Medicare – Talk Bio

Recent Law Expands Orphan Drug Protections, Shielding Blockbusters from Medicare Price Negotiations

4 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Big Beautiful Bill, Congress (U.S. Legislature), Drug Industry, drug price, Inflation Reduction Act, Keytruda, Medicare, negotiation, OBBBA, Opdivo, orphan drug exclusion

orphan drug exclusion; Medicare negotiation; One Big Beautiful Bill; Keytruda; Opdivo; Inflation Reduction Act; OBBBA; drug pricing; Congress; pharmaceutical industry

White House ‘Most Favored Nation’ Deadline Drives Pharma Concessions Amid Threats of Enforcement

1 month ago talkbio0Tagged deadline, drug manufacturers, drug price, Medicaid, Medicare, Nation, Pharma Concessions, pharmaceutical companies, prescription drug costs, Trump administration, White House

most favored nation; drug pricing; White House; executive order; pharmaceutical companies; Medicaid; Medicare; drug manufacturers; Trump administration; prescription drug costs; deadline; pharma concessions

Sanofi Expands $35 Insulin Program to All U.S. Patients Nationwide

1 month ago talkbio0Tagged Affordability, Diabetes, Insulin, Insurance, Medicare, monthly, Programs - Publication Format, sanofi, United States

Sanofi; Insulin; $35 monthly program; Insulins Valyou Savings Program; diabetes; insurance coverage; Medicare; affordability; United States

AstraZeneca Appeals to Supreme Court in Final Attempt to Challenge Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

1 month ago talkbio0Tagged AstraZeneca, drug price, Farxiga, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare, Myasthenic Syndromes, Congenital, Negotiation Program, Supreme Court

AstraZeneca; Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program; Supreme Court; Inflation Reduction Act; Third Circuit; due process; pharmaceuticals; CMS; drug pricing; Farxiga

Uncertainty Clouds Finances for Payers and Health Systems in Q2 2025

3 months ago talkbio0Tagged Budgets, Changing, Consumer, federal, health systems, healthcare financial performance, Hospital admission, Medicaid, Medicare, payers, Policy, Q2 2025, Uncertainty

Q2 2025; healthcare financial performance; payers; health systems; uncertainty; Medicaid; Medicare; admissions; policy changes; federal budget; consumer confidence

Obesity Leaders Dig Manufacturing Moats To Defend Injectable GLP-1 Empires

3 months ago talkbio0Tagged Bariatric Surgery, biosimilars/generics, Capital Expenditures, China, competition, constraints, eli lilly, GLP-1 pipeline, Glucagon-Like Peptide 1, manufacturing capacity, Market, Medicare, Nordisk, Obesity, Policy, Risk, Wegovy, Zepbound

GLP-1; manufacturing capacity; Eli Lilly; Novo Nordisk; obesity drugs; Wegovy; Zepbound; capital expenditures; supply constraints; market competition; Medicare coverage; policy risk; biosimilars/generics; China GLP-1 pipeline; bariatric surgery

Two Courts Reject Challenges to Inflation Reduction Act, Marking Major Win for Government

3 months ago talkbio0Tagged administrative law, AstraZeneca, constitutional challenge, Drug Negotiation Program, federal courts, Inflation, Ira (eukaryote), Medicare, Myasthenic Syndromes, Congenital, Third Circuit Court

Inflation Reduction Act; IRA; Medicare Drug Negotiation Program; AstraZeneca; federal courts; constitutional challenge; administrative law; Third Circuit Court; CMS; Medicare