Brand-name drug
makers are fighting for a shrinking share of premium real estate on
prescription drug formularies as generic drug competition and medical
costs continue to rise. A shift in consumer and prescriber drug
preferences could hurt revenues for pharmaceutical and life sciences
companies in the U.S. that don’t accelerate efforts to prove value and
build trust with doctors, hospitals and health plans. Physicians, health insurers and patients now want to know how well a drug will work and affect total medical costs. Yet, health plan leaders find the information currently provided by the biopharmaceutical industry no longer suffices. As the basis for payment shifts to improved patient outcomes, health organizations are looking for more robust evidence of clinical and economic comparative effectiveness. Drug makers that have faced challenges with formulary acceptance or reimbursement levels will need to speed their efforts to create and reliably demonstrate better outcomes for patients. Pharmaceutical companies that are first to meet healthcare’s new expectations of value could have an advantage in the competition for market share and brand differentiation. In this session, the changing payment landscape for the US pharmaceutical industry is examined, with a look at how health insurers view evidence of drug effectiveness, contracting strategies and relationships with pharmaceutical companies. Five major forces dramatically altering pharmaceutical revenue models are examined, including: (1) pharma's big bet on biologics; (2) the movement toward outcomes-based payments; (3) the demand for more and better data; (4) patient compliance; and (5) technology and increased transparency. Please join PwC's Christopher Khoury on Thursday, August 9th, 2012 as he presents PwC research findings and explores potential paths for drug manufacturers to unleash value, improve clinical and economic evidence of comparative effectiveness, and build trust with other health organizations. |
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