June 17, 2020 – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit yesterday affirmed the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia opinion that set aside the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rule calling for drug manufacturers to disclose drug list prices in direct-to-consumer television ads. In the June 16 opinion, […]
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May 9, 2019 — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced its final rule requiring that drug companies include list prices in direct-to-consumer (DTC) television ads – “the single most significant step any administration has taken toward a simple commitment: American patients deserve to know about the prices of the healthcare they […]
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March 6, 2019 — FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., recently stated that he was not leaving the FDA, so news of his departure at the end of the month sent shock waves through FDA-regulated industry yesterday. Citing a need to spend more time with his family, Gottlieb tweeted that he is “immensely grateful for the […]
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Feb. 11, 2019 – Last week Johnson & Johnson announced that it would include both the list price of a drug and information about what patients realistically might expect to pay out of pocket for its drugs in direct-to-consumer (DTC) ads by the end of the first quarter, starting with Xarelto, its most-prescribed medication. This […]
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Nov. 30, 2018 – The 2018 midterm elections resulted in a divided Congress, questions about possible agency changes, and uncertainty related to drug pricing policy and the Affordable Care Act, according to Kate Rawson, senior editor, Prevision Policy and The RPM Report, who spoke at the Coalition for Healthcare Communication’s “2018 Post-election Conference on Healthcare […]
Read more Oct. 16, 2018 – Yesterday morning, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) announced a program under which member companies would refer patients to online information about medicine costs in direct-to-consumer (DTC) ads. But then yesterday afternoon, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar made clear that this effort would not […]
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June 13, 2018 – At a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions hearing on drug pricing held yesterday, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar told the committee that it is his belief that “we have the authority to require list price disclosure in TV ads,” as proposed in the […]
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May 29, 2018 – As the dust settles on the Trump administration’s drug pricing blueprint, the pharmaceutical industry is facing a mixed bag of potential short- and long-term impacts, according to Kate Rawson, Senior Editor, Prevision Policy and The RPM Report. Rawson, who spoke May 23 at the Coalition for Healthcare Communication Rising Leaders Conference […]
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May 4, 2018 – A drug pricing initiative expected from the White House May 8 is likely to include a number of incremental steps on drug pricing to support a strategy that is trickling down from President Trump to Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. This initiative may […]
Read more Feb. 20, 2018 – In President Donald J. Trump’s FY 2019 Budget, drug pricing is one of the top priorities for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to HHS Secretary Alex Azar. “The President’s budget makes investments and reforms that are vital to making our health and human services programs work for […]
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