knowledge -WSS

knowledge

author：fashion 2025-09-29 01:37:24 - browse：85

Steven Pearson — ICER President Steven D. Pearson Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe

Meetings of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review don’t usually get one’s heart pumping. But a meeting Thursday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology may prove to be the exception to that rule.

Patients Rising Now, an advocacy group that says it promotes transparency in health care and that is a fierce opponent of ICER’s, is expected to face off with the self-professed “watchdog of drug pricing” as it reviews three drugs for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Dozens of Duchenne patients and their families — many of whom also express concern that ICER’s review could undermine insurers’ already tepid interest in the treatments — are also expected to be in attendance.

Unlock this article by subscribing to STAT+ and enjoy your first 30 days free!

GET STARTED Log In

Previous article： ChatGPT in medicine: STAT answers readers' burning questions
Next article： PhRMA lawsuit over Medicare drug price negotiation tossed

WSS

How digital tools helped lower hypertension in marginalized patients

Anthos stroke drug appears safer than common blood thinner

For Medicare Advantage, Democrats want stronger protections around AI

Biden report: The neurospychology of memory and aging

Weight loss drug costs may need more research, senator suggests

Weight loss drug costs may need more research, senator suggests

explore

knowledge

hotspot

How one medical school became remarkably diverse

Biogen Alzheimer’s drug launch off to slow start

Food as medicine: CMS rules hamper 'prescribing' of fruits, veggies

Poor hospice wound care hurts patients and families

New Eli Lilly Alzheimer’s data poses Medicare coverage conundrum

Readout Newsletter: The latest at Gilead, Catalent, and the NIH

Cancer drug shortages should be causing more outrage

Robert F. Kennedy is pitching centrism on health, even on abortion

DIEP, the 'gold standard' of breast reconstruction, is under threat

What we’ve learned from the Aduhelm mess

entertainment

How digital tools helped lower hypertension in marginalized patients

Gilead might be held responsible for not developing a drug

Medicare Advantage proposed rates disappoint insurers

Medicare threatens to cut off funding for HCA's Mission hospital

Senators start work on Medicare physician payment reform

Robert F. Kennedy is pitching centrism on health, even on abortion

explore

hotspot

leisure time

explore