Leslie Walker
Stories
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Health
Medicare announces plan to recoup billions from drug companies
Drugmakers will be required to pay Medicare back for price increases that outpace inflation. The industry is expected to put up a fight over implementation.
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Health
AbbVie's blockbuster drug Humira finally loses its 20-year, $200 billion monopoly
U.S. doctors can now choose Amjevita instead, the first of several close copies of the popular rheumatoid arthritis drug expected this year. But industry-watchers warn consumer savings may be limited.
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Health
Legal fights and loopholes could blunt Medicare's new power to control drug prices
The Inflation Reduction Act gives Medicare historic new powers to limit prescription drug prices. But the pharmaceutical industry is already lobbying to dull their impact.