Word from Washington: May 2023

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Lawmakers in May devoted close attention to the role that pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) play in our health care system.  PBMs are middlemen that create and administer drug formularies on behalf of health insurers, self-insured employers, Medicaid, and other payers. PBMs choose which drugs a plan will cover, negotiate drug prices on behalf of payers, […]

Pfizer Announces Positive Results from Hemophilia A and B Trial

Pfizer Inc. today announced their Phase 3 BASIS clinical trial evaluating marstacimab has met its primary endpoints, having demonstrated statically significant and clinically meaningful effects. Marstacimab, a novel, investigational anti-tissue factor pathway inhibitor (anti-TFPI) being studied for the treatment of hemophilia A or B for people without inhibitors to Factor VIII (FVIII) or Factor IX […]

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