Pharma Pulse 8/5/24: Understanding IDNs, Medicaid Must Make Crucial Changes to Get Ahead of HIV Epidemic & more

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Understanding IDNs and What They Mean to the Pharmaceutical Industry

Integrated Delivery Networks have changed the healthcare landscape over the past decade. Greg Skalicky, president and chief revenue officer at EVERSANA, spoke with Pharmaceutical Executive about the ways that commercialization teams are working with these networks to bring drugs to markets.

Medicaid Must Make Crucial Changes to Get Ahead of the HIV Epidemic

Long-acting HIV treatments could be the key to diminishing HIV cases and getting Medicaid beneficiaries the help they need.

China Wants to Start a National Internet ID System

The government said the proposal would protect online privacy. Critics said it could further concentrate government control over the internet.

National Poll of Likely 2024 Voters Shows Strong Bipartisan Support for Specific PBM Reform Policies and Candidates Who Support Them

On the heels of the latest Congressional hearing about pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), a damaging report from the Federal Trade Commission and numerous media stories questioning concerning practices of these health insurance middlemen, a national poll released today demonstrates significant bipartisan support for legislation to set rules to eliminate PBM conflicts of interest and bring down patients’ out-of-pocket prescription drug costs.

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