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John Arnold

Health By Lev Facher

How a billionaire couple greased the skids for Nancy Pelosi’s drug pricing bill

11/16 Joe Biden

Politics By Rachel Cohrs

Drug pricing déjà vu: Now it’s Democrats struggling to unite on the issue

B. Sanders

Politics By Rachel Cohrs

Why hospitals hate Bernie Sanders’ latest health reform push

Mr. Peter Welch

Politics By Nicholas Florko and Rachel Cohrs

Worried drug pricing reform might be left behind, Democrat pushes Biden to make clear his support

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Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Congress probes Emergent’s ties to a key Trump official in wake of Covid-19 vaccine scandal

John Cornyn

Exclusive By Rachel Cohrs and Lev Facher

Top Senate Republican holds up Biden’s CMS nominee over Texas Medicaid waiver

VP Harris

Health By Nicholas St. Fleur

In Q&A, Vice President Harris calls for urgent action on the Black maternal health crisis

MIAMI pharmacy tech

First Opinion By Jane A. Axelrad

Congress: stand up to the paper lobby and abolish outdated paper labeling for clinicians

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Humira

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Did someone say patent thicket? AbbVie CEO to testify before Congress about drug pricing tactics

Eric Lander

Politics By Lev Facher

Lander fends off controversy, pledges broader access to STEM careers during Senate confirmation hearing

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4/28 jb

Politics By Lev Facher

In his biggest speech yet, Biden pitches a new health agency to help ‘end cancer as we know it’

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Politics By Rachel Cohrs

Biden called for drug pricing reform this year. But it’s an empty call

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First Opinion By Susan Peschin and Duane Schulthess

H.R. 3’s international reference pricing misses the mark

Tom Nickels

Politics By Rachel Cohrs

The lobbying juggernaut the American Hospital Association is losing its top advocate at a critical moment for the industry

Wyden & Crapo

Politics By Nicholas Florko

Hints emerge about a key Senate committee’s plans for health care

Stephen Ubl

Politics By Nicholas Florko

PhRMA chief talks strategy — and he’s surprisingly optimistic about drug pricing reform

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Politics By Rachel Cohrs

There’s no point person in Biden’s HHS for its $187 billion Covid-19 fund for health care providers

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Politics By Lev Facher

Former Biden, Trump advisers renew push to delay second Covid vaccine

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Politics By Lev Facher

Resistance from health experts and business owners could doom ‘vaccine passports’ even before they launch

USMCA

Politics By Rachel Cohrs

Here are the drug pricing policy options Democrats could use to pay for their next big legislative push

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Politics By Rachel Cohrs

After U.S. failures on Covid, Congress is working to prepare America to fight the next pandemic

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Politics By Rachel Cohrs

Senate reaches deal to extend Medicare pay bump for health care providers through 2021

Oxycontin protest - pill bottles

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Lawmakers introduce a bill to prevent Sacklers from using bankruptcy ‘loophole’ to evade liability

HHS Xavier Becerra

Politics By Rachel Cohrs

Xavier Becerra’s 4 most urgent challenges as Biden’s HHS secretary

Capitol reflection public health

Politics By Rachel Cohrs

Hospitals’ push to boost Medicare pay through December faces uncertain fate in the Senate

Joe Manchin

Politics By Rachel Cohrs

With the ear of Joe Manchin, West Virginia hospitals helped secure billions in new Covid relief funds

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Health Tech By Erin Brodwin

‘We are on a collision course’: As virtual care booms, experts call for new health data privacy protections

coronavirus relief bill

Politics By Alan Fram — Associated Press

Senate approves $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill

Franklin faces

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Lawmakers rail against huge tax breaks drug wholesalers get from opioid settlement

U.S. Capitol

Politics By Rachel Cohrs

Health care industry scores lobbying wins in Senate on drug pricing, provider funds, insurance subsidies

Opioid Epidemic

Politics By Lev Facher

The ‘other’ epidemic: Amid Covid-19, addiction experts fear Biden could back-burner the overdose crisis

2/23 Xavier Becerra

Politics By Lev Facher

Republicans’ surprising Becerra attack: He’s not sympathetic enough to pharma

Diana DeGette

Politics By Nicholas Florko

The questions Congress should ask Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson about the Covid-19 vaccines