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Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL)
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Academic research center at Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School studying the clinical, economic, and legal aspects of medication use.

RETHINKING MEDICATIONS by Jerry Avorn - Out Now! https://rethinkmeds.info/
And, on strategies to improve the biosimilar market, including by implementing policies to facilitate biosimilar interchangeability, clear patent thickets, and preventing biosimilar rebate gaming by PBMs.
April 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
On protecting Medicaid - “Cutbacks planned for the Medicaid program will force states to severely limit their drug coverage, which will inevitably lead to patient deaths.”
April 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
WATCH: @akesselheim.bsky.social testifies before @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social

On NIH cuts - "...the next generation will look back at this moment & ask what we were doing while the Trump administration systematically disposed of 1000s of research projects that could've helped patients."
April 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🔎 New in JAMA IM: Avik Ray, @wbfeldman.bsky.social & colleagues assess the comparative effectiveness of diabetes drugs in COPD patients.

They find GLP-1s & SGLT-2s are associated with lower risks of moderate or severe COPD exacerbations vs. DPP-4s during follow-up: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
February 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
📣Tune in tomorrow, January 16 at 5pm GMT/12pm ET for a Consilium Scientific webinar led by PORTAL collaborator Ariadna Tibau!

This talk will discuss efforts to identify & prioritize cancer treatments with meaningful clinical benefit & value to patients.

Register here: mailchi.mp/consilium-sc...
January 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
New in JAMA Oncology: Bishal Gyawali & colleagues detail US government contributions to the development of Xtandi, an important (and high-cost) prostate cancer drug.

They find the government contributed at least $74 million to the drug's development: t.co/JbsmP3eFh3
December 20, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Check out the latest from PORTAL in JHPPL on the lasting effect politics can have on vaccine hesitancy, using the FDA approval and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the run-up to the 2020 election as a case study. #publichealth

doi.org/10.1215/03616878-11670184
November 20, 2024 at 7:31 PM
👋 PORTAL is now on Bluesky! Follow us for the latest research from our team on prescription drug pricing, regulation, law, and policy.

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November 13, 2024 at 4:50 PM