AMCP Nexus 2021: Jane F. Barlow, M.D., M.P.H., MBA, MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation, Addresses Gene, Cell Therapy and Needed Adjustments of High Costs for Payment Models

Attendance rebounded to pre-pandemic levels at the AMCP Nexus 2022 meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, and very few attendees worse masks.

EQRx has said it will price its PD-1/PDL-1 inhibitor 40% below the price of the entrenched PD-1/PDL-1 inhibitors, says Bhavesh Shah of Boston Medical Center Health System. But there are obstacles looming, including the development of combination therapies.

A real-world study by the PBM shows major benefits from the new cystic fibrosis drug when it comes to hospitalizations and pulmonary exacerbations. But total cost of care of patients tripled because the drug is expensive.

Express Scripts' Aimee Tharaldson discussed the growing number of gene therapies in her keynote talk today on specialty drug at AMCP Nexus 2022. She listed 12 approved gene therapies, eight in the near-term pipeline for hemophilia and another seven for other diseases that may be approved next year.

Research by Janssen shows that non-White patients are disproportionately affected by the accumulators and maximizers that PBMs use to blunt the financial consequences of copay assistance cards.