Results for 'Medicaid spending'
Rachel E. Sachs, JD, MPH, Kyle A. Gavulic, BA, Julie M. Donohue, PhD
Recent Trends in Medicaid Spending and Use of Drugs With US Food and Drug Administration Accelerated Approval
FDA accelerated approval, Medicaid spending, prescription drug costs, surrogate endpoints, cancer drugs, drug approval pathway
The study examines the impact of drugs approved through the FDA’s accelerated approval program on state Medicaid spending. From 1992 to 2020, 216 drug-indication pairs were granted accelerated approval, with a significant increase in cancer drug approvals in recent years. Although drugs wi…
Oct 8th • 25 mins read
Idine Mousavi, BA; Timothée Olivier, MD; Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH
Cost per Event Averted in Cancer Trials in the Adjuvant Setting From 2018 to 2022
anticancer drugs, adjuvant therapy, FDA approvals, cost per event averted, surrogate endpoints, oncology drug costs
Importance: Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of adjuvant therapies based on the cost per event averted. Objective: To assess the costs per event averted for anticancer drugs approved by the FDA between January 2018 and March 2022. Design, Setting, and Participants: Cross-sectional study of F…
Jun 10th • 30 mins read