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FILE PHOTO: A sign marks the offices of Moderna in Cambridge

Health Aug 20

Moderna shares surge after it says experimental mRNA cancer treatment passed key test

By Associated Press

Politics May 05

U.S. President Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House
White House says Trump's deals with pharmaceutical companies offer billions in savings

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House economists estimate that President Donald Trump's deals with pharmaceutical companies to drop some of their U.S. prescription drug prices to what they charge in other countries could save $529 billion over the next 10 years.

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

Politics Apr 23

U.S. President Trump participates in a healthcare affordability event at the White House in Washington
WATCH: Trump unveils deal with Regeneron to lower its drug prices for Medicaid

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a deal with drugmaker Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products as part of the White House's signature drug pricing initiative.

By Ali Swenson, Associated Press

Health Dec 19

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump signs executive orders at the Oval Office, in Washington
WATCH: Trump announces 9 pharmaceutical companies will lower drug prices

Pharmaceutical companies Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, GSK, Merck, Novartis and Sanofi will now rein in Medicaid drug prices to match what they charged in other developed countries.

By Sally Ho, Associated Press

World Aug 01

EU-China Summit in Beijing
EU chief's texts to a pharma boss during pandemic were likely erased, New York Times reports

Text messages exchanged between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and a pharmaceutical boss during the COVID-19 pandemic were seen by her top adviser and have likely been destroyed, the New York Times reported Friday.

By Lorne Cook, Associated Press

Jul 31

Watch 9:58
As opioid settlement money starts to flow in, states debate how best to use it

By Cat Wise, Mike Fritz

More than $50 billion in settlement funds from pharmaceutical companies that made and sold opioid painkillers will be paid out over the next 18 years to state and local governments across the country. But the debate around how this money…

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Jul 28

Watch 8:56
How the prescription drug supply chain is killing local pharmacies

By Fred de Sam Lazaro

The supply chain that brings pharmaceutical drugs from the factory to the pharmacy is long, complex and unclear. Congress and several state legislatures have proposed or enacted laws to bring more transparency and curb soaring drug prices. As special correspondent…

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Jul 19

DEA official resigns amid reports of previous Big Pharma consulting work

By Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, Associated Press

Louis Milione’s four years of consulting for Big Pharma preceded his 2021 return to the DEA to serve as Administrator Anne Milgram’s top deputy, renewing concerns in the agency and beyond about the revolving door between government and industry and…

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Aug 10

Groups make own drugs to fight high drug prices, shortages

By Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press

Impatient with years of inaction in Washington on prescription drug prices, U.S. hospital groups, startups and nonprofits have started making their own medicines.

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Aug 25

Watch 5:54
Tracking the flow of opioids across America

The manufacturers and distributors of opioid prescription painkillers have supplied billions of pills throughout the U.S. An investigative series by The Washington Post looks at the opioid epidemic through the DEA's newly public database that tracks every pain pill sold…

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