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Earnings Season Is In Full Swing, Which Could Shed Light on Where Companies Stand on MFN

Earnings Season Is In Full Swing, Which Could Shed Light on Where Companies Stand on MFN

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Jul 27, 2026
Reuters Explores the Launch of CMS' Bridge Program, and Other Summer-Friday Highlights

Reuters Explores the Launch of CMS' Bridge Program, and Other Summer-Friday Highlights

It's a short Curve in hopes that you're enjoying a long weekend

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Jul 24, 2026
Everyone Agrees: Trump’s Threatened Tariffs on Generic Drugs Are Going to Hike Prices and Create Shortages

Everyone Agrees: Trump’s Threatened Tariffs on Generic Drugs Are Going to Hike Prices and Create Shortages

And no one really thinks the tariff proposal is likely to achieve the goal of onshoring manufacturing, either

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Jul 23, 2026
Drugmakers Lose a Battle -- But Make Progress in the War -- Over 340B Rebate Models

Drugmakers Lose a Battle -- But Make Progress in the War -- Over 340B Rebate Models

Plus Trump pledges 100% tariffs on generic meds ... but the tariffs wouldn’t kick in until his term is nearly over

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Jul 22, 2026
The Media Strategy Behind a New Novo Lawsuit, J&J Weighs in on 340B, and a Deep Dive on the Biggest – But Most Invisible – Companies in Healthcare

The Media Strategy Behind a New Novo Lawsuit, J&J Weighs in on 340B, and a Deep Dive on the Biggest – But Most Invisible – Companies in Healthcare

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Jul 21, 2026
Activity Around CMS’ GENEROUS and GUARD Models Is a Reminder That MFN Policy Never Takes a Vacation

Activity Around CMS’ GENEROUS and GUARD Models Is a Reminder That MFN Policy Never Takes a Vacation

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Jul 20, 2026
Why Hospitals Escape Responsibility for Rising Health Costs, and Nine Other Stories for a Summer Friday

Why Hospitals Escape Responsibility for Rising Health Costs, and Nine Other Stories for a Summer Friday

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Jul 17, 2026
The Implications of Merck’s Move to Price Its Cholesterol Pill at $315 a Month

The Implications of Merck’s Move to Price Its Cholesterol Pill at $315 a Month

And UnitedHealth Group’s revenues topped $100 billion -- again -- last quarter

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Jul 16, 2026
CVS Caremark Settles Its FTC Insulin Lawsuit, Pledging Changes to the PBM Business Model

CVS Caremark Settles Its FTC Insulin Lawsuit, Pledging Changes to the PBM Business Model

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Jul 15, 2026
The 340B Program Topped $100 Billion in Annual Sales Last Year; Big Hospitals Continue to Dominate

The 340B Program Topped $100 Billion in Annual Sales Last Year; Big Hospitals Continue to Dominate

Plus TrumpRx’s June site visits sunk to their lowest level since the site launched in February

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Jul 14, 2026
A Spate of Articles on GLP-1 Value and Reimbursement Drive Home a Frustrating Reality

A Spate of Articles on GLP-1 Value and Reimbursement Drive Home a Frustrating Reality

“This is the first time that we’ve seen significant restrictions on access to drugs that are safe and effective.”

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Jul 13, 2026
Nearly a Third of Prescriptions Are Rejected by Insurers, and the Problem Is Getting Worse, JAMA Analysis Finds

Nearly a Third of Prescriptions Are Rejected by Insurers, and the Problem Is Getting Worse, JAMA Analysis Finds

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Jul 10, 2026
Today’s Top 10: The Latest on Efforts to Break Up Insurance Companies, a Passel of 340B Links, and Solutions to Cell and Gene Therapy Coverage Dilemmas

Today’s Top 10: The Latest on Efforts to Break Up Insurance Companies, a Passel of 340B Links, and Solutions to Cell and Gene Therapy Coverage Dilemmas

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Jul 9, 2026
A Florida Hospital With $400 Million in 340B Pharmacy Revenue Is Suing to Stop a New Lilly Policy

A Florida Hospital With $400 Million in 340B Pharmacy Revenue Is Suing to Stop a New Lilly Policy

And that lawsuit includes a surprising level of detail on 340B prices

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Jul 8, 2026
More 340B Legislation Released, Sharpening Where -- and How -- Reform Might Happen

More 340B Legislation Released, Sharpening Where -- and How -- Reform Might Happen

And Lilly bakes the CMS Bridge demo into its ad campaigns

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Jul 7, 2026
Fox Business Shows How Mainstream Interest in 340B Is Building

Fox Business Shows How Mainstream Interest in 340B Is Building

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Jul 6, 2026
CMS Again Targets 340B Hospitals With a Plan for Massive Reimbursement Cuts on Discounted Drugs

CMS Again Targets 340B Hospitals With a Plan for Massive Reimbursement Cuts on Discounted Drugs

Plus assessing whether CMS’ Bridge program will be ginormous or merely huge

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Jul 3, 2026
The Three Stories You’ll See Over and Over as the CMS Obesity ‘Bridge’ Program Launches on Wednesday

The Three Stories You’ll See Over and Over as the CMS Obesity ‘Bridge’ Program Launches on Wednesday

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Jun 29, 2026
Bill Cassidy Is Leaving Congress a Blueprint for 340B Reform

Bill Cassidy Is Leaving Congress a Blueprint for 340B Reform

And trying to make sense of an ADA poll showing that most patients with diabetes pay more than $35 a month for insulin

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Jun 26, 2026
A CMS Bridge Demo Irony: Patients With Obesity and Diabetes May Pay 3x What Patients With Only Obesity Pay

A CMS Bridge Demo Irony: Patients With Obesity and Diabetes May Pay 3x What Patients With Only Obesity Pay

And drug launch prices fell like a rock last year (but you can’t really read anything into that)

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Jun 25, 2026
Trump Weighs In on CMS’ Bridge as the Countdown to Launch Reaches T-Minus One Week

Trump Weighs In on CMS’ Bridge as the Countdown to Launch Reaches T-Minus One Week

And pharma companies take aim at the reluctance of European countries to boost medicine spending

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Jun 24, 2026
CMS’ Obesity ‘Bridge’ Demo Will Launch Next Week, and Everyone Is Scrambling to Explain How It Will Work

CMS’ Obesity ‘Bridge’ Demo Will Launch Next Week, and Everyone Is Scrambling to Explain How It Will Work

And a 340B hospital in Virginia finds a novel way of not helping vulnerable patients

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Jun 23, 2026
A Post-Long-Weekend Top 10, Led by U.S.-Germany Trade Drama and Bridge Specifics

A Post-Long-Weekend Top 10, Led by U.S.-Germany Trade Drama and Bridge Specifics

Plus a couple of 340B links and a study on the impact of the Medicare Part D out-of-pocket cap

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Jun 22, 2026
Europe to Struggle With a Unified MFN Approach to Ensure No Country Gets ‘Played’ by the U.S.

Europe to Struggle With a Unified MFN Approach to Ensure No Country Gets ‘Played’ by the U.S.

And a new report adds up the impact on drug development from the chaos across the innovation ecosystem

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Jun 17, 2026
Democrats Lay Out a Litany of Price-Lowering Ideas for Drugs (But Fail to Ask the Most Important Question)

Democrats Lay Out a Litany of Price-Lowering Ideas for Drugs (But Fail to Ask the Most Important Question)

And the Trump administration moves ahead with MFN rules as European governments weigh the impacts

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Jun 16, 2026
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