This brief offers a checklist of key steps that different stakeholders should consider to ensure patients have access to innovative treatments. These therapies present unique challenges for different stakeholders and … Read More
NEWDIGS leaders named to Illinois SCD Advisory Council
Our Strategic Director Mark Trusheim was appointed by Illinois Governor Pritzker to the Advisory Council on Financing and Access to Sickle Cell Disease Treatment and Other High-Cost Drugs & Treatment. Rena … Read More
Implementation Brief: Key terms for payment innovation
This brief provides definitions of key terms that are often used in discussions about designing and implementing innovative payment solutions. It offers an overview of solution models, types of risk, … Read More
ISPOR 2024 panel recap: Will the Pediatric Rare Disease Pipeline Create a Financial Tsunami? Implications of a Monte Carlo Projection
Atlanta, GA – On Monday, May 6, NEWDIGS community members presented a panel discussion at the annual ISPOR meeting, “Will the Pediatric Rare Disease Pipeline Create a Financial Tsunami? Implications of … Read More
Implementation Brief: Considerations for developers in applying the Multiple Best Price (MBP) rule to improve access to novel therapies
This brief highlights some key steps and considerations for biopharmaceutical developers of novel, high-value therapies seeking to successfully implement CMS’s Multiple Best Price rule. The rule, which went into effect … Read More
Implementation Brief: Understanding access issues for new therapies
Our first implementation brief outlines several major barriers to patient access for novel cell and gene therapies. It also describes how providers, payers, and developers may overcome these barriers, with … Read More
Managing the Challenges of Paying for Gene Therapy: Strategies for Market Action and Policy Reform
Gene therapies delivered through a single administration have revolutionized treatment possibilities for many patients living with serious or fatal conditions such as spinal muscular atrophy, hemophilia, and sickle cell disease. … Read More
Managing the Challenges of Paying for Gene Therapy: New ICER / NEWDIGS whitepaper
ICER and NEWDIGS Release White Paper Analyzing the Challenges and Potential Policy Options for Paying for Gene Therapies — Paper outlines policy reforms and market actions to support innovation and … Read More
Better Outcomes Tracking: A First Step In Improving Access To New Treatments
New article in Health Affairs Forefront Transformative new pharmaceutical treatments hold the promise of changing patients’ lives by slowing and curing disease, improving well-being, and advancing quality of life. Yet, … Read More
Better Outcomes Tracking: A First Step In Improving Access To New Treatments
New article in Health Affairs Forefront Transformative new pharmaceutical treatments hold the promise of changing patients’ lives by slowing and curing disease, improving well-being, and advancing quality of life. Yet, … Read More