Access and Reimbursement: Access to Digital Therapeutics in a Post-COVID-19 World

July 14, 2020 Executive Summary Digital therapeutics (DTx) represent a novel approach to delivering improved clinical outcomes, but the unstructured nature of today’s DTx access process has presented a major hurdle to broader uptakePayers are still at very different stages in their acceptance of DTx, and in contrast with traditional pharmaceuticals, buy-in from senior leadership will be an essential part of the top-down decision-making process for DTx prioritizationPharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have taken a leadership role in facilitating a pathway for digital therapeutics adoption, and they are likely…

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2019 NRDL: Insights for Future Pricing Negotiations in China

June 2, 2020 Executive Summary China’s 2019 National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL) update offers manufacturers key learnings and insights for future NRDL negotiations, particularly with respect to the negotiation tactics used in different disease areas; although in most disease areas the comparative negotiation rule was employed during the 2019 NRDL, the use of a new competitive negotiation rule employed in the hepatitis C disease area characterized the 2019 NRDL negotiations; under this rule, no base price was set and manufacturers…

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