Value-based agreements could disrupt how we pay for new therapies

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8 April 2019 - On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee will hold its second hearing in a series on drug pricing. 

Led by chairman Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), this hearing is a follow-up of the widely publicised grilling in February of CEOs and senior executives of seven major pharmaceutical companies.

This time around, five executives from major pharmacy benefit managers will be in the hot seat.

The February meeting took a surprising turn when Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca, raised the concept of value-based agreements (VBAs), in which the price of a medicine is directly linked to the value it provides to patients, payers, and the health care system. “Value-based agreements have the potential to transform how medicines are priced and reimbursed in the U.S.,” Soriot told the committee.

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