On January 20, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the set of fifteen drugs targeted for the second round of Maximum Fair Price (MFP) “negotiations” under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). With the outcomes…
Yesterday, CMS released the results of the first round of “negotiated” prices for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).1 The IRA is a historical landmark legislation for the pharmaceutical industry, and the results from these “negotiations” involving 10 of the top…
Introduction In the summer of 2023, many oncologists and cancer patients faced an impossible choice. Amidst many challenging treatment decisions, they had to determine how to proceed without two mainstays among oncology therapeutics: cisplatin and carboplatin. While it can…
Recently Trinity Life Sciences’ team members had the opportunity to attend the Intellus Worldwide Institute in Boston. The institute featured interactive discussions about topics impacting health insights and analytics, including the evolving payer landscape, increasing importance of patient segmentation and…
Trinity’s Take Recent guidance for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program released by CMS retains all major provisions of the program as written in the IRA The guidance details negotiation methodology, including that CMS will…
While attending the ISPOR US 2023 conference in Boston this year, Trinity team members had the opportunity to connect with industry colleagues, present original research, and participate in research panels and discussions regarding key industry trends. One top-of-mind industry…
Long-awaited Medicare price negotiations look more like statuary discounts than the value-based negotiations seen in global healthcare systems; combined with expanded price increase rebates and out of pocket limits, new regulation may drive prices for new drugs up more than down. Trinity explores the impact and implications for manufacturers of innovative medicines.