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The National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) is a health policy research organization dedicated to the advancement of good evidence and science, and to fostering an environment in the United States that supports medical innovation.
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Specialty drug use for autoimmune conditions varies by race and wage among employees with employer-sponsored health insurance
Published in the Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy, this study found that low-income and non-white individuals participating in commercial health plans have lower usage of specialty…
Unintended Consequences of the Inflation Reduction Act: Clinical Development Toward Subsequent Indications
The Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (DPNP) may lead to fewer subsequent indications and delay launches for small molecule drugs, according to new research from…
Spending on Phased Clinical Development of Approved Drugs by the US National Institutes of Health Compared With Industry
New study examines the role of NIH and industry in bringing new treatments into clinical settings.
2021 Annual Report
In 2021, NPC conducted policy-relevant research and analysis to foster evidence-based health policy discussions and decision-making. Learn more in our Annual Report.
What Might Have Happened: The Impact of Interrupting Entry of Innovative Drugs on Disease Outcomes in the United States
A new NPC study shows how major drug innovations significantly improved patient health outcomes for six diseases with substantial mortality or morbidity.
The Myth of Average: Why Individual Patient Differences Matter
NPC's "The Myth of Average" explores how patients, health care providers, insurers, and other decision-makers can better consider individual patient differences when navigating the complexities of…
Online Tools to Synthesize Real-World Evidence of Comparative Effectiveness Research to Enhance Formulary Decision Making
This JMCP study describes and compares the features and characteristics of five tools to evaluate real-world evidence studies and adds clarity on what the tools provide.
Improving Transparency to Build Trust in Real-World Secondary Data Studies for Hypothesis Testing—Why, What, and How Recommendations and a Roadmap from the Real-World Evidence Transparency Initiative
A position paper by the RWE Transparency Initiative describes a plan for improving the transparency of the research process and making registration of real-world evidence study methods easier…
National Pharmaceutical Council 2019 Annual Report
NPC's 2019 annual report outlines how the organization is driving discussions on some of the most complex topics in health care policy.
Do Patient Preferences Align with Value Frameworks? A Discrete-Choice Experiment of Patients with Breast Cancer
The study assessed patient preferences for aspects of breast-cancer treatments to evaluate the usual assumptions in scoring rubrics for value frameworks.
National Pharmaceutical Council 2018 Annual Report
2018 marked NPC’s 65th anniversary as a leader in health research and policy.
National Pharmaceutical Council 2018 Annual Report
National Pharmaceutical Council's 2018 Annual Report detailed our 65th anniversary as a leader in health policy research, celebrating a continued focus on strong research to drive conversations on…
Evaluation of Person-level Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects in Published Multiperson N-of-1 Studies: Systematic Review and Reanalysis
To understand when and how individual treatment effects are examined, conducted and reported, this study evaluated existing multiperson N-of-1 studies, which can identify whether an intervention is…
National Pharmaceutical Council 2017 Annual Report
The National Pharmaceutical Council is a health policy research organization dedicated to the advancement of good evidence and science, and to fostering an environment in the United States that…
National Pharmaceutical Council 2016 Annual Report
The National Pharmaceutical Council is a health policy research organization dedicated to the advancement of good evidence and science, and to fostering an environment in the United States that…