Pricing Experiments: Pharmas Get Creative in Germany
Executive Summary
As Germany's insurers try out new drug reimbursement tactics, innovative pharmas have responded with novel, brand-boosting payor deals of their own. The evolution of these payor-pharma deals in Germany should inform reimbursement strategies elsewhere--including in the US where similar trends are starting to emerge.
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