Roger Longman

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Paying for Pharmaceutical Value: The Problem of a One-Size-Fits-All Definition
It is a world, at least the US corner of it, in which any common understanding of drug value is confused by opposing incentives – to opacity and transparency, to looking at benefit broadly or narrowly, long-term or short-term: value, in short, to whom?
A Learning Lab For Outcomes-Based Risk-Sharing Agreements
Merck and UnitedHealth's Optum group have partnered to explore various value constructs.
The Value Lab: Moving Value-Based Health Care From Theory To Practice
Although stakeholders are interested in value-based models that link a drug’s performance to emerging evidence of improved patient outcomes, such agreements are difficult to implement and too limited in scope to drive a shift to value-based reimbursement. The authors suggest a new, structured approach to bring these contracts into the mainstream, thus transforming product reimbursement and fueling the shift from volume to value.
Smart Segmentation: Success In The Payer-Dominated Pharma Marketplace
As physicians lose decision-making authority to payers, argues Roger Longman of Real Endpoints, drug companies need to segment markets more effectively: the patient populations prescribers are most likely to treat and that will spark the fewest access battles; and the specific payer lines-of-business least inclined to block new drugs' use.
The Shrinking Value Of Best-In-Class And First-In-Class Drugs
Incumbency ain’t worth what it once was. Pharma companies are spending billions to create advantages that won’t have significant lasting power. Smart followers can do as well – for less.
Sex, Payers & Product Development
Physicians have been demoted from key decision-maker to stakeholder while payers have gone from stakeholder to key decision-maker. Business development strategies need to adjust.