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PhRMA Selects Its Next CEO: Former Congressional Heavyweight Eric Cantor

PhRMA Selects Its Next CEO: Former Congressional Heavyweight Eric Cantor

And companies with new meds are (again) getting shy about revealing prices at approval

Brian Reid
Brian Reid
Sep 30, 2026
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Seniors Probably Won’t Be Happy About 2027 Medicare Choices (Even Though CMS Is Celebrating Lower Premiums)

Seniors Probably Won’t Be Happy About 2027 Medicare Choices (Even Though CMS Is Celebrating Lower Premiums)

Plus 84 pages on what the Democrats will do on healthcare if they retake the House

Brian Reid
Brian Reid
Sep 29, 2026
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Hospital Billing Is Getting More Aggressive, Raising Costs. Insurers Are Blaming AI

Hospital Billing Is Getting More Aggressive, Raising Costs. Insurers Are Blaming AI

Plus more data on the link -- or lack thereof -- between 340B revenue and charity care

Brian Reid
Brian Reid
Sep 28, 2026
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Does a New Analysis Comparing TrumpRx Prices to International Cash Prices Clarify Anything?

Does a New Analysis Comparing TrumpRx Prices to International Cash Prices Clarify Anything?

And a deep dive on 340B hospital financial assistance policies

Brian Reid
Brian Reid
Sep 25, 2026
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Keytruda, Opdivo Top a New Forecast of the 20 Drugs Due for Medicare ‘Negotiations’ Next Year

Keytruda, Opdivo Top a New Forecast of the 20 Drugs Due for Medicare ‘Negotiations’ Next Year

And Chris Klomp’s ducked MFN and TrumpRx questions from Senators; his nomination advances anyway

Brian Reid
Brian Reid
Sep 24, 2026
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Pfizer’s Bourla: CEOs Might Want to ‘Send Me Thank-You Notes’ for MFN Work

Pfizer’s Bourla: CEOs Might Want to ‘Send Me Thank-You Notes’ for MFN Work

Brian Reid
Brian Reid
Sep 23, 2026
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One Big Beautiful Bridge: 700K Medicare Beneficiaries Have Opted Into CMS’ Obesity Pilot

One Big Beautiful Bridge: 700K Medicare Beneficiaries Have Opted Into CMS’ Obesity Pilot

And pressure on Europe -- especially Germany -- to raise drug prices intensifies

Brian Reid
Brian Reid
Sep 22, 2026
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Copies of Lilly and Pfizer’s MFN Deals Have Been Released. The Takeaway Is █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █

Copies of Lilly and Pfizer’s MFN Deals Have Been Released. The Takeaway Is █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █

And South Dakota stopped a bounty program for racoon tails last year. That move saved more money than its new Medicaid MFN deal

Brian Reid
Brian Reid
Sep 21, 2026
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Two Reasons To View Today’s Medicaid Drug-Price News With Skepticism

Two Reasons To View Today’s Medicaid Drug-Price News With Skepticism

Brian Reid
Brian Reid
Sep 18, 2026
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