Ep. 247 - Drug Pricing, Psychedelic Setback & Back to School
Episode description
The Biden administration has disclosed what Medicare will pay for the first graduates of its drug price negotiation program but biopharma companies, biotech investors and patient advocates are still waiting for the government to reveal how those prices were determined — details that are critical to informing the decisions that will shape the future of medicine. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s editors discuss what last week’s disclosure tells us — and what information is yet to come.
They also discuss why psychedelics companies believe they can avoid the hurdles that tripped up Lykos Therapeutics as it sought approval of its MDMA program to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and preview this year’s BioCentury Back to School report, which focuses on whether biotech can write a more successful playbook for translating from target to product.
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View full story: https://www.biocentury.com/article/653298
00:00 - Intro
01:32 - Medicare Drug Pricing
11:38 - Psychedelic Setback
18:53 - Back to School Preview