And looking at the drug-pricing executive order from even more angles
I really thought today might be an easy day. I should have known better.
And PBM divestment of pharmacies is so hot right now (and yes, one tariff link)
And the hospital lobby tries to pump up the argument that it’s investing in charity care
And ‘middlemen’ take a beating from PhRMA’s ads, Arkansas’ legislation
And the best comments from the oral argument in Novo’s IRA appeal
And I wish there was something more nuanced to say than ‘pharma tariffs are dumb,’ but ... tariffs are dumb
And have any of you heard anything at all about the CMS stakeholder “roundtables” scheduled as part of Medicare negotiations?
Plus an extended metaphor about mayonnaise ... and 340B
Plus links on NVP, MPPP, an IRA lawsuit, tariff stuff, and a user-fee dumpster-fire-in-the-making
Plus some updates on this week’s pharm-to-table drama, and ‘today’s lol’ becomes a recurring feature
Plus a novel argument that suggests that U.S. drug prices aren’t as high as usually assumed
