Former VA Secretary, Biogen Exec On IRA And Politics, Price Clamps In Europe

A former secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs and a senior Biogen executive deliberated at a recent summit the unintended consequences of the US Inflation Reduction Act and politics around the legislation. They likened the first prescription drugs subject to price controls under the IRA to a “TV commercial list.”

Clockwise: David Shulkin, former Secretary of the US Department of VA; Jack Mycka , VP, pricing, reimbursement & market access, Indegene; Nicholas Simmons-Stern, head of global pricing & access, Biogen • Source: Indegene

Pharma has only itself to largely blame for nudging things towards price-setting legislation in the US, according to a former US government official.

Addressing the recent Indegene Digital Summit 2023, David Shulkin, former Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs in the...

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