Results for 'Cancer drug pricing'
Miloš D. Miljković, MD, MSc, Jordan E. Tuia, BA, Timothée Olivier, MD
Association Between US Drug Price and Measures of Efficacy for Oncology Drugs Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration From 2015 to 2020
Cancer drug pricing, Cancer care costs, Cancer drug efficacy, Progression-free survival, Value-based pricing in oncology, FDA anticancer approvals
The US has worse cancer-related outcomes compared to other high-income countries and has the highest cost of cancer care globally. High costs may be attributed to the improved efficacy of expensive new cancer drugs, though the relationship between cost and benefit is debated. A study found a lin…
Oct 31st • 10 mins read
Cheryl Ho, MD, Howard J. Lim, MD, Dean A. Regier, PhD
Canadian Regulatory and Health Technology Assessment for Malignant Hematology and Oncology Indications Compared With the US Food and Drug Administration Accelerated Approval Program
canada, oncology, malignant, hematology, HTC
Canadian regulatory approvals align with FDA decisions, but submission numbers to Health Canada (HC) and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) processes are lower in Canada. There is a nearly 3-year delay between Accelerated Approval (AA) and funded access to treatment for Canadians. HTA in Canada …
Jun 5th • 6 mins read
John Devin Peipert, PhD, Karen Kaiser, PhD, Sheetal Kircher, MD, George J. Greene, PhD, Sara Shaunfield, PhD, Katherina Hauner, PhD, David Cella, PhD, and Daniel K. Mroczek, PhD
Medical Oncologists’ Knowledge and Perspectives on the Use of Biosimilars in the United States
oncologist, biosimilars, ASCO, FDA, RSP
Most oncologists (88%) treated patients with biosimilars, and 63% reported that biosimilars were required at their institutions. Approximately half (52%) correctly identified that biosimilars are not the same as generic medicines. Common barriers to biosimilar use included concerns abou…
Jan 9th • 9 mins read