{"id":1959,"date":"2025-01-25T07:53:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T07:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/medicare-to-negotiate-lower-prices-for-weight-loss-drugs\/"},"modified":"2025-01-25T07:53:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T07:53:32","slug":"medicare-to-negotiate-lower-prices-for-weight-loss-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/medicare-to-negotiate-lower-prices-for-weight-loss-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prices for Weight-Loss Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/publication\/60816\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">projected<\/a> that thanks to the negotiations, Medicare\u2019s prices for semaglutide products \u201cwill fall substantially beginning in 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That would also open the door to lower prices for competing obesity drugs like Eli Lilly\u2019s Zepbound. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/21\/business\/prescription-drug-costs-pbm.html\" title=\"\">Pharmacy benefit managers<\/a>, which negotiate drug prices, would have more leverage to demand lower prices closer to what the government pays for semaglutide. If the government were to expand coverage of obesity drugs, the amount Medicare would spend on each patient taking one of them would fall by about a third in 2027, the C.B.O. projected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That would slow the growth of the government\u2019s spending on obesity drugs even as more people on Medicare started using them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">New prices for the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/15\/us\/politics\/drug-prices-medicare-negotiations.html\" title=\"\">10 drugs<\/a> in the first round of price negotiations were <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/15\/us\/politics\/drug-prices-medicare.html\" title=\"\">announced<\/a> last summer. Those prices will go into effect next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Drugmakers were relieved that those cuts were not deeper.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-286a00f0\"><span>Drugs Selected for Medicare\u2019s Second Round of Price Negotiations<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Prices will go into effect in 2027.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">1. <strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy<\/strong>, for diabetes and obesity<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">2. <strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trelegy Ellipta<\/strong>, for lung conditions<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">3. <strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Xtandi<\/strong>,<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> <\/strong>for prostate cancer<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">4. <strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Pomalyst<\/strong>, for blood cancer<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">5. <strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Ibrance<\/strong>, for breast cancer<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">6. <strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Ofev<\/strong>, for lung conditions<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">7. <strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Linzess<\/strong>, for gastrointestinal conditions<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">8. <strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Calquence<\/strong>, for blood cancers<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">9. <strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Austedo <\/strong>and<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> Austedo XR<\/strong>, for neurological diseases<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">10. <strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Breo Ellipta<\/strong>, for lung conditions<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">11. <strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Tradjenta<\/strong>, for diabetes<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">12. <strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Xifaxan<\/strong>, for liver and gastrointestinal problems<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">13. <strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Vraylar<\/strong>, for depression<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">14. <strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Janumet <\/strong>and<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> Janumet XR<\/strong>, for diabetes<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">15. <strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Otezla<\/strong>, for inflammatory conditions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || 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