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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 216: Patient Advocacy and Healthcare Policy Change with Melissa Horn of the Arthritis Foundation
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Podcast — Drug Pricing: Takeaways From the Chicago Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit
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Understanding Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The PBM Landscape Explained
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act takes a big step in the rare disease space by expanding the contours of the orphan drug exclusion, a once narrow exception that permitted manufacturers of rare disease drugs and biologics to be...more
Gain firsthand insights from leading in-house experts on the transformative power of AI in the life sciences at ACI's 2nd Annual Life Sciences AI Summit. Discover strategies to navigate the complex legal and regulatory...more
Recorded at NC Life Sciences Organization’s Annual Meeting, Heather and Matthew welcome Ed Hernandez, who oversees drug product manufacturing at Eli Lilly, an international pharmaceutical company. Ed discusses how Eli Lilly...more
This episode, Matthew and Heather chat with Paul Testa, an Executive Vice President of Kyowa Kirin, a pharma group that develops innovative specialty drugs to raise the health and well being of people across the globe. Paul...more
On February 6, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) commented in support of what would be a historic expansion of government march-in rights under the Bayh-Dole Act in response to the release of the National Institute...more
This June, join the “who’s who” of the biosimilars and innovator biologics industries as they gather in Boston for ACI’s 13th Annual Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics....more
Antibodies are part of the body’s adaptive immune response to defend itself against toxins and pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses. When the body identifies a foreign entity, it mounts a cascading response that culminates...more
On April 23, 2021, President Biden signed into law two bipartisan bills aimed at reducing prescription drug prices by supporting generic and biosimilar alternatives to branded drugs. The Ensuring Innovation Act supports...more
2020 Filings While there was a more than 20 percent decline in the number of securities class actions filed in 2020 (approximately 330 cases) as compared to 2019 (approximately 430 cases), the percentage of cases filed...more
Under President Joe Biden, pharmaceutical regulation may see increased FDA guidance, new strategies to speed up innovation and regulatory review, and a renewed focus on diseases with unmet needs, among other expectations....more
Cancer is a horribly painful and debilitating illness, but would you ever call it “diabolical”? What about “conniving”? You might after you hear about the latest research out of Vanderbilt University showing that cancer cells...more
On October 17, the National People’s Congress (NPC) formally adopted a revised patent law, which will take effect on June 1, 2021. The new law includes significant changes in the intellectual property legal framework with...more
Innovative technologies are being deployed to address the Western world’s major killer: cancer. Traditionally, cancer treatment has included surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, but recently, the development of targeted...more
In 2019, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) enforcement activity targeting drug and device manufacturers jumped sharply over the prior year, reflecting an increased focus on fraud and abuse in the life sciences sector. More...more
For anyone concerned with the quality and safety of prescription medications, this may be an especially displeasing commentary from a pharmaceutical expert about drugs raced to approval now: “Some of them are really great,”...more
The Big Cost; Cancer is the Answer; and SDOH Evolves - The Big Cost: You’re okay today, and then tomorrow you’re not. Life has changed and there’s a new reality. Whether it’s an acute event – an accident, a heart attack, a...more
For drug innovators, particularly those focusing on repurposing drugs for new indications and developing drugs that are not considered new chemical entities, understanding the scope of the clinical investigation exclusivity...more
Health Canada released proposed Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (Improving Access to Generics) (“proposed Regulations”) on March 30, 2019. Comments may be submitted until June 8, 2019....more
A decade ago, the European Commission conducted a thorough sectoral inquiry into the European pharmaceutical sector that identified antitrust shortcomings impeding access to more affordable and innovative medicines and...more
A confluence of factors is increasing and accelerating the digitization of large amounts of real world data (RWD) generated on individuals and patients. Originally published in Update magazine - August/September 2018....more
On July 18, 2018, after months of alluding to the various aspects of an upcoming “Biosimilar Action Plan” as another prong within FDA’s broader Drug Competition Action Plan (DCAP), FDA finally unveiled its plan for...more
Innovation in the life sciences and health care industries is occurring at a dizzying pace. Five years ago, anti-PD-1 antibodies from Merck and BMS had yet to be approved, CAR-T therapies were still in small-scale clinical...more
On August 1, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released its draft guidance titled Antibacterial Therapies for Patients With an Unmet Medical Need for the Treatment of Serious Bacterial Diseases, detailing proposals...more
When signed by President Obama last December, the 21st Century Cures Act—which was the culmination of seven revisions written after the House of Representatives first introduced it in January 2015—was applauded by some as a...more
While President Donald Trump made repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) a centerpiece of his 2016 presidential campaign, he offered few details about how he would replace it or address other health care issues. More...more