Episode 28: President Trump's American Patient First Speech - Placebo?

05/18/18 • 10 min

The S&P Pharma Guy, Arthur Wong, shares S&P Global's initial thoughts on President Trump's recent speech on lowering drug prices. The speech questioned the validity of drug rebates and criticized foreign countries for paying too little for drugs, but stopped short of limiting proposing pharma list price increases or enabling Medicare to negotiate directly for pricing. Limited credit impact?

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Episode 27: Bezos, Buffett, and Dimon - Welcome to the Healthcare Party

A surprise announcement by Amazon.com Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and JPMorgan Chase & Co. that they are jointly forming a new company to tackle health costs for their employees has caused quite a stir. S&P pharma analyst, Arthur Wong, shares his quick thoughts and takeaways as to what it may mean for pharma.

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Episode 29: Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back In the Water - Amazon Buys PillPack

Managing Director, Bob Schulz from S&P Global's retail team and Director, Tulip Lim, of the healthcare team drop in on the show to share thoughts on Amazon's recent no-longer-a-rumor move into the pharmacy space. What does it mean for the pharmaceutical supply chain? How concerned should we be from a ratings standpoint for the pharmacy chains and pharma wholesalers?