Rep. Doug Collins introduces legislation to lower drug costs

Former NCODA Keynote Speaker Doug Collins (R-Ga.) reintroduced legislation that would increase transparency in drug pricing while lowering costs for patients. Updates on H.R. 1035 The Prescription Drug Pricing Transparency Act and H.R. 1034 The Phair Pricing Act can...

CREATES Act revived in Congress

Lawmakers are pushing forward legislation that would allow biosimilar and generic competition to enter the market sooner, suggesting that this change will drive down drug prices for US patients. Read...

Anthem will launch in-house PBM in second-quarter 2019

Health insurer Anthem is launching its in-house pharmacy benefit manager IngenioRx nine months earlier than planned in the second quarter of 2019.  Anthem said Wednesday that it will exercise its rights to terminate its current PBM contract with Express Scripts...

HHS Proposal Reforms Drug Rebates to Reduce Patient Spending

NCODA supports the HHS proposal to increase PBM transparency and pass drug rebate savings on to the patients.  This new agenda would help reverse the current model which financially incentivizes the plan or the PBM.   NCODA will continue to advocate for this movement...