We're excited to announce that the GIRL TALK 🌎🎥 World Premiere 🎥 🌎 will be at our hometown festival, Independent Film Festival Boston! Can't make it to Boston, learn more about signing up for a community screening this spring or summer! mailchi.mp/4d5696697a3f/t…

The NY Times’ David Leonhardt (tinyurl.com/ma5cyhyu) argues in essence - the public tolerance “budget” for mask mandates is finite. So – spend that budget on mandates achieving the best return. Basically, it’s cost-effectiveness analysis.

On April 29, Boston's WBUR did a 4-minute story about Girl Talk Movie, Lucia Small's (lucia small) high school debate documentary that premieres this Sunday at the Somerville Theater (Somerville Theatre). Story is here: tinyurl.com/47eha9jk

Head's up Ptown! We're coming to the Provincetown Film Festival Provincetown Film Society this June! There will be two chances to see the film: 11:30 a.m. on Friday, June 17 or 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 19. Purchase tickets and learn more at: bit.ly/GIRL-TALK-Ptow… #DebateLikeAGirl #PIFF2022

What an amazing weekend at Provincetown Film Society! It was truly an honor to screen 2x and to share the Q&A stage with Gaby from the film on Sunday 💕 #piff2022 #DebateLikeAGirl

It's official! Our west coast premiere will be at the amazing PT Film Festival, otherwise known as 'Sundance by the Sea' #ptff #ptff2022 Stay tuned for lineup and ticket announcements! 🎥🎟️

Mark Cuban won’t fix our drug pricing problem Our piece Los Angeles Times today Lower prices Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company are great But only cover generics We need value-based prices for brand-name drugs & adequate health insurance for all. tinyurl.com/mump6jr5 #therightpricebook @dollendorf

Just out: Los Angeles Times op-ed by Peter Neumann, Joshua T Cohen & @dollendorf argues that Mark Cuban’s Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company company can help lower generic drug prices for many Americans but the much larger issue of brand-name drug pricing desperately needs attention too tinyurl.com/4fky674t

.Peter Neumann @ADPaltiel Jag Chhatwal Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) Joey Mattingly @dollendorf

Should #pharmaceutical companies engage with ICER? New research letter by Rachel Breslau, Joshua T Cohen, @dollendorf & Peter Neumann finds that they do and suggests that they should! rdcu.be/cSgYc #ICER #HTA

Lucia Lynn Small – 1963-2022💔 It is with profound sadness we share the news that Lucia Small lost her battle with pancreatic cancer on Saturday, November 19, 2022. She passed peacefully with dear friends and family by her side, and she lived fully to the last minute.

Important new paper from CEVR's Joshua T Cohen: When to account for generic pricing in cost-effectiveness analyses and how it can influence estimates. tinyurl.com/4pvvw5rw No Patient Left Behind ISPORJournals Peter Kolchinsky UW School of Pharmacy @SchaefferCenter International Health Economics Association (IHEA) Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM)

Some reflections from CEVR's Joshua T Cohen on ICER's reduction of its estimate of #Paxlovid's value-based price from $3,600-$5,800 to $563-$906. tinyurl.com/ym6abfm4 ICER @dollendorf #COVID #heor #healtheconomics

Our new piece: The much-maligned QALY is a vital tool for health care policy. bit.ly/3lriJZf @dollendorf Joshua T Cohen CEVR UW School of Pharmacy Kathryn A Phillips PhD Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) The Center for Innovation and Value Research Brett McQueen Ankur Pandya @SchaefferCenter The Centre for Health Economics Center for Global Development