STAT

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

A conservative federal judge in Texas has ruled in favor of UnitedHealth Group, saying the federal government unlawfully factored in a “disputed” phone call to lower UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage ratings.  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will now have to revise UnitedHealth’s 2025 Medicare Advantage ratings by taking out the call center metric, and “immediately publish the recalculated star ratings in the Medicare Plan Finder,” Ju

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Pharmacy Times

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has proven efficacy in autoimmune neuropathies, with mixed but promising outcomes in severe COVID-19 cases and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection trials.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others. To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about issues raised in First Opinion essays, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to them.

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Drug Patent Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The global pharmaceutical industry faces a significant challenge in ensuring access to essential medicines, particularly in emerging markets where affordability and availability are major concerns. The generics industry plays a critical role in addressing this issue, offering cost-effective alternatives to branded medications.

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PharmaTech

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

FDA's approval will allow Kedrion to manufacture Ryplazim (plasminogen, human-tvmh), the only FDA-approved therapy for treating PLGD-1, at facility in Bolognana, Italy.

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Pharmacy Times

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Belantamab mafodotin demonstrated benefits in overall survival in the phase 3 DREAMM-7 trial.

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Pharmacy Times

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Data show that a child’s insurance status is independently associated with mortality after hematopoietic cell transplantation.

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PharmaTech

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The $3.6 million investment will allow the CDMO to boost its advanced labeling, automated visual inspection, and fill/finish capabilities.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

STAT reporters reached out to key figures in biotech, pharma, and medical devices to find out what they think about President-elect Trump’s pick of Johns Hopkins pancreatic surgeon Martin “Marty” Makary as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Makary, like Trump’s intended Health and Human Services selection, Robert F.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

If there is a message in President-elect Trump’s Friday night reveal of who he intends to nominate for key health care positions in his administration, it is this: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are in big trouble. The Food and Drug Administration might be OK. Of course, none of the picks, from the presumptive Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

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