The PurpleLab^® Resource Center

For decades, hospital pricing in the US was confusing and inconsistent – sometimes blindsiding patients when the bill arrived. That finally began to change when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital price transparency law was introduced in 2021. It mandated that every hospital must publish a machine-readable file (MRF) containing up-to-date prices…

In today’s outcomes-driven healthcare landscape, real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) have emerged as critical tools to demonstrate clinical value, return on investment (ROI) and long-term impact beyond controlled trial environments.

Generic drugs don’t usually grab headlines. They’re dependable, low-cost and mostly stay in the background. But behind that generic label is a global system that’s far more fragile, and far more important, than it seems. Today, that system is under serious pressure. The United States is facing everything from supply chain disruptions and political instability…