For the last month, a debate has raged over which approach to managing the spread of COVID-19 is correct. One aspect of this debate is about the efficacy of widespread testing. South Korea and Germany have pursued aggressive testing. The Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK – at least initially – limited testing and instead sought to create herd immunity by letting the virus run its course. Which approach is better? Given the implications of getting the choice wrong, opinions towards both approaches have been strong and vociferous. Adding to the confusion, experts disagree about which of many variables are more important for explaining higher rates of morbidity from COVID19. These include the percent of a population over 65 years of age, the case fatality rate, the population density of a region, the availability of hospital beds and ventilators per 1000 population, rates of tourism, usage of public transport, and number of university students in a given area to name a few.

19 March 2020



What's the impact of Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers on US Insulin prices? In researching HR3, Vital Transformation found $2 bil in 'lost' revenue reported in Medicare Part D, but missing in audited actual sales on company balance sheets. Time to bring back the Rebate Rule?

26th November 2019



According to Secretary Azar of Health and Human Services, implementing international reference pricing (IPI) in Medicare Part B will have minimal impacts. He has stated, “These savings, while substantial for American patients and taxpayers, cannot possibly pull out more than 1 percent of R&D.” As companies traditionally spend 20% of free cash flow on R&D, we have measured the IPI impact according to industry standard metrics.