by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 26, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
Yesterday, senate health committee leaders Bernie Sanders and Bill Cassidy announced an agreement on a bipartisan package to increase access to generic drugs and increase transparency required of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).The package includes four bills that...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 20, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
The White House is planning to nominate Boston cancer surgeon Monica Bertagnolli to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The decision would end a lengthy vacancy atop the health research agency and vault Bertagnolli into the role just months after being...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 19, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a second omicron booster for people who are at least 65 or immune-compromised, an option intended to bolster protection for the most vulnerable Americans even as the pandemic The action appears likely to provide a...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 18, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
The industry lobby group PhRMA made a list of complaints to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) about Medicare’s new drug price negotiation program, including complaints of only allowing for a 30-day comment period on guidance, limited meetings...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 17, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
The Department of Health and Human Services said that it is planning to keep pharmacists’ shot-administering powers even after the official end of the COVID emergency in May. The rules that let pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy interns give...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 14, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
Pharmacy benefit management giant Express Scripts is rolling out multiple new programs in a bid to evolve its model to be more transparent and predictable for patients and plan sponsors. The company, a subsidiary of Cigna’s Evernorth,unveiled two new programs...
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