Policy Prescriptions: User Fees, EMA Worries, PBM Strategies, PRIME Milestones
Executive Summary
The US has plenty of new pharma legislation, Europe has plenty of worries about EMA's Brexit move, pharmacy benefit managers give plenty more scrutiny to which products earn a place on formulary. Policy Prescriptions rounds up recent regulatory news and trends reported by sister publication the Pink Sheet.
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