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05/29/2026

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05/27/2026

Tune in for a discussion on MFN policy and efforts to reduce U.S. drug prices by linking them to prices in other high-income countries, all while maintaining overall industry revenues through higher prices abroad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeGr32tEdmE

05/22/2026

"Price controls hurt German patients by restricting the availability of new drugs. German patients only had access to about 60% of medicines launched globally between 2014 and 2021.

American patients could access 85% of those medicines."

in action: https://www.thewellnews.com/opinions/europes-drug-policies-are-stalling-innovation/

05/20/2026

"Drugmakers disproportionately rely on revenue from the United States to sustain research and development. While patients abroad often pay cut-rate prices, Americans pay far more for the same meds."

isn't a good deal for the U.S.:

Germany's drug price controls shift costs to Americans, raising U.S. healthcare expenses unfairly.

05/18/2026

: China’s rapidly growing Phase 1 and 2 pipeline is closing the gap with the U.S., creating global competition in the race to develop the next generation of therapies.

More from the Washington Examiner:

China is pairing domestic price controls with an outward push of innovation, encouraging its firms to compete globally even as it disciplines them at home.

05/15/2026

"Nearly all of America's trading partners use a variety of price controls and non-tariff trade barriers, such as deliberate bureaucratic delays and not-so-subtle threats to invalidate American companies' patent protections."

For months, the Trump administration has floated the idea of a formal investigation into foreign countries' unfair drug pricing practices -- an implicit threat intended to push our allies into proacti

05/13/2026

"It takes roughly $2.7 billion, on average, to successfully bring a drug to market. It’s also risky, as roughly 90% of drugs that enter clinical trials never make it to patients."

won't bolster the innovation economy:

Germany’s approach to drug pricing is a textbook example of how developed nations shift the cost of medical progress onto American patients.

05/11/2026

" spending has ballooned as more hospitals have become eligible owing to the ObamaCare Medicaid expansion. Now some of the wealthiest hospitals in the U.S. qualify, and there is no requirement that they use the discounts to directly help patients."

A federal judge shows how this hospital ‘discount’ fleeces drug makers and patients.

05/08/2026

What does high-value, affordable healthcare actually look like? How do we get there?

WWFH is sponsoring Beyond the Bottom Line on May 13 in Seattle: We believe the answers start with employers, providers, and health plans working together.

Register: https://wahealthalliance.org/health-forum-seattle/

05/06/2026

"If MFN pricing undermines the investment that supports new treatments and cures, rural patients are likely to feel the consequences first."

More on rural MFN effects:

Ohio advocate warns MFN pricing may harm rural healthcare and U.S. competitiveness in medicine.