Category: Price hikes

The Wall Street Editorial Board Demystifies PBMs In New Opinion Pieces

Claims that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and the rebates they negotiate from drug companies are to blame for…

Big Pharma’s Five-Step Manual for How to Maintain High GLP-1 Prices

This week Novo Nordisk – one of the largest drug companies manufacturing GLP-1 weight-loss medications – will testify…

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…

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…

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…

Conservatives Agree: Restricting Pharmacy Benefits Will Harm Patients, Taxpayers

GOP candidates will soon take the stage for one of the biggest political moments of the year: the…

Big Pharma is Playing a Dangerous Game with GLP-1s

It’s hard to miss the recent headlines about new weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Called GLP-1s, these…

How Big Pharma’s Product Hops Hurt HIV/AIDS Care

Over the last twenty years, new medications have dramatically changed the fight against HIV/AIDS. These medications – called…