The term “initial price applicability year” means a year (beginning with 2026).
The term “price applicability period” means, with respect to a qualifying single source drug, the period beginning with the first initial price applicability year with respect to which such drug is a selected drug and ending with the last year during which the drug is a selected drug.
The term “selected drug publication date” means, with respect to each initial price applicability year, February 1 of the year that begins 2 years prior to such year.
The term “manufacturer” has the meaning given that term in section 1395w–3a(c)(6)(A) of this title.
The term “maximum fair price” means, with respect to a year during a price applicability period and with respect to a selected drug (as defined in section 1320f–1(c) of this title) with respect to such period, the price negotiated pursuant to section 1320f–3 of this title, and updated pursuant to section 1320f–4(b) of this title, as applicable, for such drug and year.
The term “reference product” has the meaning given such term in section 262(i) of this title.
The term “total expenditures” includes, in the case of expenditures with respect to part D of subchapter XVIII, the total gross covered prescription drug costs (as defined in section 1395w–115(b)(3) of this title). The term “total expenditures” excludes, in the case of expenditures with respect to part B of such subchapter, expenditures for a drug or biological product that are bundled or packaged into the payment for another service.
The term “unit” means, with respect to a drug or biological product, the lowest identifiable amount (such as a capsule or tablet, milligram of molecules, or grams) of the drug or biological product that is dispensed or furnished.