Case Study

Pricing innovative
therapies that
significantly
improve
patient care

The Question

Determining the appropriate price for new treatments can be challenging, especially for innovative therapies which elevate the standard of care.

An EU-based biotechnology company with a novel drug in development approached Medicus with a question: how should we price a game-changing therapy in a disease area that has not experienced significant innovation in over two decades?

Our research included:

  • Patient Journey Mapping:

    Conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with physicians to better understand current clinical practices and disease management strategies

  • Competitive Assessment:

    Assessed the current and future competitive landscape through a combination of stakeholder interviews, data analysis, and literature / pipeline research

  • Analogue Research:

    Reviewed pricing for comparable treatments in similar disease areas

  • Unmet Need Analysis:

    Analyzed real-world data across multiple private and public payers to estimate the burden of disease across settings of care

  • Payer Research:

    Conducted primary research with payers to better understand price expectations and insurance coverage mix across patients

  • Stakeholder Communication:

    Developed materials to support value communication across economic decision-makers

Armed with a clear picture of the patient journey, treatment landscape, and pricing / access expectations, our client determined an optimal US treatment price for its therapy.

The Approach

We took a multifaceted approach to answering our client’s novel question.

The
Long And

Short
Of it

We enabled our client to optimize their US pricing strategy for a novel therapy.

Outputs from our research generated robust evidence that supported our client in communicating the value of their product to economic decision-makers.