Executive Summary The Oncology Care Model (OCM) was designed to test whether financial incentives can improve care and lower Medicare (U.S. federal health insurance program) spending, emphasizing value-based care within oncology treatment. This model supported a wide range of…
Executive Summary: Germany’s ‘Financial Stabilization of Statutory Health Insurance System’ Act (GKV-Finanzstabilisierungsgesetz) was first proposed in March 2022 by Health Minister Professor Karl Lauterbach to help tackle the country’s economic deficit Updated (January 13, 2023): The act was adopted…
Executive Summary The “ANS rol” defines the minimum mandatory coverage of services (diagnostics, procedures, and treatments) in the private sector. While private providers could opt to provide coverage beyond this list, in practice, the “ANS rol” has traditionally been…
A series of new drug pricing reforms came into effect in Japan in April 2022, to encourage innovation and ensure the transparency and predictability of drug pricing in the future. These include updates to the cost-accounting pricing methodology, an expansion of the scope of the Price Maintenance Premium (PMP)...
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.
It's been 10 years since the first pediatric patient was treated with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy for her acute lymphoblastic leukemia. At the time, the approach to engineer immune cells was a novel, ground-breaking concept. In the subsequent…
Up to nine biosimilar versions of Humira (adalimumab) are expected to launch in 2023 in the United States, following settlements between AbbVie and their respective manufacturers. In contrast, biosimilar versions of adalimumab have been available in most countries [...]
French president Emmanuel Macron announced a two-year trial that will allow pharmaceutical products that receive an ‘Amélioration du Service Médical Rendu’ (ASMR) rating of IV or better to get reimbursement [...]
An analysis was conducted of all the orphan therapies registered by the FDA and ANVISA before and after 2018 to effectively evaluate approval times once the RDC 205 pathway was implemented. The main takeaways from the analysis can be found below [...]
Pan-European HTA will enter into force in January 2022 and finally become active in 2025. This comes almost four years after the European Commission’s original proposal, and at a time where urgency for European HTA processes is growing [...]