Balancing Prescription Drug Innovation and Affordability
In this session exclusively for journalists, expert panelists explored the tension between the affordability of prescription drugs and the need to preserve advances in biomedical innovation.
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Improving the Diagnostic Odyssey for Rare Disease Patients
This briefing will overview what rare diseases are and how we classify them, what populations rare diseases impact, and will focus on the challenges and potential solutions to better improve the diagnostic odyssey.
Medicare Part D Basics and Policy Options for Redesign
This briefing will clarify the defining characteristics of Medicare Part D including eligibility, coverage, and benefits. Attendees will understand the case for Medicare Part D redesign and the implications and tradeoffs of current policy options on beneficiaries and other stakeholders.
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Why Our Vaccine Deployment is Shy of Target: State Responses to Vaccine Supply
Attendees learned the challenges and opportunities states face in safe and timely vaccine deployment and supply management, plans states are executing to ensure equitable vaccine distribution, and plans states are executing to ensure equitable vaccine distribution along the way.
Building Confidence to Build Immunity: Vaccine Hesitancy and COVID-19
This briefing explored the current state of COVID-19 vaccine deployment efforts, cultural, historical, and political influences that may generate feelings of hesitancy, and how to ensure optimal vaccine uptake in key populations.
A Conversation with Dr. Stephen M. Hahn of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Dr. Stephen Hahn addressed the role of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the COVID-19 response and best practices and lessons learned from the emergency response to date.
From Bench to Body: How the U.S. Health Care System Plans to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines
This briefing explored how our supply chain must respond to manufacture millions of doses and then swiftly deliver them to administration sites. Panelists also illustrated the steps these stakeholders might take in the first 48 hours after an Emergency Use Authorization is approved.
Industry Perspectives on COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment
This discussion focused on measures industry stakeholders have taken for safe COVID-19 vaccine deployment and the immediate steps these stakeholders will take in the first 48 hours after the Emergency Use Authorization was approved.
A conversation with Jenny Bryant of PhRMA
COVID-19 Webinar Series Session 15 – The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
During this webinar, panelists explored the impact of the pandemic on different facets of the drug supply chain and discussed policy options to strengthen the system.
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Perspectives on Health Policy from the Assistant Secretary for Health
During this on-the-record briefing for reporters, Admiral Brett P. Giroir, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provided opening remarks and responded to questions from reporters.
Perspectives on Health Policy from the Director of the Domestic Policy Council
During this on-the-record briefing for reporters, Joe Grogan, Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council provided opening remarks and responded to questions from reporters. The question and answer period was moderated by William Pierce, Senior Director, APCO Worldwide.
Modernizing Medicare Part D
During this congressional lunch briefing, analysts will outline the mechanisms of the Medicare Part D program under current law and discuss the potential implications of reforms put forward by Congress and the administration.
Unpacking Policy Options to Promote Prescription Drug Affordability
During this briefing, panelists will discuss components of policy proposals under consideration and explore evidence about their implications for the health care system.
Fall 2019 Legislative and Regulatory Outlook
During this webinar, analysts discussed the outstanding legislative and regulatory activities that Congress and the administration are likely to pursue before the end of the year.
Prescription Drug Patents: Balancing Innovation, Access, and Affordability
During this webinar, panelists explored the relationship between patents, prices, and patient access.
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Basics of Biosimilars
During this briefing, panelists explained the mechanisms of biologic drugs, explore the impact of current regulations on the uptake of biosimilars, and discuss considerations for the biosimilars market in the United States.
Understanding the Role of Rebates in Prescription Drug Pricing
The audience will come away with a better understanding of the origins of the rebate system, the actors responsible for negotiation, and the impact of rebates on prescription drug prices.
Prescription Drug Costs: Can Increased Competition Restrain Prices?
This webinar will focus on the first approach and will explore different perspectives on how increasing the number of generic and biosimilar options may affect the drug pricing market. Specifically, panelists discussed the main opportunities and challenges of the generic and biosimilar market, how past administrations have approached this issue, and how different stakeholders, including consumers, are impacted.
Perspectives on the 2018 HHS Drug Pricing Guidance
This exclusive reporter briefing featured FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., followed by a panel of industry leaders and stakeholders responding to new drug pricing guidance.
State Opportunities to Address Prescription Drug Costs in Medicaid
The purpose of this briefing was to orient federal policymakers and stakeholders to the legislative and regulatory actions that state officials are perusing to address the rising cost of prescription drugs in Medicaid. Panelists outlined the rationale for these actions, detailed the mechanisms of state policies, and described opportunities to leverage flexibility within federal parameters.
Chronic Pain & Opioid Addiction: The Role of Integrated Care
The opioid addiction crisis has thrown a spotlight on the physical and behavioral health issues surrounding chronic pain. This briefing examined innovative non-pharmacologic models to address chronic pain, including among the military and veteran population and through state Medicaid and safety net programs.