Spotlight: Market Access

Welcome to The Evidence Base Spotlight on ‘Market Access’.


Read selected coverage from The Evidence Base, covering the intricate process of ensuring that medications reach the patients who need them.

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Featured content

Cinderella 2: Unlocking the value chain in antibiotic development to achieve market access success

In this Guest Column, Brendan Walkden (Head of Solici – Strategic Competitive Intelligence Division of Cambridge Healthcare Research) addresses the historic challenges and explores effective strategies for achieving market access success in the development of antibiotics within the pharmaceutical industry.

 

Improving health equityPrescribing health: the vital role of the pharmaceutical sector in improving health equity

The life sciences sector has a unique opportunity to drive tractable action to reduce health inequalities. In this Guest Column, Dr Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard (LCP Health Analytics), Dr Chris Lübker (Novo Nordisk) and Thomas Holbaek (Novo Nordisk) highlight the increasing relevance of health equity to payers and HTA bodies, underscoring their critical role in shaping access to healthcare innovations.

The end for QALYs in federal US drug value assessments?

On February 7, 2024 the US House of Representatives passed new legislation banning the use of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) in government healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. Here we discuss what this means for the QALY in the USA.

 

Market access and HTA

Market access and HTA – a snapshot of recent developments with Sreeram Ramagopalan

Catch up on the Guest Column from Sreeram Ramagopalan’s (Lane Clark & Peacock, UK), where he covers recent developments in market access and HTA. The Column is published bi-monthly in our partner journal, the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, with summaries on The Evidence Base.

 

Image of Kistein Monkhouse and Jason Spangler on a green background with the title of their column discussing patient engagement in the Inflation Reduction Act

Trust, transparency, affordability: engaging patients for fair IRA drug pricing

Kistein Monkhouse, MPA, from Patient Orator and Jason Spangler MD, MPH, FACPM, from the Innovation and Value Initiative underscore the importance of meaningful patient engagement during the IRA’s implementation as a vital step towards improving health outcomes and equity for patients.

 

Medical Affairs

Unlocking Medical Affairs’ hidden potential: AI at the helm

Medical Affairs divisions of the pharmaceutical industry are undergoing rapid transformation and modernization. No longer considered purely disease and product specialists, Medical Affairs groups are now sitting at the intersection of curating and creating holistic evidence ecosystems that demonstrate product value and optimize market access. They are recognized as critical to both drug development and commercial product launches.

 

Sam Roberts

Patti’s People – Patti Peeples speaks with Sam Roberts

In this ‘Patti’s People’ episode, Patti Peeples of the The Peeples Collaborative speaks with Sam Roberts, Chief Executive, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), UK.

 

 

Kimberly Westrich

Patti’s People – Patti Peeples speaks with Kimberly Westrich

In this ‘Patti’s People’ episode, Patti Peeples of the The Peeples Collaborative speaks with Kimberly Westrich, Chief Strategy Officer, National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC).

 

 

World Evidence, Pricing and Access (EPA) Congress 2024: Navigating the conference program

As the World EPA Congress 2024 approaches, here several pivotal sessions are highlighted, providing insights to help you navigate the comprehensive multi-track program. See the dedicated World EPA Congress page here >>

 

 

WEBINAR: Mastering Metrics: Tracking and Measuring Market Access Performance – VIEW ON DEMAND

Market access is the bridge between clinical and commercial functions, and plays a pivotal role in product launch. Success in market access is defined by the outcome of payer decisions – whether nationally or regionally. While measuring global market access performance has been on the agenda for some time, understanding success is becoming a priority at board and leadership level. Catch up on this webinar on demand.

 


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