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The Effect of Value-Based Drug Pricing on Patient Health Outcomes: More of what’s needed—Efficacy, Access, and Affordability

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The Effect of Value-Based Drug Pricing on Patient Health Outcomes: More of what’s needed—Efficacy, Access, and Affordability

 

Under value-based drug pricing, the cost of a prescription medication reflects the value of the health benefit patients receive from the drug. Patients gain better access to effective, high-priced prescription medications, while health insurers manage financial risk and reduce healthcare costs.

 

U.S. consumers are paying more for prescription drugs

Patients in the U.S. pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. How much higher? Here’s an example:

According to a 2020 study by RAND Health Care, the manufacturer’s average price per standard unit of insulin in the U.S. is $98.70 compared to an average price of $8.81 in other industrialized countries.

Another 2020 study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows that, even after discounts and rebates, American consumers and health insurers pay more than double for most prescription drugs when compared to patients and insurers in other industrialized countries. Estimates included in a recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) to the White House reveal patients who use prescription medications spend an average of $1,567 per person on prescription drugs each year.

High drug costs affect patient health outcomes

Patients may forgo treatment when high drug prices make healthcare too expensive. A recent poll of 1,526 adults conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) revealed about 3 out of 10 survey respondents had not taken their medications as prescribed over the last 12 months because of the cost.

Twenty-five percent of those surveyed reported taking four or more prescription drugs—members of this group were more likely to report difficulty affording their prescriptions. Instead of taking their medications as prescribed, the KFF survey found patients who had trouble paying for their medications often did one or more of the following:

  • • Didn’t fill the prescription
  • • Skipped doses or cut pills in half
  • • Substituted with an over-the-counter medication

 

Value-based drug pricing improves health outcomes

Value-based pricing relates the cost of a drug to the clinical benefit patients receive from the drug. When executed correctly, value-based healthcare (VBHC) contracts give patients greater access to effective treatments to improve their health outcomes while insurers pay drug prices that are in line with the value of the health benefit the drug offers.

Determining which drugs produce the greatest positive impact on health outcomes relies on the enormous task of collecting and analyzing patient-level healthcare data. One of the important ways VBHC contributes to better patient outcomes is by providing reliable, actionable, real-world data about healthcare costs.

When real-world data about a high-priced drug shows limited health benefits—or the same benefit as a similar, lower-priced drug—insurers can restrict access to the high-priced drug by requiring strict prior authorizations or increasing patient cost-sharing. When real-world data show a drug is effective, safe, and cost-effective relative to other treatments on the market, both healthcare providers and insurers work to facilitate access to that drug for patients who need it.

 

The Lyfegen Platform supports the transition to value-based healthcare

Lyfegen has developed a software platform that helps health insurance companies, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device manufacturers manage value-based drug pricing contracts with greater efficiency and transparency. The Lyfegen platform uses machine learning to collect and analyze patient-level drug cost data to execute complex pay-for-performance agreements.

If your organization is considering the transformation from fee-for-service to value-based healthcare, Lyfegen can help. Contact us to learn more and to arrange a free demonstration of our platform.

 

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The uphill battle for value-based drug pricing agreements may be coming to an end

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The uphill battle for value-based drug pricing agreements may be coming to an end

The high-costs of newer drug treatments make the adoption of non-traditional, value-based drug purchasing arrangements a necessity for healthcare payers and administrators trying to manage their budgets, provide patients with quicker access to the most effective treatments, and reduce wasteful spending on treatments that don’t work. Recent regulatory changes and advanced AI contracting software options are making value-based drug pricing arrangements easier.

 

Even before the onset of the pandemic, annual budgets for public and private healthcare insurers were strained by the high and increasing costs of prescription drugs. Meanwhile, pharmaceutical manufacturers are bringing new and even more expensive drug treatments to market each year. According to Bloomberg, the median list price for a year’s supply of a new drug introduced to the U.S. market in 2021 was $180,007.

Thanks to COVID-19 vaccines and COVID-related treatments, pharmaceutical sales reached record levels in 2021. Sales in North America account for close to half of the total $7.3 billion global market revenue for that year. And since prescription drug prices are higher in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world, the increasing costs of drugs are a top concern for policy makers, healthcare payers, and consumers.

New, more expensive drug therapies are in development

A growing niche and focus for pharmaceutical companies is high-cost cell and gene therapy products. Market analysis by Grand View Research forecasts the global cell and gene therapy clinical trials market to reach a compound annual growth rate of close to 15% and an estimated market revenue of USD 24.5 billion by 2030.

While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved only a limited number of cell and gene therapies so far, expedited approvals of new drugs and favorable designations of new therapies as orphan drug or breakthrough therapies support increasing consumption of these new drug therapies in the U.S. market. The FDA predicts that by 2025, it will approve up to 20 cell and gene therapy products a year.

Healthcare payers and consumers feel the pain of higher drug prices

Even though payers are getting rebates and not paying drug manufacturers’ full list prices, they still have cause for concern as drug prices increase annually. Payers need to protect their annual budgets from outsized expenditures, especially for specialty drugs.

Both payers and patients suffer the effects of high and increasing drug prices. A study of 14.4 million pharmacy claims made from 2010 to 2016 revealed the median healthcare insurer payments for specialty medications rose by 116%; the median patient out-of-pocket costs increased by 85%. Drug list prices during the same 7-year period more than doubled, rising faster than inflation.

Drug manufacturers recognize the need for non-traditional, value-based payment arrangements

A new cell or gene therapy’s price tag may generate as much attention as the drug’s ability to treat disease. For example, one of the most expensive drug therapies in the world is Zolgensma, approved by the FDA in 2019. Novartis Gene Therapies (formerly AveXis) developed the drug to be a cure for around 500 infants born each year in the U.S. with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). A full course of treatment is priced at $2.125 million.

Soon after Zolgensma received FDA approval, some of the top U.S. insurers quickly set up tight restrictions limiting coverage of the treatment. To help payers manage the impact of the cost and ensure patient access to Zolgensma, Novartis offers insurers the option of either a 5-year, pay-over-time contract or an outcome-based agreement.

The list price of Zyntelgo, the latest gene therapy to be approved by the FDA, surpassed Zolgensma as the world’s most expensive one-time drug therapy. Zyntelgo was developed by bluebird bio as a single-use treatment for an inherited blood disorder, beta thalassemia. According to bluebird, Zyntelgo’s price of $2.8 million is a good value when compared to the estimated $6.4 million worth of lifetime care costs for a patient living with beta thalassemia.

Estimates suggest that only around 850 patients in the U.S. will meet the criteria for treatment with Zyntelgo, and not all of those who are eligible will want the drug. Predictions of Zyntelgo’s annual sales revenue range from $64 million to $200 million.

The majority of patients eligible for Zyntelgo are covered by commercial health insurance, with most of the rest using Medicaid. Bluebird is offering payers a sizeable refund if the treatment underperforms or fails. If patients still need blood transfusions within two years after receiving Zyntelgo, bluebird will refund the payer up to 80% of the treatment’s costs.

Payers recognize the benefits of using value-based drug pricing agreements

Outcome-based agreements help payers address any uncertainty about the effectiveness of a new treatment, gain insight into a drug’s value to patient health outcomes, and reduce the risk of overpaying for a low-value treatment. The real-world evidence collected while managing value-based drug arrangements helps manufacturers justify their list price and reinforces refunds and rebates to the payer if the treatment doesn’t deliver results as expected. So why has there not been greater use of value-based drug agreements?

Regulatory barriers to value-based drug purchasing arrangements eliminated

This year, U.S. legislators have addressed most of the legislative hurdles that, in the past, hindered value-based drug purchasing arrangements. Policymakers updated two pieces of legislation to support increased adoption of value-based drug pricing agreements.

The Medicaid Best Price rule was changed in July, allowing pharmaceutical manufacturers taking part in Medicaid to report multiple best prices. This was followed by the passage of the the Inflation Reduction Act in August, which allows Medicare to negotiate directly with drug manufacturers over the prices of some of the most expensive drugs covered by the Medicare program.

Overcoming technological challenges to implementing value-based drug agreements

Another significant obstacle to increased adoption of value-based drug pricing arrangements has been the difficulty in operationalizing complex, data-driven, outcome-based contracts. These non-traditional agreements require a powerful, interoperable contracting software platform with extensive data collection and analysis capabilities to make real-world evidence both accessible and insightful.

To take on an outcome-based contract, an organization has two options. The first is to develop the IT framework in-house and devote management resources to monitor compliance and data security. This option is expensive, time-consuming, and beyond the current capabilities of many organizations.

The second option is to outsource the administrative burden of an outcome-based contract. In recent years, third-party vendors have developed comprehensive contracting software to bridge the gap and help manufacturers, payers, and providers transition from fee-for-service into value-based agreements.

 

The Lyfegen Solution

Lyfegen is an independent, global analytics company that offers a software-as-a-service platform for healthcare insurances, pharma, and medtech companies wanting to participate in value-based drug pricing agreements without making large investments in software upgrades. With extensive industry expertise and a vast library of resources, we can assess your current capabilities and advise and guide you through pre-implementation. Deployment of our customizable and scalable contracting platform is quick and integrates seamlessly into your existing workflow without compromising data security or compliance.

Lyfegen’s software platform includes three-fold functionality to implement value-based, data-driven agreements with greater efficiency and transparency: data ingestion, agreement execution, and insights generation. The Lyfegen Platform collects real-world data and uses intelligent algorithms to provide valuable information about drug performance and cost.

By enabling the shift away from volume-based and fee-for-service healthcare to value-based healthcare, Lyfegen increases access to healthcare treatments and their affordability.

To learn more about our services and the Lyfegen Platform, book a demo.

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Innovation Center Revamps Value-Based Payment Models

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Innovation Center Revamps Value-Based Payment Models

Innovation Center is Shifting Focus from Medicare to Medicaid

 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is revamping value-based payment models, which it pursues at its so-called “Innovation Center” or Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). The CMMI implements alternative payment models in the government programs Medicare and Medicaid for the purpose of cost containment and improvement in quality of care.

Since its founding in 2010, CMMI has launched more than 50 alternative payment models. An oft-cited success story is the Medicare Part D (outpatient drugs) Senior Savings Model, which the Innovation Center set in motion to test the impact of offering Medicare beneficiaries prescription drug plan options that include comprehensive coverage of all insulin products – including medical devices - with considerably lower out-of-pocket costs. Thanks to a robust public-private partnership between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and entities with whom it contracts - Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans, as well as pharmaceutical companies - this model has achieved the goals laid out by the Innovation Center, which include cost savings, improved quality of care, and more equitable outcomes.

The CMMI payment models – sometimes called demonstration projects - are viewed as ways to bypass statutory or legislative obstacles, for the purpose of experimenting with new approaches to reimbursement. Though often piecemeal in nature, demonstration projects can be a fallback option if legislative efforts fail, as they appear to have done with the Build Back Better Act which is currently on ice.

For example, CMMI payment models are incorporating bundled payments for treatment episodes, to reduce Medicare Part B (physician-administered) drug spending through more prescribing of biosimilars and generics and a streamlining of healthcare services.

The CMMI is now shifting some of its focus of alternative payment models from Medicare to Medicaid. Continued Medicaid expansion appears to the impetus behind efforts by policymakers to prioritize equity and reduce inequality in health outcomes. Total Medicaid enrollment has grown to 86 million, an increase of 20% since February 2020.

In October of last year, the policy and programs group director at CMMI, Ellen Lukens, said that “models have been predominantly Medicare-oriented, and have disproportionately served white beneficiaries.” By contrast, relatively few models have centered around Medicaid beneficiaries, many of whom are minorities. That is about to change.

The CMS administrator, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, has laid out a vision for the next decade, one in which CMMI will drive “meaningful change” towards an “equitable” and “value-based system of healthcare.”

To carry out the mission of improving equity, policymakers will explicitly address barriers to participation in CMMI payment models by healthcare providers that serve a high proportion of minority populations. Policymakers also want to entice more underserved patients to register to participate in pilot programs.

The CMMI has undertaken a major review of the Center’s existing payment models to determine what works and what doesn’t. The review calls on the Innovation Center to explore new forms of value-based models in Medicare and especially Medicaid. Here, payment would be tied not only to improved patient outcomes and decreased overall healthcare spending, but also reductions in health disparities and increased patient affordability (lower out-of-pocket costs). Partnering with Lyfegen may be the solution for manufacturers and payers alike, as Lyfegen's value-based payment solution is already widely being used by payers and pharma manufacturers in Europe.

As the Innovation Center embarks on a quest to improve the Medicaid program, using alternative payment models, it may need to consider adjusting its criteria of what counts as a successful model. The equity parts may be easier to measure than certain other objectives. For example, lowering federal expenditures appears to be the overriding goal of the CMMI models, and therefore cost savings to the government their standard measure of success. But, depending on the disease area in question, sometimes cost savings might not be easily achievable, even if the model is very much worth it and may save beneficiaries out-of-pocket expenses. In certain disease areas, improved health outcomes might be a better objective, along with a cost-effective use of additional resources.

About the author

Cohen is a health economist with more than 25 years of experience analyzing, publishing, and presenting on drug and diagnostic pricing and reimbursement, as well as healthcare policy reform initiatives. For 21 years, Cohen was an academic at Tufts University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Amsterdam. Currently, and for the past five years, Cohen is an independent healthcare analyst and consultant on a variety of research, teaching, speaking, editing, and writing projects.

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Hopp Schwiiz: Switzerland leading Innovation in Europe

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Hopp Schwiiz: Switzerland leading Innovation in Europe

In light of Swiss National Day on August 1st, Lyfegen’s CFO Michel Mohler gives his take on the recently released European Innovation Scoreboard & the role of the Swiss HealthTech industry.



A month ago, the European commission released the European Innovation Scoreboard, which provides a comparative analysis of innovation indicators between EU/European countries and regional neighbors. Based on scores for 27 separate indicators, the countries fall into four performance groups: Innovation Leaders, Strong Innovators, Moderate Innovators, and Modest Innovators.

Switzerland is the overall Innovation Leader in Europe, outperforming all EU Member States, as shown in the figure below.

Are we surprised? Since 2012, Switzerland’s performance relative to the EU countries has improved by 22.6% points. This being the second year where the Switzerland’s innovation score even surpassed the United States.

Source: European Innovation Scoreboard 2020



While most know Switzerland for its banks and timely precision, this little country has positioned itself globally as an innovation leader, scoring particularly high due to certain innovation dimensions. For the purpose of simplicity, we will focus on the three dimensions scoring the highest in relation to the EU.

1) “Human resources”: Switzerland scored particularly high when analyzing the quality of talent: this mainly being compromised of new doctorate graduates, population with a tertiary education and lifelong learning.

2) “Attractive research systems”: An attractive research ecosystem, leading in international scientific publications, most cited publication, and foreign doctorate students.

3) “Firm investments”: Overall company innovation and R&D expenditure.

Keeping in mind that the European Innovation Scoreboard is not specifically oriented towards indicators within the healthcare industry, it is unquestionable that the above mentioned dimensions are strongly influenced by the country’s leading position in Healthcare. Life Sciences being a pillar of the above seen growth, strongly dependent on skilled workforce and continuous innovation.

Lyfegen’s headquarters being in Basel, Switzerland, is not coincidental and allows us to be on the forefront of healthcare innovation, contributing actively.

The innovative Swiss ecosystem partnered with Lyfegen’s solutions and patent-pending technology are doubtlessly a winning combination for saving patient lives and driving Swiss innovation forward!

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What is value-based contracting with Lyfegen?

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What is value-based contracting with Lyfegen?

Value-based contracting focuses on patient outcomes by identifying value-based and outcomes-based measurable goals. By creating a set of outcomes as well as how to best measure them – value-based pricing for therapies can be determined.

As you can see – value-based contracting requires a lot of moving pieces and agreed-upon standards. This leaves the question of how best to facilitate these value-based healthcare agreements? The answer lies with Lyfegen.

Lyfegen works as a neutral third party with healthcare payers and manufacturers to implement a new way of paying for high-cost prescription drugs: value and outcome-based pricing and contracting. This groundbreaking platform enables patients to receive the best treatments and live a better and longer life.

With its innovative technology platform, Lyfegen is the catalyst for these entities to define, agree, and execute value-based and outcome-based pricing agreements while keeping costs at a sustainable level – allowing patients to receive innovative therapies at the right time and for the right price.

Lyfegen is the first of its kind, a company created to help patients in need. Lyfegen makes value-based healthcare contracting for high-cost therapies a reality for all healthcare stakeholders. With our expertise and secure state-of-the-art platform – we are trusted by some of the largest manufacturers, healthcare payers, and care providers in the world.

Lyfegen generates value-based contracts which combine outcome-based, pay-for-performance, and risk-sharing philosophies – creating value that matters:

-Better outcomes for patients-Accelerate, broaden, & sustain access to healthcare innovation-Facilitate & incorporate pay for performance healthcare pricing models-Improve appropriate use & compliance of treatments

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Breaking News: Lyfegen Raises Additional CHF 2 Million to Advance Value-Based Healthcare Contracting

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Breaking News: Lyfegen Raises Additional CHF 2 Million to Advance Value-Based Healthcare Contracting

Lyfegen HealthTech AG announced today that it has raised CHF 2 million of additional capital, bringing its total funding to CHF 3 million. Read the full press release.



BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --

- Investors back Lyfegen's mission to make innovative healthcare therapies more accessible and affordable

- Funding secures market-leading position prior to Series A opening in 2021

Lyfegen HealthTech AG, a Swiss health technology company, announced today that it has raised CHF 2 million of additional capital, bringing its total funding to CHF 3 million. The additional funding was completed by private investors and the innovation program of one of Switzerland's largest banks.

Lyfegen has developed a ground-breaking software solution to accelerate value-based healthcare contracting, pioneering in a global market that could reach USD 400 billion by 2024, according to the latest estimates by research firm MarketsandMarkets™. Some of the world's 10-largest pharmaceutical and medical technologies companies are already employing Lyfegen's platform in strategic markets in Europe and South America.

Girisha Fernando, Chief Executive Office and co-founder, said: "Increasingly, healthcare systems around the world are transitioning from fee-for-service payment schemes to value-based contracting. Our solutions support the shift towards sustainable payment models that help ensure patients get the treatments they need at prices they can afford, while healthcare companies make an adequate return on their investment. We are proud to have strong partners and investors on board to support us in this challenging and rewarding mission."

The new funding, combined with the seed capital raised in April 2019 and the founders' contributions, secures the development of Lyfegen's proprietary technology as it continues to roll out its value-based contracting solution in the U.S. as well as additional European and Latin American markets in the areas of oncology, rare diseases and medical devices.

Michel Mohler, Chief Financial Officer and co-founder, added: "We continue delivering on our ambitious goals prior to opening our Series A funding in 2021. This latest additional funding confirms the growing interest of international investors in innovative healthcare technology built for a data-driven world. The funds will be used to further strengthen our leading market position as we prepare for a strong Series A funding round."

About Lyfegen

Lyfegen HealthTech AG is a Swiss healthcare technology company that is pioneering digital value-based healthcare contracting. Lyfegen's patent-pending, ground-breaking software analyses complex healthcare data sets in order to help patients access innovative therapies that focus on the healthcare outcomes that matter most to them. Lyfegen's solutions collect the patient's specific medical profile whilst ensuring the strictest data privacy protocols. Lyfegen's founders Girisha Fernando, Michel Mohler, Nico Mros, and Leon Rebolledo have combined their expertise in life sciences and financial services to create a holistic solution that enables life sciences companies, healthcare payers and healthcare providers to develop and roll out digital value-based healthcare, a market that is set to grow to USD 400 billion by 2024.

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Lyfegen and Switzerland’s EGK Insurance Partner to Reduce Prices for High-cost Drugs

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Lyfegen and Switzerland’s EGK Insurance Partner to Reduce Prices for High-cost Drugs

EGK uses the Lyfegen Platform to handle complex pricing models of on and off-label usage of more than 80 drugs

 

Basel, Switzerland - November 29, 2022 - Lyfegen, a global healthtech SaaS company driving the world’s transition from volume to value-based healthcare for high-cost drugs, announced today that EGK-Gesundheitskasse is joining its portfolio of insurer partners to execute all of their value-based pricing contracts for high-cost drugs efficiently, securely, and transparently.

Switzerland, with the fourth-highest pharmaceutical spending per capita, spent CHF 8 Billion (8.1 billion euro) on drugs prescribed for specific diseases in the first nine months of 2022. In an effort to combat the high drug spending, Switzerland has implemented an increasing number of discount models for on and off-label drug usage over the last five years. While intending to ensure accessibility to patients at sustainable prices, the complexity of the price models leads to millions spent by insurers to monitor and adjudicate the price models, resulting in an estimated CHF two- to three-digit million range of missed rebates.

Lyfegen's software enables EGK to identify and claim rebates from 141 drug price models with 32 manufacturers, with minimal effort and maximum transparency. This includes cases of rare or chronic illnesses, promising therapies that may be used outside the approved indication, or new drugs not yet available or approved in Switzerland. Lyfegen's platform addresses the needs of Swiss health insurers for cost efficiency and digitalization, helps solve existing complexities in the system, and does its utmost to counteract high insurance premiums.

"We are delighted to support EGK and take an active role in addressing the growing complexity of drug pricing models to support sustainable access to innovative drugs and therapies in Switzerland,” said Nico Mros, CXO and Co-Founder of Lyfegen. “By focusing on making the implementation of the platform as easy as possible and being responsive to EGK, we were able to quickly present results and kickoff the collaboration to a successful start!"

“With the Lyfegen Platform, EGK is further expanding its focus on sustainability and efficiency for the benefit of our policyholders”, said Carolina Pirelli, Head of Benefits and Deputy CEO at EGK. “The ever-increasing number of pricing models for medications poses challenges for insurance companies in terms of resources and processes. With the automated processing of pricing models through the Lyfegen Platform, we are able to perfectly meet our current needs and with Lyfegen's flexibility, focus and understanding, we see ourselves in good hands.”

 

About Lyfegen

Lyfegen is a global healthtech SaaS analytics company providing a value-based agreement platform for drugs, therapies and devices. Health insurances, pharma, medtech companies & hospitals use the secure platform for thousands of payment models throughout Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East and North America. The Lyfegen Platform supports the negotiation and automated execution of value-based payment models cost-effectively and at scale using real-world data and machine learning. Globally renowned health insurances, hospitals, pharma & medtech companies have already implemented Lyfegen’s patent-pending platform to scale value-based payment models for drugs, therapies and devices, improving access to treatments and patient outcomes.

Lyfegen was founded by individuals with decades of experience in healthcare, pharma and technology, pioneering the shift away from volume-based and fee-for-service healthcare to value-based healthcare. For more information, visit www.lyfegen.com.

About EGK-Gesundheitskasse

EGK-Gesundheitskasse is an SME health insurer based in Laufen (BL), Switzerland. The EGK Group comprises EGK Grundversicherungen AG (basic insurance in accordance with KVG), EGK Privatversicherungen AG (supplementary insurance in accordance with VVG) and EGK Services AG (administration). It insures around 100,000 people in basic insurance throughout Switzerland, 80% of them also have EGK supplementary insurance.

Naturalness and sustainability are part of EGK's values. It is considered a pioneer in providing unrestricted access to excellent complementary medicine. It launches and supports activities throughout Switzerland to strengthen health in a natural way.

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Lyfegen Raises $8 Million to Drive Down Drug Costs and Help Patients Access Life-Saving Medications

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Lyfegen Raises $8 Million to Drive Down Drug Costs and Help Patients Access Life-Saving Medications

Lyfegen’s value-based contracting software is used by healthcare payers and leading pharma companies, including Novartis, Roche, MSD, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) and Johnson & Johnson

 

New York, NY - September 20, 2022 - Lyfegen, a global healthtech SaaS company driving the world’s transition from volume to value-based healthcare for high-cost drugs, today announced an oversubscribed $8 million Series A financing round led by aMoon, with additional participation from APEX Ventures and others.

Currently, less than 2% of the health insurance population requiring specialty drugs is responsible for 51% of drug spending. The cost of specialty drugs in the US is spiraling out of control, increasing 12% from 2020 to 2021 alone, with no sign of slowing down due to the increase of cell and gene therapies expected to come to market. As a result, value-based contracting is becoming a more viable alternative for healthcare payers to only pay for drugs that actually work.

By 2025, total net spending on medicine in the US is expected to reach up to $400B. Additionally, new drugs regularly enter the market, but when pharmaceutical companies fail to agree on commercial terms with payers, patients are at risk of being denied access to life saving therapies. Lyfegen’s platform helps regulators, pharma companies and payers more easily adopt value-based payment models by digitizing the end-to-end process of data collection, anonymization and contract negotiations for all parties to agree upon drug pricing and reimbursement.

“We are excited to be announcing this funding round and to have this vote of confidence from aMoon, APEX and our other investors who understand the shift in healthcare that we are experiencing, and are supporting our efforts to expand the Lyfegen platform,” said Girisha Fernando, CEO and founder of Lyfegen. “We currently work with leading government payers, health insurance companies in Europe, the US and the Middle East, and some of the world’s largest pharma companies. Our plan now is to further expand our presence in the US, partnering with both private and public healthcare insurance companies. The move away from volume-based healthcare has never been more needed, and we are happy to play an important role in the shift to value-based contracting.”

“Lyfegen is addressing a significant market need in an industry that is changing dramatically and rapidly, and we are thrilled to help validate their efforts through our investment,” said Moshic Mor, General Partner at aMoon, and former Partner at Greylock and Greylock Israel. “During a time of healthcare budget pressures and recessions, the world needs Lyfegen’s solution now more than ever. We look forward to seeing the company, led by an incredible executive team, continue to enhance access to new drugs as they drive value-based healthcare to become increasingly mainstream.”

 

About Lyfegen

Lyfegen is an independent, global software analytics company providing a value and outcome-based agreement platform for health insurances, pharma, medtech & hospitals around the globe. The secure platform identifies and operationalizes value-based payment models cost-effectively and at scale using a variety of real-world data and machine learning. With Lyfegen’s patent-pending platform, health insurances & hospitals can implement and scale value-based healthcare, improving access to treatments, patient health outcomes and affordability.

Lyfegen is based in the USA & Switzerland, and was founded by individuals with decades of experience in healthcare, pharma and technology to enable the shift away from volume-based and fee-for-service healthcare to value-based healthcare. For more information, visit www.lyfegen.com.

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At the forefront of value-based healthcare: Lyfegen and KPMG Switzerland release whitepaper together

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At the forefront of value-based healthcare: Lyfegen and KPMG Switzerland release whitepaper together

The whitepaper is a joint initiative to share with healthcare stakeholders some of Lyfegen and KPMG’s expertise and experience in the development and implementation of value and data-driven agreements in an evolving healthcare environment.



Official Communication by KPMG on 26.10.2020

KPMG addresses the most pressing challenges the healthcare sector is facing today and in the future. Society’s desire to obtain value from the wider healthcare system is not new, however recent experience shows that there is a need to rethink and move healthcare into a new age.

Two current megatrends are: 1) the redesign of pricing for health solutions, and 2) the value of data and the importance of patient access. It is important to address both elements within the Life Sciences ecosystem, including how to innovate, how to develop successful digitalization strategies, and how to get the most out of data.

How outcome-based contracts benefit healthcare

The pricing of services and products based on outcomes or value created is another intrinsic element of the future of healthcare. Rising healthcare costs impact patient budgets and hinder access to treatments. Incentivizing positive outcomes can only benefit patients, while payers gain confidence that they are only reimbursing effective treatments. Manufacturers and providers that buy into the outcome-based model are taking an important step towards making their business more sustainable while contributing to the wider interest of the healthcare ecosystem.

One of the key issues has always been defining the factors that represent value and deciding how to measure them. To give an example, how do you measure if a patient is symptom-free and how long should the observation period last? How is the impact on those caring for an individual considered and how is the societal or economic impact assessed, e.g., can the individual go back to pursuing a career? These questions are key in any reimbursement of pricing arrangements.

Helping the healthcare community

Teaming up with Lyfegen, a healthtech company facilitating access to innovative therapies, KPMG recently published a joint whitepaper (see link below) on the application of outcome-based contracting. Girisha Fernando (CEO and Founder of Lyfegen HealthTech AG) and Martin Rohrbach (Head of Life Sciences for KPMG Switzerland) discuss how this approach can deliver value for healthcare payers, providers and patients.

The whitepaper is a joint initiative to share with healthcare stakeholders some of Lyfegen and KPMG’s expertise and experience in the development and implementation of value and data-driven agreements in an evolving healthcare environment. The combination of knowledge, reach, and technology specific to value-based healthcare, together with proven practical experience, brings unique insights into value and data-driven pricing agreements for healthcare stakeholders. The whitepaper focuses on why outcome-based contracting can address drug access and reimbursement challenges, and how such contracts can be enabled by innovative technology. There are some clear takeaways, serving as building blocks and opportunities to engage in outcome-based contracting for the benefit of healthcare systems.

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Lyfegen raises CHF 750‘000 in Seed Capital

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Lyfegen raises CHF 750‘000 in Seed Capital

Basel, Switzerland | April 17th, 2019 – Lyfegen HealthTech AG successfully closes its seed financing round, raising a total of CHF 750‘000. The funding was led by Swiss private investors. The funds will be used to further build Lyfegen’s value-based payments platform Lyfevalue and conduct further pilots with partners in the US, Africa, and the EU, including the UK.

Lyfegen is a healthcare technology company that has developed a ground-breaking solution to accelerate value-based healthcare, entering a market set to grow to USD 390.7 billion by 2024 according to latest market research. Its platform, Lyfevalue, collects, analyses & reconciles disparate healthcare data for the purpose of automating value-based healthcare contracting. The platform enables life sciences companies, national and private healthcare payers and healthcare providers to operationalise value-based healthcare strategies whilst benefiting from a single holistic solution for their value-based healthcare operations, visit checklistmaids.com. In addition, the platform allows for personalised healthcare by enabling patient level pricing, fostering accelerated and facilitated access to innovative treatments for patients.

“Enabling the shift to sustainable healthcare is a huge challenge, giving us at Lyfegen great purpose and we are honoured to work with individuals that truly care about making a difference for patients around the world,” said Girisha Fernando, Lyfegen’s CEO & Founder.

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Conozca a David Duro, nuestro nuevo Vicepresidente de Ventas y Desarrollo de Negocio - Un líder que conecta con sus clientes y les ofrece soluciones eficaces

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Conozca a David Duro, nuestro nuevo Vicepresidente de Ventas y Desarrollo de Negocio - Un líder que conecta con sus clientes y les ofrece soluciones eficaces

Antes de unirse a nosotros en Lyfegen, David adquirió una gran experiencia y conocimientos en la industria de la salud y las finanzas, mientras perfeccionaba sus habilidades como Ejecutivo de Ventas Globales. Su curiosidad por la naturaleza humana y su amor por la humanidad es lo que alimenta su pasión por marcar la diferencia allí donde más importa.

Afincado en España y licenciado en Ingeniería Informática Con su amplia experiencia en la introducción de productos disruptivos en el mercado, ha llegado a comprender que es primordial destacar cómo las tareas diarias del usuario conectan con nuestra plataforma y guiar a través del proceso. Cuando se le pide que describa cómo ve su papel, David dice: "Todo el mundo busca algo. Mi trabajo consiste en entender qué es lo que realmente buscan". Cuándo le preguntamos qué es lo que más le gusta de su trabajo, respondió: "Bucear por debajo de las palabras y entender las necesidades de la gente,para luego conectar esas necesidades con las soluciones que Lyfegen puede aportar."

¿Qué es lo que quiere emprender este año? Siendo un aprendiz permanente, David quiere profundizar en el ciclo completo de nuestro servicio y explorar tanto la gestión de proyectos como la parte técnica. Apasionado de la buena música, pasa su tiempo libre con amigos que disfrutan de los mismos intereses. Es un creyente en la humanidad y en los actos de bondad al azar, está deseando conocer gente nueva este año de todo el mundo y tener la oportunidad de conectar experiencias y trabajar en un entorno internacional.

Girisha Fernando, Directora General de Lyfegen, está encantada de dar la bienvenida a David a nuestro equipo. 'Estamos encantados de tener a David Duro a bordo. Su inestimable pericia y amplia experiencia aportarán sin duda un inmenso valor al éxito de Lyfegen. Esto marca un hito importante en nuestros esfuerzos de expansión internacional, y estoy ansioso por anticipar las nuevas oportunidades que se avecinan'.

Desde Lyfegen, damos una calurosa bienvenida a David y esperamos crecer juntos.

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Meet David Duro, Our New VP of Sales & Business Development - A Leader Who Connects with his Customers and Helps Them Find Powerful Solutions

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Meet David Duro, Our New VP of Sales & Business Development - A Leader Who Connects with his Customers and Helps Them Find Powerful Solutions

Before joining us at Lyfegen, David gained a wealth of experience and knowledge in the healthcare and finance industry while honing his skills as a Global Sales Executive. His curiosity of human nature and love for humanity is what fuels his passion to make a difference where it matters most.

Based in Spain with a qualification in Computer Engineering, David is no stranger to bringing disruptive products to the market. With his extensive experience bringing disruptive products to the market, he has come to understand that it is paramount to highlight how our platform connects to the daily tasks of the user and prefers to guide them through the process. When asked to describe how he views his role, David said, “Everyoneis looking for something. My job is to understand what it is that you are really looking for”. When we asked what he likes the most about his job, he replied “diving below the words and understanding the needs of the people, then connecting those needs with the solutions that Lyfegen can provide.”

What is something he wants to take up this year? Being a curious lifelong learner, David eventually wants to deep dive into the full cycle of our service and explore both the project management and the tech side. Passionate about good music, he spends his free time with friends who enjoy the same interests. While being a tremendous believer in humanity and random acts of kindness, he looks forward to connecting with new people this year from all around the world and having the opportunity to connect experiences and work in an international environment.

Girisha Fernando, CEO of Lyfegen, is extremely excited to welcome David into our team. 'We are thrilled to have David Duro on board! His invaluable expertise and extensive experience will undoubtedly bring immense value to Lyfegen’s success. This marks a significant milestone in our international expansion efforts, and I am eagerly anticipating the new opportunities ahead.'

From all of us at Lyfegen, we warmly welcome David and look forward to growing together!

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Meet Olga Dragos, Our Newest Key Member and Efficiency Champion

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Meet Olga Dragos, Our Newest Key Member and Efficiency Champion

We are delighted to welcome our new executive assistant, Olga Dragos to the Lyfegen team! Olga joined us after making her final decision to work only with an enterprise that is directly impacting the lives of many for the better.

When we asked what fuels her purpose, she said, “The most exciting part of my profession is that I get to be key in streamlining processes that save time for our teams, which in turn helps get our product in front of more patients and increases our capacity to brainstorm new projects.”

With a solid background spanning over more than fifteen years in Executive and Administrative Support, Olga is a highly experienced professional that has worked in the US market for several corporates and small businesses in the medical insurance and transportation industries.

Originally from Belarus, Olga immigrated to the US in 1996 and further moved to Romania in 2021 where she is happily settled now with her husband and son. Being an avid traveler at heart with a passion for diverse cultures and their delicacies, Olga takes solace in both nature and outdoor activities where she’s been known to take scenic canoe rides down the river in early spring. While she has an adventurous spirit, family and cooking is her first love and creating her own recipes for them to enjoy while spending quality time together is a high priority.

When we asked what’s next for this year outside of work, we were not surprised to discover her warm philanthropic nature has steered her on the path of finding a new organization where she can volunteer her time to make a difference.

We give a very warm welcome to Olga and look forward to having her vibrant personality, and sound expertise to propel our team forward.

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Envisioning solutions that solve meaningful real-world problems – meet Andrei Cantea, our new visionary Senior Product Designer

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Envisioning solutions that solve meaningful real-world problems – meet Andrei Cantea, our new visionary Senior Product Designer

After graduating in Computer Science from Babeș-Bolyai University in Romania, Andrei co-founded a digital health start-up that was laser focused on assisting patients and clinicians alike, to reach better health outcomes. His keen interest in UX design and problem solving has been the driving force behind his success in creating and building meaningful experiences and solutions in the digital healthcare arena.  

However, his story doesn’t start there.  

Andrei’s first interactions with design started in his high school years, where he took part in numerous competitions within the digital solutions and education space – this being where he realized his true passion for design and creating solutions that would positively impact the lives of many.  

When we asked Andrei what excited him the most about joining Lyfegen as the new Senior Product Designer, his answer was clear cut – “I am allowed to be an active part in envisioning, designing and building meaningful solutions that can help users, which in turn helps patients and saves lives – this is what I find exciting and refreshing.

Joining Lyfegen has been a perfect synergy between Andrei’s personal views on digital healthcare and Lyfegen’s impactful approach in the sector – solving deep complex issues, while still remaining mindful and deeply empathetic towards its users and end goals. This is what fuels his motivation in contributing his valuable expertise in the process, while working alongside his incredible team.  

While in his spare time, Andrei has been known to catch up with his video games when time allows, play board games, watch his favorite science channels, read a good book, and of course spend quality time with his friends and family, when he’s not outdoors enjoying some nature.

We warmly welcome Andrei to our team and look forward to revolutionizing the industry side-by-side.

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CMA & Lyfegen Present Joint Value-Based Contracting Platform for Pharmacy at Medicaid’s Most Important Conference

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CMA & Lyfegen Present Joint Value-Based Contracting Platform for Pharmacy at Medicaid’s Most Important Conference

Each year, the NAMD (National Association of Medicaid Directors) Conference in Washington D.C. brings together the nation's Medicaid directors, leaders in the industry, and key decision-makers for a one-of-a-kind conference. With the global public health emergency, the Medicaid system and the work of Medicaid directors and their staff has never been more important. While COVID-19 has disrupted health care at all levels, it has shown the importance of more innovative payment models and the need for broader access to treatments. The shift towards value-based healthcare has become one of Medicaid’s hottest topics, with CMA and Lyfegen joining forces to present the latest value-based contracting technology at this year’s NAMD Conference.

We sat down for a brief interview with CMA’s President, Ken Romanski, and Lyfegen’s CEO, Girisha Fernando, to gain more insights into the importance of this partnership:

Thanks for joining us, Ken and Girisha. Can you tell us why this partnership is an important milestone, both for CMA and Lyfegen?

Ken: Our partnership with Lyfegen is a key milestone for CMA as we expand and complement our portfolio of technology-based solutions with extremely high-value business analytics products. Our utmost priority is to support Medicaid programs by lowering costs, while at the same time improving health outcomes for vulnerable citizens.

Girisha: This partnership sets the basis to create enormous value for our state healthcare payers and pharma. By partnering together, we enable our customers to implement value-based pharmacy agreements, actively managing the budget impact of new treatments and aligning existing formulary spending with value for beneficiaries.

For Lyfegen, this is a market entry into the U.S. – why CMA?

Girisha: CMA’s experience and technical expertise are unique. CMA is a highly recognized technology partner for State Healthcare Payers across the nation, with over 20 years of experience. Lyfegen has made a conscious decision to combine its capabilities with CMA to enable our customers to leverage the potential of value-based agreements for their pharmacy programs.

What is the value of this partnership for healthcare payers?

Ken: CMA is very excited to work with Lyfegen and our clients to deliver tens of millions of dollars in savings per year by leveraging our experience in Medicaid data management to implement this robust value-based analytics platform.

Girisha: Our customers benefit from the combined years of experience and unique expertise in data and value-based healthcare solutions. We focus on providing the first proven, scalable, highly secure value-based agreement platform for State Medicaid that allows our customers on average to avoid 54 million dollars in treatment costs that do not work and gain 7 million dollars in efficiency due to the fully automated end-to-end process. We are extremely excited to present all aspects of our partnership and present the value and opportunities our platform can bring to State Medicaid programs at NAMD.

Join CMA and Lyfegen at NAMD and understand first-hand how they can support you to realize savings for your pharmacy programs, improving patient health outcomes with their unique value-based agreement platform.



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Lyfegen Secures additional CHF 5 Million in Series A Funding to Scale Its Drug Rebate Management Platform Globally

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Lyfegen Secures additional CHF 5 Million in Series A Funding to Scale Its Drug Rebate Management Platform Globally

Basel, Switzerland / Boston, USA – December 11, 2024

Lyfegen, a global leader in drug rebate management technology, today announced the successful close of its additional CHF 5 million Series A funding round. The round was led by TX Ventures, a leading European fintech investor, with additional participation from aMoon, a global health-tech venture capital firm, and other institutional investors. This funding represents a significant milestone for Lyfegen, enabling the company to accelerate its global expansion and innovation efforts, with a focus on extending its reach beyond Europe into new markets worldwide.

Addressing Rising Drug Costs with Intelligent Drug Pricing and Rebate Solutions

The healthcare industry faces increasing challenges with rising drug costs and the complexity of managing growing volumes of rebate agreements. For payers and pharmaceutical companies, manual processes often lead to inefficiencies, compliance risks, and operational delays. Lyfegen is transforming this process with its fully automated platform that ensures secure, real-time tracking, compliance, and operational efficiency at scale.

Today, 50+ leading healthcare organizations across 8 geographical markets rely on Lyfegen’s solutions to streamline 4'000+ rebate agreements while tracking over $1 billion in pharmaceutical revenue and managing over $0.5 billion in rebates annually. These solutions enable healthcare organizations to improve pricing strategies, accelerate access to modern treatments, and better manage rebate complexities.

Scaling Globally with a Leading Rebate Management Platform

Already used by healthcare payers and pharmaceutical companies in Europe, North America, and the Middle East, Lyfegen’s platform is poised for broader global deployment. By automating rebate management, the platform enables healthcare organizations to simplify complex agreements, save time, reduce errors, and enhance financial performance.

“The market for innovative and personalized treatments is expanding rapidly, but with that comes increasingly complex and costly pricing models,” says Girisha Fernando, CEO of Lyfegen. “Lyfegen’s automated solution simplifies this complexity, helping payers and pharmaceutical companies unlock the full potential of rebates while improving patient access to modern treatments. With this funding and our new partners, we’re ideally positioned to accelerate our growth and make a meaningful impact globally.”

Jens Schleuniger, Partner at TX Ventures, adds: “Lyfegen is at the forefront of innovation, offering payers and pharmaceutical companies a powerful solution to address the rising complexities of pharma rebates. We’re proud to lead this funding round and support Lyfegen’s mission to bring greater efficiency and cost savings to healthcare systems worldwide.”


About Lyfegen

Lyfegen is an independent provider of rebate management software designed for the healthcare industry. Lyfegen solutions are used by health insurances, governments, hospital payers, and pharmaceutical companies around the globe to dramatically reduce the administrative burden of managing complex drug pricing agreements and to optimize rebates and get better value from those agreements. Lyfegen maintains the world’s largest digital repository of innovative drug pricing models and public agreements and offers access to a robust drug pricing simulator designed to dynamically simulate complex drug pricing scenarios to understand the full financial impact. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, the company was founded in 2018 and has a market presence in Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Learn more at Lyfegen.com.

About TX Ventures

TX Ventures is one of Europe’s emerging leaders in early-stage fintech investing. The venture capital fund invests predominantly in B2B Fintech across Europe - preferably in seed to series A stage. 


For more information about Lyfegen’s solutions or to schedule an interview, please contact:
marketing@lyfegen.com 

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Rare Disease Therapies and the Case for Outcomes-Based Agreements

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Rare Disease Therapies and the Case for Outcomes-Based Agreements

Treatments for rare diseases, such as spinal muscular atrophy or CAR-T therapies like tisagenlecleucel, hold transformative potential for patients. Yet, they often come with significant challenges—uncertainties around long-term efficacy, high costs, and the need for tailored patient selection. Outcomes-Based Agreements (OBAs) offer a structured way to address these challenges, aligning financial risk with therapeutic outcomes. However, their implementation requires careful consideration and planning.

The Promise and Practicalities of OBAs

1. What Makes OBAs Valuable?

OBAs shift the focus from upfront costs to real-world outcomes, creating a more sustainable framework for funding innovative therapies. They enable:

Risk Sharing: Payers and manufacturers align costs with actual therapeutic results.

Patient-Centric Focus: Treatments are tied to measurable improvements, emphasizing value rather than volume.

Increased Access: By mitigating cost risks, OBAs can support the introduction of high-cost therapies in resource-constrained settings.

2. Implementation Challenges

Despite their promise, OBAs are not without hurdles:

Administrative Complexity: Managing OBA agreements involves data sharing, contract monitoring, and performance assessments—all requiring robust systems.

Data Availability and Quality: Real-world evidence is critical, but gaps in data collection, reporting, and standardization can limit success.

Stakeholder Collaboration: Successful OBAs require alignment between payers, manufacturers, and healthcare providers. Misaligned priorities or unclear accountability can derail agreements.

How Lyfegen Supports OBA Implementation

Learning from Global Examples

Lyfegen’s Agreements Library—featuring 6,700 public agreements and 20 pricing models from 33 countries—offers invaluable insights into how OBAs have been implemented worldwide. By analyzing these examples, stakeholders can identify models that best suit their unique challenges, reducing the trial-and-error phase of implementation.

Streamlined Scenario Analysis

The Lyfegen Drug Contracting Simulator enables stakeholders to simulate OBA scenarios using real-world data. From adherence-based contracts to outcome guarantees, the Simulator helps users:

• Assess feasibility through scenario modeling.

• Forecast financial implications with real-world inputs.

• Compare multiple pricing models to find the most suitable solution.

Simplifying Administration

Managing the administrative burden of OBAs is crucial. Lyfegen’s tools offer:

• Centralized contract management for version control and compliance tracking.

• Automated data processing to ensure performance metrics are accurately reported.

• Detailed dashboards and trend reports to facilitate collaborative decision-making.

Key Considerations for OBA Success

1. Feasibility Studies Are Essential

Not every therapy or market is suited for OBAs. Conducting thorough feasibility assessments helps determine the viability of such agreements.

2. Data Plans Need Clarity

Reliable outcomes-based contracts depend on well-defined metrics and data collection processes. Establishing these frameworks early is crucial.

3. Commitment from All Stakeholders

OBAs thrive on collaboration. Shared goals, transparent communication, and clear accountability among all parties can ensure smoother execution.

Conclusion

Outcomes-Based Agreements represent an important step forward in addressing the challenges of high-cost, high-impact therapies for rare diseases. With the right tools, insights, and preparation, healthcare stakeholders can unlock the potential of OBAs to improve access, manage costs, and focus on patient outcomes.

Discover how Lyfegen can simplify your journey to outcomes-based contracting. Schedule a demo today to explore our solutions in action.

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The Shift to Financially Optimized Clinical Trials

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The Shift to Financially Optimized Clinical Trials

As value-based contracting (VBCs) becomes the standard, the role of clinical trials has shifted significantly. They are now essential not only for demonstrating safety and efficacy but also for enhancing financial performance. By creating trials that meet the criteria of VBCs, pharmaceutical companies can increase their financial gains, minimize pricing risks, and facilitate smoother negotiations with payers.

According to a report by Deloitte, aligning clinical trials with value-based pricing strategies can lead to improvements in revenue predictability and cost management by as much as 20% for drugs with high market access potential. This improvement stems from linking trial outcomes to real-world efficacy, which reassures payers and reduces the financial risk for manufacturers by basing pricing on demonstrated effectiveness  

For CFOs and Pricing Directors, the Financial Impact is Clear

For CFOs and Directors of Pricing, the financial implications of optimized trials in a VBC framework are significant. When trial designs focus on outcomes that matter most to payers—like reductions in hospitalization or improved quality of life—pricing becomes more flexible, and revenue can be projected more accurately. McKinsey & Company points out that outcome-based models also provide a safeguard against pricing volatility, allowing pharmaceutical companies to stabilize revenue by tying payments to real-world performance metrics.  

Efficiency Gains through Outcome-Focused Trial Design

Beyond revenue predictability, operational efficiencies are another key benefit. A focus on outcome-based trials reduces the time and resources needed to negotiate with payers, as the trial data itself becomes a compelling point in payer discussions. For Market Access Directors, outcome-driven trial designs support quicker market entry and stronger, data-backed negotiations that build payer confidence.

Lyfegen’s Platform: Streamlining Trial Optimization for Value-Based Contracts

Optimizing clinical trials for VBC is complex, but Lyfegen’s all in one platform simplifies this process. By enabling real-time pricing simulations based on clinical outcomes or financial goals, Lyfegen helps pharmaceutical companies design financially viable reimbursement contracts and align them with value-based pricing. This empowers pricing teams to model financial outcomes, enhancing both operational efficiency and contract efficiency.

Interested in learning how outcome-focused trials can support your pricing and financial goals? Lyfegen’s Simulator offers the tools you need to optimize clinical trials for success in a VBCs framework.

Schedule a demo today to explore how we can streamline your pricing and contract strategies: https://www.lyfegen.com/demo

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Clinical Trial Outcomes: The Key to Driving Drug Pricing and Market Access

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Clinical Trial Outcomes: The Key to Driving Drug Pricing and Market Access

In value-based contracts (VBCs), clinical trial outcomes are no longer just about proving safety and efficacy—they’re now critical to driving drug pricing and market access strategies. As payers and healthcare systems shift towards outcome-based models, trial data is becoming the foundation for negotiating both price and reimbursement.

Payers are increasingly prioritizing data from real-world evidence and clinical trials for value-based arrangements. The real-world data aligns closely with payers' needs to predict the cost-effectiveness of drugs and determine coverage. For Market Access Directors and Directors of Pricing, this means that clinical trial results can either accelerate or hinder the process of getting drugs to market. Strong trial outcomes not only justify premium pricing but also provide a solid basis for faster, smoother payer negotiations.

This is especially crucial in markets where budgetary pressures and stringent healthcare regulations make it difficult for new therapies to gain market access. The ability to present data-driven evidence of a drug’s real-world impact can significantly shorten time to market and improve access.

Novartis’ Zolgensma, a gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy, used a value-based contract with installment payments and performance guarantees, adjusting reimbursement if outcomes fell short—demonstrating flexibility for high-cost therapies in outcome-based pricing models  

For CFOs, using clinical trial data means greater financial predictability. By tying pricing to outcomes, companies can secure more stable revenue streams, with lower financial risk from market variability.

Are you ready to leverage clinical trial data to improve your pricing strategy and market access? Lyfegen’s Simulator helps you model pricing scenarios based on trial outcomes, ensuring a smoother path to market and better payer alignment.

Schedule a demo today to see how we can support your pricing and market access strategies: https://www.lyfegen.com/demo

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How Value-Based Contracts Are Redefining Drug Pricing Through Clinical Trials

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How Value-Based Contracts Are Redefining Drug Pricing Through Clinical Trials

The pharmaceutical industry is increasingly moving towards value-based contracts (VBCs), where drug pricing is tied to real-world patient outcomes rather than traditional volume-based models. This shift is transforming how clinical trials are designed and executed, and it’s profoundly impacting drug pricing strategies.

According to the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science, value-based contracts are expected to account for a larger share of pharmaceutical revenue, with the global market projected to reach $1.3 trillion by 2026, driven by the need for more outcome-driven healthcare solutions.

For CFOs and Directors of Pricing, this shift provides new opportunities to de-risk pricing models. By linking drug prices to clinical outcomes, pharmaceutical companies can reduce financial risk while ensuring that prices reflect the actual value delivered to patients. In this context, clinical trials become critical—not just for regulatory approval, but for pricing strategy development. The data generated in trials helps justify flexible, dynamic pricing models that payers can support.

Moreover, value-based contracts align perfectly with reducing healthcare costs while improving outcomes. This model can also strengthen relationships with payers, who increasingly demand proof of value before agreeing to reimburse drugs at premium prices.

Interested in transforming clinical trial results into smarter, value-based pricing? Lyfegen’s Simulator offers the solution by streamlining pricing models and linking them directly to trial outcomes, helping you reduce risk and enhance financial predictability.

Schedule a personalized demo today to see how we can help you transform your pricing strategy: https://www.lyfegen.com/demo

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