headshot of JB Silvers, professor at CWRU Weatherhead School of Management

Weatherhead School’s J.B. Silvers weighs in on new rule requiring drug companies to air their list prices

Drug prices in TV ads: How transparent are they?

Next AvenueJ.B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance, weighed in on how a new rule that would require drug companies to air their list prices—not co-pay or retail prices—in TV ads is geared more toward companies than consumers. “It’s health policy through public humiliation,” he said.