Xtandi Petitioners Highlight Pfizer Practice of Reference Pricing in US Government Contracts

Following the publication of the US government contract with Pfizer for the COVID-19 therapeutic Paxlovid, the petitioners of the Xtandi government use request wrote to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)… Continue Reading →

Pfizer Agrees to International Reference Pricing in US Government Contract for COVID-19 Therapeutic

Published in an article by Sydney Lupkin of NPR, the Pfizer-US government contract for the COVID-19 therapeutic Paxlovid contains terms of interest in broader drug pricing discussions. The Pfizer contract includes a “Most Favored Nation Clause” (H.7), which provides that… Continue Reading →

International Reference Pricing

KEI Briefing Note 2019:1  International Reference Pricing August 22, 2019 International Reference Pricing, often referred to as External Reference Pricing (ERP), is the practice of using a price in a foreign market as a benchmark for an acceptable price in… Continue Reading →