International Reference Pricing for Prescription Drugs: A Landscape Analysis

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Summary:

Nearly two-thirds of comparator countries currently use international reference pricing (IRP) but combine it with additional price negotiation strategies, similar to those proposed for Medicare in Congress.The analysis suggests that aligning US IRP implementation with complementary pricing strategies like price negotiation would be more consistent with how peer nations have structured their drug pricing frameworks.

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