post back in May, the biosimilars debate is quickly heating up on the US political scene. Just recently...
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28 August 2013 Chiara Cochetti
The launch of ALBAmed, recently announced by the members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA), has made me further appreciate the...
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23 August 2013 Marinoni, Gaelle
In the autumn of last year, France seemed on the brink of overhauling its pricing and reimbursement (P&R) framework by ditching its SMR/ASMR...
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20 August 2013 Sophia Walker
After recently arriving back from my yearly holiday on a tick-infested island off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, I have kept my eyes peeled for...
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15 August 2013 Gaelle Marinoni
With France introducing mandatory economic evaluation for new innovative medicines from October 2013, relative effectiveness assessment (REA)...
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05 August 2013 Maria McGee
With no specific treatments or vaccines currently available, along with the lack of knowledge about its mechanism, the threat of a global Middle...
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23 July 2013 Floriane Reinaud
On 1 July, Croatia joined the European Union. This move could potentially have an effect not only on the Croatian pharmaceutical market, but...
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