Pharma Business - January 29, 2015
Poll: Drug Price Debates to Increase
The results of BioSpace’s second Biotech Temperature Poll show that most respondents believe drug companies will be struggling to negotiate drug prices in 2015, as displeasure over high price tags starts to affect cancer drug pricing as well. The majority of respondents believed that drug makers will need to provide discounts in exchange for exclusivity, […]
Pharma Business - January 16, 2015
Astra CEO Not Worried by Pressures to Drop Prices
AstraZeneca Chief Executive Officer Pascal Soriot told the audience at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, CA, that he is not worried about predictions that payers such as Express Scripts will be ramping up the pressure on global pharmaceutical companies to reduce drug prices. According to Soriot, AstraZeneca “has built pricing pressure into […]
