Industry's Suits Against Medicare Price Negotiation: Consolidation And Expansion

 
• By Cathy Kelly and Jessica Merrill
  
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With a new suit from Boehringer Ingelheim and a consolidated schedule for other cases, the legal threats to the US Medicare drug price negotiation program mandated under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) become clearer. Our tracker keeps you apprised of the latest developments.

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As the date that the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will publish the initial list of 10 drugs subject to the new Medicare price negotiation program approaches, the number of industry-backed lawsuits aiming to stop implementation continues to rise. Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH became the fifth individual manufacturer to file suit on 18 August, arguing in its case a need to protect its antidiabetic Jardiance from negotiation.

The first 10 drugs to face negotiations are expected to be announced by 1 September. There has been much speculation...

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