Blog
Published February 15, 2024
2023 was a busy year for cell and gene therapies (C>). There were regulatory approvals in the U.S. and EU, including both in rare pediatric conditions with no current effective options (e.g., Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)), as well as in indications where competition is better established (e.g., hemophilia A and B).
Towards the end of the year, the FDA approved not one, but two sickle cell gene therapies on the same day, creating instant competition between them. One of these…
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Published January 29, 2024
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 sometimes be expected that there may be delays for the newest and most innovative treatments to reach patients, both cisplatin and carboplatin have been available for over twenty years, are used frequently in oncology regimens and are not considered particularly expensive.…
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Published January 12, 2024
Introduction
The Trinity Life Sciences’ team recently attended the 65th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition from December 9-12, 2023, in San Diego, California. The conference brought together physicians, scientists and industry experts to share and collaborate on advances in understanding and treating blood cancers and blood disorders. Below are a few of the key insights that the Trinity team observed during the conference:
Advances in CAR-T Therapy: Expansion into New Targets and Therapeutic Areas
Numerous groups across the industry are…
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Blog
Published December 18, 2023
First, A Few Potentially Unsettling Truths
Adoption and adaptation to Generative AI (GenAI) is a strategic imperative for pharma commercial insights departments if they want to maintain and enhance their relevance, impact, and strategic value within their organizations.
Organizations are increasingly data-driven; market research teams that do not leverage AI will struggle to provide the timely, nuanced insights that modern pharma marketing organizations demand, diminishing their role in critical decision-making processes.
Top talent gravitates towards innovation. Departments that fail to…
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Published December 7, 2023
Trinity Life Sciences recently attended the ISPOR Europe 2023 conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The main theme of the conference was “HEOR at the Nexus of Policy and Science,” and the event featured unique discussions and workshops across different stakeholders from both academics and the life sciences industry, including manufacturers, regulatory leaders and health economists, to consider the latest challenges and opportunities being addressed by health economics and outcomes research. Topics included Joint Clinical Assessments (JCAs), access to innovative therapies, environmental…
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Published November 17, 2023
Introduction
The Trinity team recently attended the Milken Institute’s 2023 Future of Health Summit in Washington, DC. Its theme was “Closing the Gap” in healthcare – as chronic disease becomes more prevalent worldwide and the average life expectancy in the US declines to its lowest level since the early 1990’s, what can be done? The sessions explored how industry leaders, government officials, nonprofits, and patients can work together to reverse the declining and diverging metrics we see in healthcare outcomes…
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Published November 7, 2023
In August 2023, the Colombian government published a new pricing policy outlining that the list price of new medicines in Colombia will be established based on their therapeutic value category, resulting from an assessment conducted by the Instituto de Evaluation Tecnológica en Salud (IETS). The outcomes of the therapeutic assessment are then reported to the National Commission for Prices of Medicines and Medical Devices (CNPMDM), which is responsible for setting the list price of the new drugs. Up until now,…
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Published October 12, 2023
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 growing role of AI in healthcare.
Evolving Payer Research Landscape
Discussions about the payer research landscape centered on the importance of increasing the visibility of payer insights across research phases and brand verticals, especially in light of greater cost consciousness. …
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Published August 7, 2023
The organizational changes and coordination needed to successfully pull off omnichannel customer engagement can be overwhelming.
For a change of pace, we challenged the Trinity Analytics team to come up with simple, powerful tips that can vastly impact the success and pace of promotional omnichannel initiatives across three core focus areas.
Strategy & Structure
People
It is crucial to adapt team structures and governance standards that facilitate communication and collaboration across teams to ensure alignment between stakeholders in Marketing, Brand,…
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Blog
Published July 27, 2023
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 not leverage any type of formulaic mechanism to determine the offered Maximum Fair Price (MFP) but rather leverage the nine negotiation factors published in the IRA as a platform for negotiation
Although CMS will offer a public explanation for each final…
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