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The US Supreme Court has ruled against the pharmaceutical industry's challenge to the Biden-era Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, cementing the government's authority to mandate price reductions on high-cost drugs, with Bristol-Myers Squibb, Amgen, and AbbVie among the companies most exposed to negotiated price cuts on key products.
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the combination of Merck's belzutifan and pembrolizumab (Keytruda) as an adjuvant treatment, extending the addressable market for both drugs and adding a new indication to Merck's oncology portfolio.
A Medicare coverage bridge program for GLP-1 weight-loss and diabetes drugs could significantly widen the addressable patient population for Eli Lilly's blockbuster Mounjaro and Zepbound products.
A landmark policy shift will see Medicare begin covering obesity medications for the first time, a direct positive development for Eli Lilly, whose Zepbound drug is one of the leading approved weight-loss treatments and stands to access a substantially larger insured patient base.
CMS is simultaneously advancing Inflation Reduction Act drug price negotiation implementation and pharmacy benefit manager reform, creating a dual regulatory headwind for companies operating PBM businesses.
Florida's attorney general opened an antitrust investigation into CVS Health over pharmacy market competition practices, adding a direct regulatory and legal overhang to the nation's largest pharmacy chain.
A proposed CMS rule could bring subcutaneous formulations of Keytruda and Opdivo under Medicare drug price negotiation, directly threatening the most profitable delivery format of two of America's best-selling cancer drugs.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed a rule extending Medicare drug price negotiations to drugs entering their first negotiation cycle from 2029, deepening the long-term revenue pressure on pharmaceutical companies.
A US court ruled against pharmaceutical industry plaintiffs who challenged Medicare drug price negotiation authority, closing a legal avenue pharma companies had hoped would limit or reverse the Inflation Reduction Act's pricing provisions.
