Late-Stage Expansions Could Be at Risk Under Medicare Negotiations

  • Mar 13, 2025

    As CMS undergoes its pricing negotiations on the second round of drugs under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, a recent report reveals that manufacturer concerns over the program’s potential threat to drug development may be warranted. Researchers at the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science analyzed initial drug approvals and expansions that followed and found that due to some aspects of the program, clinical development after a drug’s initial approval may indeed be impacted, according to a new report, titled Proliferation of Innovation Over Time: Frequency, Timing and Clinical Value of Expansions Post-Initial Approval.

    Genentech USA, Inc., a member of the Roche Group, provided funding for the report.

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  • Angela Maas

    Angela has an extensive background of editing, reporting and writing for trade and consumer publications. She has written Radar on Specialty Pharmacy since she joined AIS Health in 2005 and has broad knowledge of the various issues at play within the space. She also has written for Spotlight on Market Access since its 2017 launch. Before joining AIS Health, she was managing editor at Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit News Canada and managing editor at Hem Aware (a hemophilia publication), Lupus Living and Momentum (a multiple sclerosis publication). She has a B.A. in English and an M.A. in British literature from Arizona State University.

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