A blog bringing you perspectives from the frontlines of the drug pricing debate.

PBMs Helping Employers Manage Prescription Drug Spending Amid Rising Costs, Driven by High-Cost GLP-1s

A new Business Group on Health survey of employers uncovered a truth: soaring demand for GLP-1 weight-loss drugs…

It’s Time for Patent Reform to Lower Drug Costs

In an effort to lower health costs, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new regulations…

Criticism of PBMs Debunked in New Study

For too many Americans, Big Pharma has made prescription drugs expensive or outright unaffordable. But for the last…

What Cost Plus Really Means for Americans’ Pharmacy Benefits

Recently, the White House held a listening session to discuss prescription drug prices and the role pharmacy benefit…

Q&A: Rx Rebates are Unrelated to Drug Prices

As a new year begins, many Americans – including Members of Congress – are rightly asking why drug…

Big Pharma Kicks Off 2024 with Higher Prices

As 2024 begins, it brings an all-too-familiar tradition from big drug companies: a tidal wave of price hikes…

A Call to Congress: Safeguard Affordable Prescription Drugs for Employers and Patients

The stakes have rarely been higher for Americans struggling with high drug prices. As the House and Senate…

Unions and employers speak out against costly PBM restrictions

Labor unions are making headlines across the country this fall – and not just due to high-profile strikes…

Bottom Line: Employers Strongly Value Their PBMs

This fall, CAPD released a groundbreaking new poll showing that employers strongly value their PBMs. By high margins,…

Union households: lawmakers must protect our pharmacy benefits

New research out today from CAPD, conducted by Hart Research Associates, shows how strongly union households value their…