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Reason Aug/Sep 2001 Jacob Sullum	Through the Nose An FDA advisory committee has voted overwhelmingly to recommend over-the-counter status for Claritin, Allegra, and Zyrtec, three popular prescription allergy drugs. But the drugs' manufacturers are opposing a switch, fearing that it could hurt their profits...
Reason September 2005 Kerry Howley	Locking Up Life-Saving Drugs U.S. prescription laws make us sicker and poorer because the system that puts drugs over the counter is driven by profits and patents.
The Motley Fool May 6, 2008 Brian Orelli	Free Drugs Free over-the-counter drugs are a win-win for health insurers and their members.
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2006 Bryan Luce	Back Page: Taking Hold of the Wheel Healthcare decision makers do not consistently consider drugs' value. FDA needs to be pressured to change its stance on communicating economic evidence.
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler	Who Will Pay for New Drugs? Comparative research documenting value and affordability is key to obtaining coverage for high-cost therapies.
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler	Drug Coverage, Costs Under Scrutiny Benefits offered by insurance plans on health exchanges and through Medicare are raising concerns about patient access to needed therapies
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2007 Stan Bernard	Consumerization: Pandora's Pillbox By going direct-to-consumer, the industry unwittingly unleashed a swarm of opportunities for other players to enter the pharmaceutical fray. And they made the most of it. Now, a decade later, pharma is feeling the fallout in consumer trust and product value. It's time to take back control.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2013 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: Innovation, Coverage, and Costs The backlash against high prices for new medicines will impact research, patent exclusivity, and drug benefits.
Managed Care November 2004 Martin Sipkoff	OTC Status for Low-Dose Lovastatin Would Have Widespread Implications The FDA stands poised to approve OTC low-dose statins, following a similar change in United Kingdom.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: After Plan B: Out of the Quagmire, into the Data The morning-after pill goes OTC, with some special requirements. But is FDA's drug information system up to the task of tracking how it is used?
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2007 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: Shop and Compare Insurers and payers believe that more comparative information on medical treatments will save money and improve care, but such analysis may be costly to pharma.
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler	Reimbursement Limits Threaten Drug Access High cost-sharing, narrow formularies create problems for pharma companies and patients.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2008 Jill Wechsler	Challenge and Challenges Expanded healthcare coverage also fits the goals of pharma manufacturers.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2013	Roundtable on Market Access Market Access is a window on what matters in the real world of soaring patient expectations and crimped payer budgets for innovation.
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2007 McCook & Daniels	Making the Switch More companies are using Rx-to-OTC switches to extend a brand's life cycle. Prilosec did it. Here, experts dish on how you can do it too.
Pharmaceutical Executive April 10, 2014	Obama Policies Reshape Pharma Marketing Health reform initiatives promote transparency, challenge reimbursement, writes Jill Wechsler.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2008 Brian Orelli	FDA and Health Insurers Take On Drugmakers The FDA is teaming up with health insurer WellPoint to use the company's vast database of 35 million members' medical records to try find drugs' side effects.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler	Pharma Challenges for 2014 Pricing and personalized medicine are key themes shaping drug development and marketing
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2013 Jill Wechsler	Transformation to Characterize 2013 FDA policies will reshape drug development, while pressure to cut healthcare spending may alter drug coverage and pricing.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2010	When the Payer IS the Player As Medicare, Medicaid, and the nation's web of private payers gain market power, how can pharma stay ahead of the cost-containment curve?
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2014 Anbil et al.	Managed Markets: Positioning Your Product For Success with Pull Through Strategies A patient-centric approach to drug development delivers the benefits that actually create value
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 Brian Orelli	A Combination to Clear Your Head Merck and Schering-Plough get together again. But who can blame them? Their partnerships have been making both companies lots of money. Investors, take note.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2006 Kenneth I. Kaitin	Opinion: Memo to von Eschenbach FDA's acting commissioner has an opportunity to clarify a lot of misconceptions about the agency's role in regulating drug safety. His first order of business should be to explain exactly what FDA doesn't do.
Managed Care May 2006 John Carroll	Effective Ways To Increase Usage of Generics Generics is one of the few areas where insurance plans can economize effectively. BlueCross & BlueShield of North Carolina is one of many insurers that are changing members' and prescribers' behavior.
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler	Costs and Benefits of Health Reform Will expanded markets and accountable care organizations offset higher rebates, added fees, and closer scrutiny of marketing and prices?
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2012	Sunny Outlook for Biopharm 2020? Albert Wertheimer looks beyond today's dark clouds with a comparatively sunny forecast for the biopharm industry in 2020. Just watch out for the harsh light of complacency.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler	What Price Innovation? Payers, drug plans seek clear assessment of drug value to rationalize high drug prices.
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: The e-Bandwagon The federal government is driving e-Rx adoption by establishing standards that Medicare drug plans will have to adopt by 2009, and HHS officials are pushing to make this happen much earlier.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler	Outrage Grows Over Drug Pricing Insurers, physicians attack high-cost therapies in anticipation of specialty drug surge.
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: Cross-Agency Collaboration for Part D Medicare Part D gives CMS more clout over coverage, pricing, and even drug development.
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2012 Debbie Warner	Adapting to a New Era of Cancer Care Coverage and treatment decisions will be driven by value and defined differently by each stakeholder.
Managed Care August 2000	With Cost Study, Group Argues For OTC Benefit A study by HECON Associates, a Maryland-based market research group, supports the claim that when prescription drugs become available over the counter, consumers face increased out-of-pocket costs.
Managed Care August 2001 Steve Perlstein	Four-Tier Approach Injects Consumerism Into Drug Benefit In tying copayments closely to the actual cost of medications, Humana takes a step toward promoting awareness of resource use...
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: "D" Is for Data It is critical for Medicare to address important questions on drug safety and utilization, and about how prescribing decisions affect health outcomes and costs.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler	New Year, New Issues Look for action in 2012 on drug access, shortages, innovation, and transparency. The 800-pound gorilla in the room is the looming Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Obama health reform legislation.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2007 Glass & Poli	Forecast 2007: Connecting the Dots How do execs rank the issues facing the pharmaceutical industry? And what are the links they see between them? A new study reveals the industry's mental map of today's challenges.
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2012 William Looney	The Learning Curve In a wake up call to this year's Emerging Leaders a group of St. Joseph's Business School Health Management alumni say time has no limit on surprises; change for pharma is here and it's good.
Managed Care May 2001	Old Ideas About Formulary Structure Gone as Humana Tests 4-Tier Model Humana is phasing in a four-tier formulary that categorizes prescription drugs by costs, rather than generic or brand status. The higher the drug's acquisition cost -- regardless of whether it's a branded or generic product -- the higher the tier it lands in...
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2005 Parker & Amar	Building Blockbusters The most lucrative new drugs are often less glamorous than first-in-class new molecular entities. And they are much less risky.
Managed Care September 2005 John Carroll	Plans Struggle for Control of Specialty Pharma Costs Biotech drugs are a quickly growing component of health plan budgets. Here are the latest management techniques.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2014 O'Connor et al.	Challenges to the Specialty Business Model New constraints require new solutions. Innovative, value-based pricing models will be critical to securing reimbursement and continued market access of high-price drugs.
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2012 Stan Bernard	The Payer C Change: From Customers to Competitors "Payers have evolved to become powerful global contenders with pharma for increasingly limited funding of drug budgets." Understanding why and how this payer shift to dominance occurred is critical for pharmaceutical professionals in adjusting their business model.
Managed Care May 2001	6-State Coalition Creating Joint Drug-Buying Pool A second multistate drug-purchasing effort is forming, this time in the Southeast. Led by West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise, the group-buying effort includes Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Washington State is also participating in the talks...
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2008 Jill Wechsler	Part D Under Attack Congressional leaders ready campaign to curb Medicare drug plans.
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2014 William Looney	The Call to Community: A Conversation with Dr. David Nash Population health is the foundation for much of what is truly new in US health reform. For big Pharma, it represents yet another escalation in expectations.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2008 Patrick Clinton	Future Shock A vision of pharma's next business model is starting to emerge. But how do we get from here to there?
Managed Care November 2005 Patrick Mullen	This Biologics Industry Spokesman Knows That Health Plans Can Only be Won Over by the Financial Argument. Biotech's focus is expanding from products that treat relatively rare diseases to treatments for conditions that affect much larger populations, including various cancers, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and asthma because of health plan costs.
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: The Pendulum Swings FDA cracks down on safety. Haven't we been here before? Perhaps in the end, the public will have a better understanding of the dangers associated with all pharmaceuticals and how virtually impossible it is to guarantee a risk-free medical treatment.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2011	The Steep, Slow Climb A survey of leading experts reveals 2011's sobering reality and the trends that smart drugmakers will follow into the next decade.
Managed Care February 2001 T. Jeffrey White	Making Pharmacoeconomics In Formulary Development a Reality Despite what might be commonly believed, pharmacoeconomics is not a widely used tool for formulary development. Here's a model to follow...