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WASHINGTON, D.C. — CVS Health’s Caremark pharmacy benefit manager agreed to change how it prices and administers prescription-drug benefits under a proposed Federal Trade Commission settlement that the agency estimates …
FTC Deal Forces Caremark to Reshape Drug Pricing Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — Glenmark will pay $29.6 million and cooperate with continuing multistate litigation to resolve allegations that the generic drug manufacturer participated in a long-running price-fixing conspiracy, with Pennsylvania …
Glenmark Pays $29.6 Million in Generic Drug Price Case Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal health officials have pushed back key deadlines for a new Medicaid drug pricing initiative after strong interest from pharmaceutical manufacturers and state programs.
CMS Extends Drug Pricing Program Deadlines Amid Demand Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — American patients could see significantly lower prescription drug costs under a new federal agreement with Regeneron that ties U.S. prices to the lowest rates paid in other …
Drug Prices Could Drop Sharply Under New Federal Deal Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal health officials announced that manufacturers of 15 high-cost prescription drugs have agreed to participate in the next round of Medicare drug price negotiations, a program designed …
Drugmakers Agree to Join Next Round of Medicare Price Negotiations Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a sweeping bid to upend how Americans pay for healthcare, Donald J. Trump on Thursday unveiled what he is calling The Great Healthcare Plan—a far-reaching proposal …
Trump Bets Big on Healthcare: A Radical Plan to Cut Costs and Pay Patients Directly Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have reached an agreement in principle on pharmaceutical pricing that U.S. officials say could reshape the global drug …
U.S., U.K. Strike Drug Pricing Deal Aimed at Ending Transatlantic Imbalance Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — The City of Philadelphia has launched a sweeping lawsuit against some of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers and insulin manufacturers, accusing them of orchestrating a pricing …
Philadelphia Sues PBMs, Drugmakers Over Insulin Prices That Skyrocketed Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a move that could reshape how obesity and metabolic disease are treated nationwide, federal health officials unveiled a new strategy to bring high-profile GLP-1 weight-loss drugs …
Weight-Loss Drugs Could Hit Medicare for $50 as CMS Upends Coverage Rules Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J. Trump on Friday announced a new agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca aimed at lowering prescription drug costs and strengthening U.S. manufacturing, part of a …
Trump Administration, AstraZeneca Reach Deal to Cut Drug Prices and Expand U.S. Investment Read More