The FDA regulates communications from pharmaceutical developers to ensure that statements about products are appropriately supported by evidence. In this Research Brief, we explore the possible impacts of these regulations … Read More
Precision Financing challenges for solid tumor adoptive T-cell therapies
Durable gene and cell therapies represent a unique challenge to the US healthcare insurer/payer landscape, given the one-time treatment and associated high upfront cost but potentially durable outcomes. Previous research … Read More
Downstream Innovation Part I
There is a growing recognition of the importance of augmenting product- focused learning with disease-focused learning, incorporating the value of advances in real-world evidence (RWE). In LEAPS, we aim to … Read More
Advancing Healthcare through Innovation and Collaboration
NEWDIGS is an exciting and innovative approach to developing solutions for systemwide impediments to biomedical innovation and patient care. The noncompetitive, collaborative environment encourages novel and fresh ideas and interactions to … Read More
The Role of Stop-Loss Insurance and Reinsurance in Managing Performance-Based Agreements
Over the last decade, rising healthcare costs and the availability of expensive new treatment options has led to a substantial increase in the number of patients with large insurance claims. … Read More
Baking the Cake: A decision driven framework for planning fit-forpurpose evidence across stakeholders
The LEAPS methodology begins by answering two structured questions: what evidence to produce, and how to produce it, as outlined in this two-part Research Brief series: • Part I: Baking … Read More
Payer Perspectives Survey
A survey of 77 payers representing over 280 million lives, completed in April 2019, explored perspectives concerning financing challenges and management strategies associated with durable cell and gene therapies. Download … Read More
Massachusetts Pilot Disease Selection
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) chosen as target for LEAPS Massachusetts (MA) Pilot (RAMA) to demonstrate the feasibility and impact of a sustainable and patient-centered healthcare learning ecosystem to optimize care regimens … Read More
Patient & Caregiver Themes Survey
Patients and caregivers are key stakeholders in the development of system-wide, implementable precision financing models for durable and curative therapies. Patient and caregiver challenges are generally assumed to be primarily … Read More
Precision Financing of Durable, Potentially Curative Therapies
Pharmaceutical Executive, January 27, 2019 Trusheim, Jane Barlow Russell Teagarden Mark Gene therapies and cellular treatments create multiple financial challenges for US healthcare payers beyond price. The work of the … Read More