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America’s Social Contract with the Biopharmaceutical Industry

America’s Social Contract with the Biopharmaceutical Industry

Peter Kolchinsky, Ph.D.
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Peter Kolchinsky
What happens when a drug won’t go generic?

What happens when a drug won’t go generic?

Peter Kolchinsky, Ph.D.
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Peter Kolchinsky
Protecting Off-Patent Sole-source Drugs from Price-Jacking

Protecting Off-Patent Sole-source Drugs from Price-Jacking

Peter Kolchinsky, Ph.D.
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Peter Kolchinsky
Why wait for generics? In praise of me-too drugs

Why wait for generics? In praise of me-too drugs

Peter Kolchinsky, Ph.D
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Peter Kolchinsky
False Heroes — How PBMs Add Insult to the Injury of Insurance Cost-Sharing

False Heroes — How PBMs Add Insult to the Injury of Insurance Cost-Sharing

Peter Kolchinsky, Ph.D.
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Peter Kolchinsky
Op-Ed
Let’s Throw a Patent-Burning Party

Let’s Throw a Patent-Burning Party

When a drug goes generic, it’s as if society has paid off a mortgage
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The Favors They Do Us: Charging Less in Other Countries Makes Drugs More Affordable in America

The Favors They Do Us: Charging Less in Other Countries Makes Drugs More Affordable in America

Peter Kolchinsky, Ph.D.
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Peter Kolchinsky
Hard Negotiating Tactics: Compulsory Licensing and Willingness to Deny

Hard Negotiating Tactics: Compulsory Licensing and Willingness to Deny

Peter Kolchinsky, Ph.D.
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Peter Kolchinsky
Unintended Consequences of “Fairness”: Critically examining the idea of the US referencing EU…

Unintended Consequences of “Fairness”: Critically examining the idea of the US referencing EU…

Anthony Bower Ph.D. and Peter Kolchinsky, Ph.D.
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Peter Kolchinsky
Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) advertising: misnamed, misunderstood, and underappreciated

Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) advertising: misnamed, misunderstood, and underappreciated

Maligned by doctors and often parodied, appropriately regulated direct-to-consumer drug advertising is a net positive for American…
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The strange and special case of epinephrine

The strange and special case of epinephrine

The biotech social contract stipulates that all drugs must go generic. But what if genericization is bad for public health?
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Peter Kolchinsky
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