Accessible text for the pCPA February 2026 Dashboard
Data effective: December 31, 2025
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Letters of intent (LOIs)
Since the pCPA’s inception, 768 negotiations have reached a letter of intent (LOI), including:
- 270 for oncology drugs
- 92 biosimilars
- 93 drugs for rare diseases (DRD)
- Data for stacked line graph: Letters of intent
Month Biosimilar DRD Other non-oncology Other oncology Jun 2015 0 6 40 24 Jul 2015 0 6 42 25 Aug 2015 0 6 44 26 Sep 2015 0 6 46 26 Oct 2015 0 6 48 27 Nov 2015 0 6 48 28 Dec 2015 1 6 48 30 Jan 2016 1 6 51 30 Feb 2016 1 6 52 30 Mar 2016 1 6 54 31 Apr 2016 1 7 57 31 May 2016 1 7 61 31 Jun 2016 1 7 62 32 Jul 2016 1 7 63 33 Aug 2016 1 7 64 34 Sep 2016 1 8 66 34 Oct 2016 1 11 66 36 Nov 2016 2 12 67 37 Dec 2016 2 12 68 37 Jan 2017 3 12 69 37 Feb 2017 3 12 69 41 Mar 2017 3 12 76 41 Apr 2017 3 12 81 41 May 2017 3 12 83 41 Jun 2017 3 13 83 44 Jul 2017 4 13 86 47 Aug 2017 5 13 87 48 Sep 2017 5 14 87 50 Oct 2017 5 14 87 51 Nov 2017 6 15 89 51 Dec 2017 6 16 91 56 Jan 2018 6 17 95 59 Feb 2018 6 18 96 60 Mar 2018 6 18 100 60 Apr 2018 6 18 101 61 May 2018 6 19 102 61 Jun 2018 6 20 102 62 Jul 2018 6 21 103 63 Aug 2018 7 22 107 66 Sep 2018 7 24 112 67 Oct 2018 7 25 115 67 Nov 2018 7 25 117 67 Dec 2018 7 28 120 70 Jan 2019 7 28 125 72 Feb 2019 7 28 125 75 Mar 2019 8 28 131 76 Apr 2019 8 28 132 81 May 2019 8 28 134 82 Jun 2019 8 28 136 82 Jul 2019 8 29 139 82 Aug 2019 9 30 142 83 Sep 2019 10 30 144 87 Oct 2019 11 30 147 89 Nov 2019 13 30 149 91 Dec 2019 14 30 157 94 Jan 2020 14 30 158 94 Feb 2020 14 31 158 95 Mar 2020 15 33 159 97 Apr 2020 15 33 161 98 May 2020 16 35 163 104 Jun 2020 16 35 163 104 Jul 2020 19 36 163 105 Aug 2020 20 36 166 108 Sep 2020 20 36 166 109 Oct 2020 21 36 166 110 Nov 2020 21 38 167 112 Dec 2020 22 39 168 114 Jan 2021 22 39 179 115 Feb 2021 27 39 181 116 Mar 2021 27 40 185 118 Apr 2021 28 40 185 119 May 2021 30 40 185 121 Jun 2021 31 40 186 122 Jul 2021 31 42 187 122 Aug 2021 31 42 188 124 Sep 2021 33 42 192 129 Oct 2021 34 44 196 129 Nov 2021 36 45 197 133 Dec 2021 36 45 200 134 Jan 2022 36 45 202 138 Feb 2022 37 46 202 141 Mar 2022 38 47 203 147 Apr 2022 41 48 207 148 May 2022 41 48 209 149 Jun 2022 46 48 209 152 Jul 2022 46 49 210 153 Aug 2022 46 50 210 155 Sep 2022 46 51 216 158 Oct 2022 46 53 218 159 Nov 2022 46 56 218 162 Dec 2022 48 57 220 165 Jan 2023 48 57 221 168 Feb 2023 49 58 224 168 Mar 2023 49 59 224 168 Apr 2023 51 60 226 181 May 2023 51 62 230 181 Jun 2023 52 64 231 190 Jul 2023 52 65 233 192 Aug 2023 53 66 234 194 Sep 2023 54 66 236 195 Oct 2023 54 66 239 196 Nov 2023 56 69 240 199 Dec 2023 56 69 242 201 Jan 2024 56 70 245 202 Feb 2024 57 73 247 202 Mar 2024 58 73 248 205 Apr 2024 58 73 249 206 May 2024 58 74 256 206 Jun 2024 60 74 260 207 Jul 2024 63 74 263 208 Aug 2024 63 74 264 214 Sep 2024 63 74 265 220 Oct 2024 63 75 267 222 Nov 2024 63 76 271 225 Dec 2024 66 78 271 228 Jan 2025 66 79 271 229 Feb 2025 66 80 271 234 Mar 2025 69 80 276 239 Apr 2025 73 80 280 242 May 2025 74 80 283 247 Jun 2025 75 82 285 249 Jul 2025 77 84 287 256 Aug 2025 78 88 287 259 Sep 2025 88 91 290 260 Oct 2025 91 92 291 262 Nov 2025 92 92 295 268 Dec 2025 92 93 299 270
Savings
pCPA activities saved jurisdictions an estimated $4.87B in 2024–25:
- $3.94B from brand name drugs
- $935M from generic drugs
- Since 2010, cumulative savings are estimated to be $28.8B
- Data for stacked bar chart: Savings
Fiscal Year Brand name drugs Generic drug negotiations Total FY 16/17 $947,007,363 $355,000,000 $1,302,007,363 FY 17/18 $1,263,644,399 $740,000,000 $2,003,644,399 FY 18/19 $1,539,331,475 $740,000,000 $2,279,331,475 FY 19/20 $1,847,496,049 $740,000,000 $2,587,496,049 FY 20/21 $2,185,315,806 $740,000,000 $2,925,315,806 FY 21/22 $2,667,069,216 $750,000,000 $3,417,069,216 FY 22/23 $3,142,207,211 $750,000,000 $3,892,207,211 FY 23/24 $3,715,798,849 $913,979,661 $4,629,778,510 FY 24/25 $3,940,000,000 $935,000,000 $4,875,000,000
HTA and pCPA volumes
- The pCPA engaged and concluded a record number of negotiations in 2025, in response to sustained high volume of health technology assessment (HTA) reimbursement recommendations in recent years.
- Numbers of HTA reimbursement recommendations are expected to be similar in 2026 as those in 2025, and pCPA negotiation volumes are also projected to be similar.
- Data for bar charts: HTA and PCPA volumes
Three bar charts tracking number of HTA recommendations issued, pCPA negotiations engaged, and pCPA negotiations concluded.
Year HTA recommendations issued pCPA negotiations engaged pCPA negotiations concluded 2020 57 70 68 2021 65 85 74 2022 82 83 90 2023 61 81 93 2024 78 98 79 2025 76 122 137
pCPA activity
- The number of files under consideration has moderately increased from summer 2025.
- The pCPA is committed to further decreasing the time under consideration.
- The number of active negotiations remained strong after hitting a record high in the summer of 2025.
- Data for line graphs: pCPA activity
Two line graphs:
- "Files under consideration" represents files between the HTA recommendation and pCPA engagement.
- "Active negotiations" are files that have been engaged but have not concluded.
Month Files under consideration (average) Active Negotiations (average) Jan 2021 28.75 33.4 Feb 2021 27.19 33.25 Mar 2021 25.63 35.13 Apr 2021 26.56 33.5 May 2021 29.55 33.3 Jun 2021 28.69 34.94 Jul 2021 28.69 43 Aug 2021 29.9 44.5 Sep 2021 34.38 39.5 Oct 2021 35.45 36.25 Nov 2021 28.63 41.5 Dec 2021 23.44 46.06 Jan 2022 25.3 43.25 Feb 2022 28.38 43 Mar 2022 31.88 44.06 Apr 2022 32.38 44.13 May 2022 32.5 42.2 Jun 2022 30.19 35.31 Jul 2022 29.7 35.1 Aug 2022 30.94 36.5 Sep 2022 34.56 32.81 Oct 2022 38.6 31.2 Nov 2022 36.81 34.5 Dec 2022 38.44 34.19 Jan 2023 35.75 35.75 Feb 2023 37.5 37.94 Mar 2023 36.06 42 Apr 2023 33.8 36.2 May 2023 30.63 33.25 Jun 2023 27.56 33.56 Jul 2023 26.55 31.6 Aug 2023 25.88 26.5 Sep 2023 24.38 28.69 Oct 2023 23.9 28.15 Nov 2023 24.44 24.25 Dec 2023 27.85 24.6 Jan 2024 27.06 23.56 Feb 2024 27.75 22.13 Mar 2024 29 26.65 Apr 2024 30.31 32.06 May 2024 32.81 29.88 Jun 2024 40.65 25.5 Jul 2024 40.13 25.31 Aug 2024 33.25 27.81 Sep 2024 22.8 38.25 Oct 2024 19.38 41.56 Nov 2024 18.5 42.13 Dec 2024 21.4 44.6 Jan 2025 25.5 45.88 Feb 2025 25.75 46.19 Mar 2025 19.2 45.5 Apr 2025 15.19 44.38 May 2025 12.81 42.31 Jun 2025 13.5 38.75 Jul 2025 12.5 37.38 Aug 2025 16.65 44.2 Sep 2015 19.56 40.69 Oct 2025 20.81 37 Nov 2025 21.45 35.6 Dec 2025 19.19 31.81
pCPA timelines
- Between 2020 and 2025, the typical time under consideration improved from 99 business days to 32 business days, a 67% decrease.
Between 2020 and 2025, the total timeline improved from 219 business days to 81 business days, a 63% decrease.
- Data for bar chart: pCPA timelines
* Not all negotiations initiated in 2025 have concluded. The pCPA expects that as outstanding negotiations conclude, median timelines for 2025 will increase to be similar to 2024 timelines.
Data is measured in median business days.
Year Recommendation to acknowledgment Acknowledgment to negotiation start Negotiation start to conclusion Total median business days 2020 8 99 112 219 2021 4 68 86 158 2022 7 80 74 160 2023 6 73 80 159 2024 6 62 70 138 2025 8 32 41 81
Oncology drugs
- Timelines have improved for both time under consideration and active negotiation since 2020 for oncology drugs. The median time for under consideration has decreased from 45 business days, in 2020 to 30 business days in 2025. For time spent actively negotiating, timelines have decreased from a median of 103 business days to 40 business days.*
- Data for bar chart: Oncology drugs
*Not all negotiations initiated in 2025 have concluded. The pCPA expects that as outstanding negotiations conclude, median timelines for 2025 will increase to be similar to 2024 timelines.
Data is measured in median business days.
Year Recommendation to acknowledgment Acknowledgment to negotiation start Negotiation start to conclusion Total median business days 2020 9 45 103 156 2021 4 64 78 146 2022 5 62 73 140 2023 6 54 76 136 2024 5 37 71 113 2025 8 30 40 78