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Medicare is now negotiating prices for ten drugs
After decades of being legally barred from haggling, the federal government is finally using its massive market share to lower costs. This shift is already forcing global pharmaceutical giants to rewrite their long-term R&D playbooks for the first time in a generation.
12 min
The Accelerated Shortcut: Inside the FDA's Alzheimer's Gamble
Internal documents reveal how regulators overruled their own statisticians to approve a failed Alzheimer's drug, exposing how the 'accelerated approval' pathway has become a controversial industry standard.
12 min
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