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Drug Shortages Episodes

July 27, 2023

Biosimilars Reshape the Market

Avalere releases a study focused on ICER assessments and whether or not they take into account the patient experience when creating their reports; Wayne Winegarden, a Senior Fellow with the Pacific Research Institute explains how new Humira...
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July 18, 2023

340B Fallout + Cancer Drug Shortages

Bill Smith, Senior Fellow at the Pioneer Institute, explains a ruling from the Supreme Court regarding the 340B program; Patients Rising Now’s briefing on Accelerated Approval will be held Monday, July 24th; Ted Okon, Executive Director of the...
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June 29, 2023

Drug Supply Shortage Emergency + PASTEUR Act

Dr. Marion Mass, a pediatrician, has seen up close and personal what supply chain shortages can do; a news article from says that the proportion of oral cancer drugs that needed prior authorization increased from 53 percent to 96 percent between 2010...
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June 1, 2023

UHC Prior Authorization Changes

Dr. Bruce Hennessy, a gastroenterologist with the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, discusses UnitedHealthcare’s decision to require new prior authorization for 61 procedures, including colonoscopies. The Medicaid work requirement...
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