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Lawsuits Against Medicare Drug Negotiations Are Mounting, But They Probably Won’t Be Able to Stop The Plan
Lawsuits filed in opposition to the White House’s drug pricing negotiation program are beginning to mount, but legal experts agree that the plaintiffs’ arguments probably won’t hold up during a court battle. However, these lawsuits still could delay when the government’s ability to negotiate price goes into effect.
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Why One Healthcare Lawyer Thinks Merck’s Drug Pricing Lawsuit Defense ‘Makes No Sense’
Merck recently became the first drugmaker to sue the federal government over its Medicare drug price negotiation program. The company’s lawsuit argues that the program violates the Constitution’s First and Fifth Amendments, but healthcare law expert Robin Feldman said the defense doesn’t have any legs.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Merck’s $11B Prometheus Acquisition Brings IBD Drug & Precision Medicine Platform
Merck is acquiring Prometheus Biosciences and a lead drug candidate in development for inflammatory bowel disorders. The deal comes as Merck looks for drug prospects that could make up for revenue declines facing blockbuster seller Keytruda, which faces patent expirations in coming years.
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FDA Warning Letter Issued to Website Purveying Ivermectin Pills for Covid-19
The FDA has issued a warning letter to a website that has been selling the antiparasitic drug ivermectin as a treatment for Covid-19. The correspondence directs the company to stop selling its products and correct any misleading language in its marketing material.
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Merck Vaccines Pipeline Gets Boost Via Deal for Opko Candidate for Epstein-Barr
Merck has licensed global rights to an Opko Health vaccine in development for Epstein-Barr virus. The preclinical vaccine candidate, made with technology that displays multiple viral antigens to prompt an immune response, could compete against programs from Moderna and Valneva.
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Sanofi CEO: We Don’t Have a Leaky Bathtub
In a media briefing during the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, Paul Hudson said unlike Sanofi, large pharma companies with top-selling drugs have a portfolio akin to a leaky bathtub because in a few years, they will have to replace much of that revenue as drug patents expire.
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From JPM Week: Trends That Life Science Experts Are Watching in 2023
Boston Consulting Group hosted a panel during the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in which Merck’c chief strategy officer, a healthcare leader from Goldman Sachs, an investment executive and a senior medical devices executive from Medtronic weighed in on trends the life sciences industry can expect to see in 2023.
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Merck Sees No Future for NGM Bio’s Eye Drugs and Declines Licensing Options
Geographic atrophy has no FDA-approved treatments, and Merck is walking away from its contender in the chase for one. The pharmaceutical giant declined to exercise its option on several NGM Biopharmaceuticals eye programs, a decision that follows a Phase 2 clinical trial failure.
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Merck’s $1.3B Imago Buyout Brings Blood Cancer Drug to Rival BMS, Incyte & GSK
Merck is acquiring Imago BioSciences, a clinical-stage biotech whose lead drug is in development for myelofibrosis and other blood cancers. The deal gives the pharmaceutical giant a small molecule that could provide an alternative to a class of drugs that introduce dangerous side effects.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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NGM Bio’s Merck-partnered drug for vision loss disorder flunks Phase 2 test
NGM Biosciences’ experimental geographic atrophy therapy failed a mid-stage test, making it less likely that drug partner Merck will exercise its option on the antibody. Meanwhile, an Apellis Pharmaceuticals drug for the same disorder is expected to receive an FDA decision by late November.
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Merck pays Moderna $250M to share equally in cancer vaccine for melanoma
Moderna and Merck have been partners in the development of messenger RNA cancer vaccines since 2016. Merck is deepening the alliance by exercising an option that enables it to share equally in further work on a partnered cancer vaccine for melanoma.
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Merck HIV drug trials paused by FDA will resume under modified plan
A Merck HIV drug placed under multiple full and partial clinical holds last year is now clear to resume testing. As part of a modified plan, Merck will test a lower dose of its experimental drug, islatravir. The pharma giant is also dropping tests of the drug for HIV prevention.
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Merck picks circular path to RNA and commits $250M to biotech startup Orna
Merck aims to bolster its genetic medicines pipeline through a new research alliance with Orna Therapeutics, a startup whose technology forms RNA into a circle shape that brings several advantages for new therapies and vaccines. In addition to starting the partnership, the pharmaceutical giant also invested in Orna’s $221 million Series B financing round.
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Merck turns to biotech Cerevance to feed neuro pipeline with Alzheimer’s drugs
Merck is paying $25 million to kick off a research partnership with Cerevance, a startup that analyzes donor brain tissue to find novel targets for new neurological disorder drugs. While Cerevance’s lead program is a Parkinson’s disease drug, Merck is wants to see if the startup’s technology can help it discover and develop new Alzheimer’s disease drugs.
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Merck strikes a $290M deal for novel prostate cancer drug
Merck is partnering with Orion on the clinical development and potential commercialization of a new drug for advanced prostate cancer. Though Merck already has a piece of the prostate cancer drug market, Orion’s drug would offer a new approach for treating cancers that have become resistant to currently available hormone therapies.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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