The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) has delivered a strong clinical and economic endorsement of today’s leading obesity drugs, while simultaneously warning that U.S. payers are unprepared for the scale of demand these therapies are likely to generate. In a final evidence report released Tuesday, ICER concluded that Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide (Wegovy, injectable … Read more
The EU has finalized a sweeping Pharma Package deal, preserving eight years of data protection, adding new antibiotic incentives and giving member states new powers to secure medicine supply.
ICER released two notable updates this week: a final evidence report supporting cytisinicline’s role in smoking cessation and a draft review evaluating sibeprenlimab, atacicept and delayed-release budesonide for IgA nephropathy.
The UK has set the 2026 VPAG newer-medicine rebate at 14.5%, down sharply from 22.9% in 2025, reflecting slower NHS uptake and easing budget pressure. With an added 1% contribution, companies will pay 15.5% next year as talks begin to redesign the scheme for 2029 and beyond.
Korea delivered two breakthrough reimbursement decisions, opening transformative access to Ultomiris for refractory generalized myasthenia gravis and elevating Jemperli to first-line status in dMMR/MSI-H endometrial cancer.
The Reimbursement Landscape Recalibrates As we pause for the Thanksgiving holiday, a sincere thank-you to our readers and partners for your continued engagement. This week’s update reflects a period of meaningful policymaking momentum across major global agencies. Across the U.S., UK, France, Canada and Thailand, agencies delivered firm, directional decisions that shape how hospitals, clinics … Read more
RWE Demonstrates Significant Four-Year MACE Reduction Repatha (Evolocumab), Amgen’s PCSK9 inhibitor, has once again demonstrated its cardiovascular impact, this time in a real-world population exceeding 110,000 patients. New findings presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2025 show that the therapy delivers sustained, long-term reductions in major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) for patients with … Read more
Sotatercept Nears Public Coverage After National Pricing Deal Merck Canada has completed national pricing negotiations with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) for WINREVAIR (sotatercept), marking a significant milestone in the therapy’s journey toward broad public reimbursement across Canada. The agreement, announced on November 20, 2025, positions the first-in-class activin signaling inhibitor one step closer to … Read more
Thailand’s HITAP has established the Global Research Unit to address policy questions that traditional HTA cannot fully answer.
ConcertAI’s TeraRecon division has launched DETECT, an AI-first platform designed to close the gap between imaging innovation and reimbursement.