High-priced drugs

The Enzutrix patent dispute goes to South Africa's Constitutional Court on 23 November 2026. UC and Astellas are pursuing damages over the generic prostate cancer drug, while Eurolab argues the patent was never validly obtained. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess

CMS finalizes the GLOBE Model drug pricing rule, benchmarking Medicare Part B drug rebates against international prices from April 2027. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess

The final rule also covers a temporary price floor for small biotech drugs and Part D plan payments to dispensing entities. #SyenzaNews #DrugPricing #MarketAccess

Dr. Reddy's has FDA tentative approval for generic lenacapavir HIV prevention, priced at US$40 per person per year across 120 countries. #SyenzaNews #HIVprevention #MarketAccess

Novartis core operating income rose 10% at constant exchange rates in Q3 2026, and 2026 guidance for the measure was raised. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess

The National Health Council says importing foreign price controls through most favored nation pricing will not serve American patients.

PhRMA has sued HHS and CMS over the GLOBE rule, arguing the agency has no authority to tie Medicare Part B drug payments to the prices paid in 19 other countries. The complaint leans on the major questions doctrine and a statutory ban on quality-adjusted life years. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #pharmaceuticals #healthcarepolicy #drugpricing

Lundbeck is trading scale for depth. Michala Fischer-Hansen, EVP for Europe and international markets, explains why 51 affiliates became 22, why a fifth of revenue now goes to R&D, and why US price pressure can decide where a medicine launches. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #brainhealth #pharma

US group health plans and issuers must rebuild their public price files under the Transparency in Coverage final rule: quarterly publication, an 11-claim threshold for out-of-network data, a new utilization file and attestation, and consumer phone disclosure from January 2027. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #PriceTransparency #HEOR

ADSE's October table cuts 119 maximum unit prices for hospital chemotherapy and drops prior authorisation from seven cancer medicines, including osimertinib. The workbook and the communiqué do not agree on the count. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #oncology

A National Press Foundation briefing on drug prices and workforce shortages: separate list price from net price, ask which goal a policy serves, and check whether more clinicians really mean more appointments. #SyenzaNews #HealthEconomics #MarketAccess

Germany drug pricing policies are now the subject of a US Section 301 investigation. AbbVie's chief counsel, Perry Siatis, has filed written evidence and testified that government price setting, mandatory rebates and reimbursement restrictions undercut the incentives that fund new medicines. He also cites a German-French working group on keeping innovative medicines available. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #DrugPricing #HEOR