Changes in Medicare law will help patients needing costly medications for rheumatologic conditions, including several for which the introduction of biosimilars has been thwarted. RheumTwitter ACRheum CSROAdvocacy MattieRheumMD BlairSolowMD
"I told people: 'I'm on the wonder drug. Look at me. I can show my skin now. I don't have all of these sores,' " she said in an interview.
"Of note, drug companies research, create, and produce medications that will perform well in the market, not necessarily those that may be most needed," Solow wrote."We can hope the new medications put forth by manufacturers are those that improve the lives of patients." Solow also said there may be some challenges for physicians in explaining to patients the timeline for the new law's Medicare provisions. People need to be aware of how long it will take to implement the plan and the potential for changes or delays.
The new law calls for taxes and other penalties for companies that refuse to negotiate or offer the agreed price, Thomas J. Hwang, MD; Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH; and Benjamin N. Rome, MD, MPH, all of Harvard Medical School, Boston, wrote in an Aug. 19 viewpoint article in JAMA. U.S. lawmakers took a different approach to negotiations about drug prices than those used in other countries, they wrote.
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