Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Headline writers were kind of phoning it in yesterday. #takeaways 010
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 20/05/2025The @washingtonpost.com eddy board has a wildly pro-pharma editorial today. Good to see innovation recognized. wapo.st/4k4Pkx2 030
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 20/05/2025@matt-levine.bsky.social nails how I think about video. Like, I don't get the fascination, but it's hard not to see there is demand. So yes, more dumb LinkedIn videos coming. 120
Reposted by Brian Reid Antonio Ciaccia @aciaccia.bsky.social · 15/05/2025“This has the feel of a Truth Social post in the form of an executive order.” Big pop @brianreid.bsky.social www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...statnews.comOur biggest burning questions on Trump’s order to bring down drug pricesTrump's executive order lacks specifics and raises questions on what can be accomplished, what will be challenged in court. 002
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Is the CMS drug negotiation page down for anyone else? 100
Reposted by Brian Reid Peter Neumann @peterneumann11.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Thanks to all my wonderful Tufts-CEVR colleagues for putting on another great annual meeting! Proud to work with you! @dano-hta.bsky.social @brianreid.bsky.social @tuftscevr.bsky.social @mollytoba.bsky.social 063
Reposted by Brian Reid Lisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 17/04/2025In terminating hundreds of NIH grants, the Trump administration dumped years of investment down the drain. In my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column, we analyzed the cancelled projects & talked to scientists to understand just how much the public loses out. It's a lot: tinyurl.com/bdey86su 7369235
Reposted by Brian Reid Max Bayer @maxbayer.bsky.social · 17/04/2025@endpts.com got ahold of the HHS restructuring document. My angle this morning: endpts.com/cms-would-ab...endpts.comCMS would absorb 340B drug discount program under leaked HHS reorganization proposalThe 340B drug discount program may move under the purview of CMS, according to a leaked HHS restructuring document reviewed by Endpoints News. 001
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Man, there was a lot packed into yesterday's executive order on drug pricing. Here's my effort to get my brain around all of the moving pieces: costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/10-thought...costcurve.beehiiv.com10 Thoughts on Trump’s Drug-Pricing Executive OrderI really thought today might be an easy day. I should have known better. 020
Reposted by Brian Reid Antonio Ciaccia @aciaccia.bsky.social · 16/04/2025There’s a lot in this Trump package of drug pricing executive orders, but perhaps what’s most interesting is what’s not in them: No signs of life for ending the safe harbor to anti-kickback laws for drugmaker rebates. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...whitehouse.govLowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans FirstBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. 031
Reposted by Brian Reid Adam Feuerstein✡️ @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social · 30/03/2025FDA’s ‘key man’ Peter Marks is out. Biotech investors will now deal with the consequences www.statnews.com/2025/03/30/f...statnews.comFDA’s ‘key man’ Peter Marks is out. Biotech investors will now deal with the consequencesPeter Marks’ ouster comes at a time when the sector is already suffering through a years-long public markets slump. 1214
Reposted by Brian Reid Margot Sanger-Katz @sangerkatz.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Reading this Paragon report on Medicaid provider taxes, and I have a lot of questions about the art! paragoninstitute.org/medicaid/add... 181
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 15/03/2025This is what happens when a $60B+ program has no oversight. Is there anyone involved in #340B that can justify this kind of arrangement? 010
Reposted by Brian Reid Amy Kapczynski @akapczynski.bsky.social · 15/03/2025This is an absolutely incredible story - read it. Its so hard to convey what jobs that look like sitting behind a computer are actually *for*. This is what the FDA is for, and why we all need it, desperately. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...washingtonpost.comOpinion | The free-living bureaucratMichael Lewis on Heather Stone of the Food and Drug Administration. 02812
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 12/03/2025@maya-goldman.bsky.social with a scoop on the fate of a bunch of CMMI projects. Two as-yet-unlaunched drug-price demos got the axe. Probably not a surprise, but clarifying nonetheless. www.axios.com/2025/03/12/m... 010
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Drug-pricing transparency reports used to be a big deal. Are retreats from Novartis (last year) and Novo Nordisk (this year) changing that? From today's Cost Curve: costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/it-s-drug-...costcurve.beehiiv.comIt’s Drug-Price Transparency Season ... But Disclosures May Be on the WaneAnd a J&J lawsuit over biosimilars is the first shot in the war against PBM-backed pseudo-pharma companies 000
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Also a national treasure: @matt-levine.bsky.social. 000
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Joel Stein is a treasure. Also: health care is broken. 010
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Most days, I wake up and write a newsletter with, like, five or six items on drug pricing/policy. Today, 17 different topics caught my eye. 2025 is off to a wild start. costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/there-s-an...costcurve.beehiiv.comThere's an Abbreviation for Everyone Today: PBM, IRA, 340B, RFK, ICER, NPLBIt's one of those drinking-from-a-firehose days 010
Reposted by Brian Reid Stacie Dusetzina @dusetzinas.bsky.social · 06/02/2025I know the world is on fire, but maybe next week will be less chaotic and you would like a little break to talk drug policy? If so, please join me and Laura Tollen at Health Affairs to talk about the next 15 drugs selected for Medicare negotiation! www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/h...healthaffairs.org 0246
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Heck of a few days on the drug-pricing-and-policy beat. A victory for transparent list prices, a little on tariffs, some Kennedy items, the IRA's impact on pharmacies, and a candidate for headline of the year ... costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/will-the-p...costcurve.beehiiv.comWill the Price Disclosure for Vertex's Journavx Set a New Standard for Transparency?Plus a bit on how tariffs are going to worsen, not improve, the issues with generic meds in the United States. And Kennedy nears the end of the beginning. 050
Reposted by Brian Reid Antonio Ciaccia @aciaccia.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Looks like if PBMs want to get to know intimate details of my life, they will have to get a pair of binoculars and repeatedly drive around the block like a normal person. www.ftc.gov/system/files... 162
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Love this. @nikillinit.bsky.social nails the #JPM25 ironies. 020
Reposted by Brian Reid Greg Matthews @chimoose.com · 15/01/2025Interesting survey from Gallup on attitudes about healthcare in the context of the Trump presidency (HT, again, to @brianreid.bsky.social). Do respondents really believe this, or do Ds automatically hate everything Trump, and Rs automatically love everything Trump? news.gallup.com/poll/654704/...news.gallup.comNearly Half of U.S. Says Healthcare Headed in Wrong DirectionAmericans are divided over President-elect Trump's policies for lowering healthcare costs. Views vary by political affiliation, but by two to one, independents think the policies take the U.S. in the ... 021
Reposted by Brian Reid Matthew Herper @matthewherper.bsky.social · 30/12/2024I shared this story about Jimmy Carter on X last year. I'd like to put it here, too. It starts with a reporter's keepsake. These are the notes President Carter handed me after I met him at a $MRK event to celebrate the company's collaboration with the Carter Center to end river blindness. 1/8 14716
Reposted by Brian Reid Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 18/12/2024At least the murder hornets are gone www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...nytimes.com‘Murder Hornet’ Has Been Eradicated From the U.S., Officials SayThe hornet was discovered in a corner of Washington State. Five years later, a massive mobilization has eliminated the invasive species, at least for now. 5257964
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 18/12/2024The benefit design change part of the IRA -- the part that gives beneficiaries the $2,000 out-of-pocket cap in Part D -- is going to cost Pfizer a billion dollars next year. That $500 million in boosted sales, less $1.5 billion in additional responsibilities in the catastrophic phase. 000
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Trump on "middlemen" during his presser today: "I don't know who these middlemen are but they are rich as hell and we're going to knock out the middlemen." Not good news for #pbms! www.youtube.com/live/ZGqwYXn...youtube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 133
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Is the IRA impacting R&D decisions? Endpoints polling of biopharm execs suggests that the answer here is a big "yes." Peep the verbatims, too. More evidence that the incentives baked into the law are wreaking real havoc on development. endpts.com/the-endpoint...endpts.comThe Endpoints 100: The biotech industry braces for Trump 2.0A survey of 77 biotech executives reveals concerns about FDA changes following Donald Trump's reelection. Martin Makary's nomination as FDA chief has eased some worries, while Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s ... 001
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 09/12/2024There is so much #340B news and content out there right now. I know this probably feels dull to most folks, but -- boy -- 340B is having a *moment.* costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/so-much-34...costcurve.beehiiv.comSo Much 340B: SCOTUS Weighs In, a Georgia System Nets $700M+ in Profit, and MorePlus an important corrective to the pharmacy-closure story from last week 110
Reposted by Brian Reid Nicole Haase @nicolehaase.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Women's Frozen Four tickets go on sale in 15 minutes A full session package for both semifinal games and the championship are just $50! That's an absolute steal of a price. March 21 and 23 at Ridder Arena at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. You should gogophersports.evenue.net 177
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Oh my. There was a lot of academic research unpack today on drug pricing. Here's my summary of five papers worth tracking. (And there's another paper or two on the docket tomorrow if you're getting the newsletter.) costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/so-many-re...costcurve.beehiiv.comSo Many Research Papers To Dissect TodayAnd a breathless Reuters story suggests that industry thinks IRA fixes are in play during Trump 2.0 042
Reposted by Brian Reid pharmalot.bsky.social @pharmalot.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Minnesota becomes first state to release report on 340B drug discount program for ‘safety-net’ hospitals.. statnews.com/pharmalot/20... #pharma #biotech #Minnesota #medicines #hospitals #340Bstatnews.comMinnesota becomes first state to release report on 340B drug discount program for 'safety-net' hospitalsMinnesota has becomes the first state to release a report examining the 340B drug discount program for "safety-net" hospitals. 001
Reposted by Brian Reid William Feldman @wbfeldman.bsky.social · 25/11/2024New paper out at @jamacurrent.bsky.social led by @ojwouters.bsky.social on the empirical assumptions underlying differential protection for biologics & small-molecule drugs. Upshot: We found no good evidence supporting differential treatment by FDA (or under IRA). jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comLegal Protections for Biologics vs Small-Molecule Drugs in the USThis Special Communication analyzes and compares development times, clinical trial success rates, research and development costs, patent protection, market exclusivity periods, revenues, and treatment... 0106
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Big day in the world of #340B. Minnesota just dropped a report detailing the extent of the 340B program in the state. It shows a lot of money sloshing around, and not necessarily in ways that maximize patient benefit. costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/special-ed...costcurve.beehiiv.comSpecial Edition: The Minnesota 340B Report Is OutThe data has some gaps -- as the state recognizes -- but it's still a fantastic resource for seeing how the program operates at a more granular level 021
Brian Reid @brianreid.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I am such a fan of the new "Value Flower" paper that refines, defines, and lays out a road map for the way that novel value elements can be used. Such a boon not just to economists but communicators, too. costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/letting-a-...costcurve.beehiiv.comLetting a Million Flowers Bloom: The Implications of an Excellent Revision to the 'Value Flower'And trying to catch up on everything from IP reform to 340B messaging 050
Reposted by Brian Reid Jonathan Rockoff @jonathanrockoff.bsky.social · 22/11/2024@wsj.com has an opening for a health reporter. If you're interested in joining a great team and reporting on life-and-death matters involving huge costs, please reach out.wsj.jobsHealth Reporter in NEW YORK, New York, United States 11311
Reposted by Brian Reid Greg Matthews @chimoose.com · 21/11/2024Just for fun: I have a panel of 100k physicians on Twitter/X. I looked at how many of them were posting on X about BlueSky over the past year. The phenomenon is real! #MedSky #MedPharma cc @katesears.bsky.social @katiepalmer.bsky.social More at HealthQuant.com 4166
Reposted by Brian Reid Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Any pharmacists, Pass through PBMs , health care professionals out there ? Time to grow the industry and take on big PBMs right here ! 1470325953018