Government Price-Setting Harms Patients, Prevents Cures

An op-ed by Dean J. Paranicas, HINJ President and Chief Executive Officer Among our many learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic is that a robust and effective medical innovation ecosystem is essential to researching and developing treatments, vaccines and cures for new and emerging threats to human health, as well as finding life-saving innovations for existing, […]

Blame Middlemen, Insurers for Prices at the Drug Counter

The Star-Ledger’s recent editorial, “Drug prices are obscene, and (Gov. Phil) Murphy is blocking the smart solution,” left out key facts regarding the role of drug manufacturers in determining what patients pay for name-brand medicines. …

HealthCare Institute of New Jersey Statement on Vital Transformation Report on Price Controls

Trenton, July 29, 2022 ― Dean J. Paranicas, President and Chief Executive Officer of the HealthCare Institute of New Jersey, released the following statement concerning recent discussions in Washington on potential drug pricing legislation: “A new report by the consultancy Vital Transformation on the impact that price control policies under discussion in Washington would have […]

Medical Technology is a Key Driver of New Jersey’s Life Sciences Engine

An op-ed by Dean J. Paranicas, HINJ President and Chief Executive Officer (Published in the print edition of the Asbury Park Press on Friday, May 13, 2022) New Jersey has long been globally recognized as the “Medicine Chest of the World” for its large and vibrant life sciences community. Our state proudly claims a broad swath […]

Pharmaceutical Rebates Benefit Insurers, PBMs More than Consumers — and That’s Wrong

An op-ed by Dean J. Paranicas, HINJ President and Chief Executive Officer Manufacturers frequently offer rebates that are passed through to consumers to reduce their purchase price of a product. For example, when buying a new car, the buyer gets the financial benefit of the manufacturer’s rebate rather than the dealer (middleman) keeping the rebate. […]