Cost Curve everything drug pricing and policy, every day https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:15:32 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:09:07 +0000 2026-06-15T18:09:07Z 2026-06-15T18:15:32Z Copyright 2026, Cost Curve https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/publication/logo/b26615e3-cd47-44ca-b590-1c2b766dfa42/RS_Cream_on_Blue.png Cost Curve https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/ https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification beehiiv en-us support@beehiiv.com (Beehiiv Support) CMS Proposes Codifying Rules for How It Will Run Drug Negotiations CMS’s efforts include a change to how and when certain blockbusters get Medicare-set prices https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/cms-proposes-codifying-rules-for-how-it-will-run-drug-negotiations https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/cms-proposes-codifying-rules-for-how-it-will-run-drug-negotiations Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:09:07 +0000 2026-06-15T18:09:07Z Brian Reid

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]]> White House Claims a ‘Significant’ Number of Companies Have Elected to Join MFN-in-Medicaid Model And HHS is taking the next step in transitioning toward a 340B ‘rebate model’ https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/white-house-claims-a-significant-number-of-companies-have-elected-to-join-mfn-in-medicaid-model https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/white-house-claims-a-significant-number-of-companies-have-elected-to-join-mfn-in-medicaid-model Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:19:18 +0000 2026-06-12T19:19:18Z Brian Reid

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]]> A Key Deadline for Companies Seeking MFN Deals Has Arrived And Pfizer’s CEO sends a letter to Germany’s leader: ”We are ​reviewing ... certain planned investments in Germany” https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/a-key-deadline-for-companies-seeking-mfn-deals-has-arrived https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/a-key-deadline-for-companies-seeking-mfn-deals-has-arrived Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:56:25 +0000 2026-06-11T17:56:25Z Brian Reid

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]]> Politico Says the U.S. and Germany Are In ‘Secret Talks’ About MFN And PCMA releases a document that is a master class in finger-pointing https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/politico-says-the-u-s-and-germany-are-in-secret-talks-about-mfn https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/politico-says-the-u-s-and-germany-are-in-secret-talks-about-mfn Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:29:39 +0000 2026-06-10T18:29:39Z Brian Reid

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]]> CMS Will Need to Bridge Beyond the ‘Bridge’ Demo to Preserve Long-Term Access to Obesity Meds in Medicare And I have the numbers on TrumpRx’s web visit numbers for May https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/cms-will-need-to-bridge-beyond-the-bridge-demo-to-preserve-long-term-access-to-obesity-meds-in-medic https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/cms-will-need-to-bridge-beyond-the-bridge-demo-to-preserve-long-term-access-to-obesity-meds-in-medic Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:33:46 +0000 2026-06-09T18:33:46Z Brian Reid

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]]> It’s All Obesity Today: Drama at ADA, Pricing Implications for Pfizer’s Med, and WSJ on Shrinking Employer Coverage Plus: ‘Why would you threaten 50% of your revenue if you think you cannot get a reasonable price in the UK or France?’ https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/it-s-all-obesity-today-drama-at-ada-pricing-implications-for-pfizer-s-med-and-wsj-on-shrinking-emplo https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/it-s-all-obesity-today-drama-at-ada-pricing-implications-for-pfizer-s-med-and-wsj-on-shrinking-emplo Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:10:31 +0000 2026-06-08T18:10:31Z Brian Reid

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]]> Supreme Court Addresses ‘Skinny Labeling’ for Generic Drugs And Pfizer’s Impact Report is out, detailing how the company’s portfolio-wide net price shifted in 2025 https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/supreme-court-addresses-skinny-labeling-for-generic-drugs https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/supreme-court-addresses-skinny-labeling-for-generic-drugs Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:55:34 +0000 2026-06-05T16:55:34Z Brian Reid

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]]> An Apex Grab Bag on Value-Based Insurance, Investments in Europe, and Ongoing 340B Battles https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/an-apex-grab-bag-on-value-based-insurance-investments-in-europe-and-ongoing-340b-battles https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/an-apex-grab-bag-on-value-based-insurance-investments-in-europe-and-ongoing-340b-battles Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:29:56 +0000 2026-06-04T19:29:56Z Brian Reid

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]]> TrumpRx Traffic Numbers, Touted by Oz, Appear to Be Falling And the top of the Fortune 500 list is a who’s-who companies profiting from 340B https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/trumprx-traffic-numbers-touted-by-oz-appear-to-be-falling https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/trumprx-traffic-numbers-touted-by-oz-appear-to-be-falling Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:57:29 +0000 2026-06-03T16:57:29Z Brian Reid

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]]> Lilly Says Smaller Clinics Have No Problems With 340B Transparency Acts, Even as Big, Profitmaxxing Hospitals Object https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/lilly-says-smaller-clinics-have-no-problems-with-340b-transparency-acts-even-as-big-profitmaxxing-ho https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/lilly-says-smaller-clinics-have-no-problems-with-340b-transparency-acts-even-as-big-profitmaxxing-ho Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:18:52 +0000 2026-06-02T19:18:52Z Brian Reid

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]]> The Irony of PCMA Celebrating a PBM Selection Process Won By a Big-PBM Critic And assessing the unknowns around the plan to reimburse obesity meds in Medicare, which kicks off in a month https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/the-irony-of-pcma-celebrating-a-pbm-selection-process-won-by-a-big-pbm-critic https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/the-irony-of-pcma-celebrating-a-pbm-selection-process-won-by-a-big-pbm-critic Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:05:00 +0000 2026-06-01T17:05:00Z Brian Reid

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]]> Oncology, Long Shielded From Payer Access Challenges, Has Begun to See More Restrictions And Takeda says that its net prices fell last year https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/oncology-long-shielded-from-payer-access-challenges-has-begun-to-see-more-restrictions https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/oncology-long-shielded-from-payer-access-challenges-has-begun-to-see-more-restrictions Fri, 29 May 2026 16:58:21 +0000 2026-05-29T16:58:21Z Brian Reid

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]]> How Will MFN Impact the Pricing of Three Newly Approved Meds? And advocates for rural 340B providers seek to ensure that urban hospitals don’t abuse 340B provisions intended for rural facilities https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/how-will-mfn-impact-the-pricing-of-three-newly-approved-meds https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/how-will-mfn-impact-the-pricing-of-three-newly-approved-meds Thu, 28 May 2026 16:11:39 +0000 2026-05-28T16:11:39Z Brian Reid

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]]> Bausch Pulled Out of Medicaid. Then the Price Hikes Began. And the single most important health-wonk image of the year (so far) https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/bausch-pulled-out-of-medicaid-then-the-price-hikes-began https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/bausch-pulled-out-of-medicaid-then-the-price-hikes-began Wed, 27 May 2026 19:04:16 +0000 2026-05-27T19:04:16Z Brian Reid

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]]> How the Rise of Chinese Biopharma Could Intersect with MFN to Scramble the Global Market and Boost U.S. Drug Prices https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/how-the-rise-of-chinese-biopharma-could-intersect-with-mfn-to-scramble-the-global-market-and-boost-u https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/how-the-rise-of-chinese-biopharma-could-intersect-with-mfn-to-scramble-the-global-market-and-boost-u Tue, 26 May 2026 19:41:09 +0000 2026-05-26T19:41:09Z Brian Reid

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]]> The Hidden Middlemen In the TrumpRx Generics Push https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/the-hidden-middlemen-in-the-trumprx-generics-push https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/the-hidden-middlemen-in-the-trumprx-generics-push Fri, 22 May 2026 18:52:48 +0000 2026-05-22T18:52:48Z Brian Reid

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]]> The White House Claims TrumpRx Already Saved Americans $400 Million. Is That Right? Plus an exhaustive look at how 340B came to be https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/the-white-house-claims-trumprx-already-saved-americans-400-million-is-that-right https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/the-white-house-claims-trumprx-already-saved-americans-400-million-is-that-right Thu, 21 May 2026 18:22:36 +0000 2026-05-21T18:22:36Z Brian Reid

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]]> Mark Cuban on Cost Plus Drugs in TrumpRx: ‘The More We Sell, the Lower Our Costs and Then Prices Go’ https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/mark-cuban-on-cost-plus-drugs-in-trumprx-the-more-we-sell-the-lower-our-costs-and-then-prices-go https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/mark-cuban-on-cost-plus-drugs-in-trumprx-the-more-we-sell-the-lower-our-costs-and-then-prices-go Wed, 20 May 2026 18:37:45 +0000 2026-05-20T18:37:45Z Brian Reid

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]]> Generic Meds Now Available on TrumpRx, Powered by Amazon, GoodRx, and Mark Cuban And the Supreme Court -- for now -- won’t hear drugmaker challenges to Medicare ‘negotiations’ https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/generic-meds-now-available-on-trumprx-powered-by-amazon-goodrx-and-mark-cuban https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/generic-meds-now-available-on-trumprx-powered-by-amazon-goodrx-and-mark-cuban Tue, 19 May 2026 17:21:33 +0000 2026-05-19T17:21:33Z Brian Reid

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]]> The Six Stories Standing Between You and the Weekend https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/the-six-stories-standing-between-you-and-the-weekend https://costcurve.beehiiv.com/p/the-six-stories-standing-between-you-and-the-weekend Fri, 15 May 2026 18:39:47 +0000 2026-05-15T18:39:47Z Brian Reid

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