New Drug Pricing and Market Access

Back Bay Life Science Report

In this episode of our life science industry podcast, Dr. Peter Bak sits down with Brendan Wang and Christian Thienel of Back Bay Life Science Advisors to discuss how pharmaceutical companies price their drugs. They cover the ins and outs of health economics, how payers make sense of a high price, and ways this varies around the globe.

With a focus on Biogen’s recent Aduhelm approval, the discussion includes how Biogen likely went about price setting and how this aligns with ICER’s initial evaluation and analysis.

Topics in this podcast include:

• Relevant pricing analogs
• Net level pricing decisions
• Demand and utilization of products affecting pricing
• Patient population levels
• ICER’s role in drug pricing
• The price point of a drug, given its controversial approval

Read Back Bay’s perspective on early-stage market access and price setting in STAT News, here.

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