Pharma Pulse 8/16/24: DCTS, Bust or Breakthrough? US Drug Price Measure to Cut Costs by $7.5 Billion & more

Decentralized Clinical Trials: Bust or Breakthrough?

Five industry leaders share their perspectives on the evolution of DCTs.

HHS Releases Prices for Medicare Negotiated Drugs

The negotiated prices range from 38% to 79% discounts off of list prices, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

US Drug Price Measure to Cut Costs by $7.5 Billion in 2026

The US government’s landmark drug price negotiations will save Americans $7.5 billion in its inaugural year, the Biden administration said, a first step toward driving down its world-leading pharmaceutical bill.

Rx Save Card Secures $1.7M in Pre-Seed Funding to Create Revolutionary Pharmacy Benefit Product

Rx Save Card, an innovative pharmacy benefit solution that allows employers and their employees to integrate an array of cost containment strategies into one integrated navigation and payment experience, announced the successful completion of their $1.7M seed funding round led by Distributed Ventures and participation from industry insiders.

Millie Parekh Arora on LinkedIn

In this article, Tamara Moellenberg and I call out a big challenge we see in our healthcare work -- with more people living longer, the challenges of caregiving are only growing. "there are over 50 million unpaid caregivers in the US. Volunteering their time and money, caregivers assist their loved ones with keeping house, maintaining self-care, and attending doctor’s appointments. But not without a substantial cost. Caregiving comes with increased loneliness, emotional stress, and physical strain—at worse turning the carers into patients themselves, with half of caregivers, reportedly, getting diagnosed with two or more chronic conditions."

#caregivers #sensemaking #beyondthepill

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