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Industry leaders and policy experts have said President Trump’s executive order on Most Favored Drug Pricing is flawed and ignores the basic economics of the global drug marketplace.

Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the Conversations with Perry and Friends podcast. In this episode, his guest is Paul Fronstin, Ph.D., director of health benefits research at the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

In a press conference, President Donald J. Trump announced that he would sign an executive order that ties drug pricing to prices in other developed countries. He also vowed to cut out the “middlemen” to bring the new prices to American citizens.

Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the Conversations with Perry and Friends podcast. His guest this episode is John Baackes, the former CEO of L.A. Care Health Plan.

A new survey by Johnson & Johnson revealed that oncologists are overwhelmed by the rapid pace of innovation in cancer care, with many calling for better tools, education and collaboration to help integrate new treatments and technologies into everyday practice.

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