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CRISPR biotech Intellia cuts staff as it eyes 2027 launch

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Eyeing a first commercial launch in 2027, Intellia is re-prioritising by cutting 27% of its workforce and shelving a lung disease candidate.

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Opinion: Want to end historic health care strikes? Fix a broken, outdated reimbursement model

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About 800,000 nurses plan to leave the workforce by 2027, and more than half of newly graduated nurses are leaving the profession within two years. The Kaiser strike is over, for now, but there is no clear resolution in place, and other strikes are still under way or on the horizon.

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STAT+: Wegovy is among drugs set to be targeted in the next round of Medicare price negotiations, researchers say

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1, and the negotiated prices of those drugs take effect in 2027.  Now, all eyes are on which Part D drugs will be chosen for the next round of 15 drugs. Medicare will announce that list by Feb.

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Teva is eyeing $2.5bn in Austedo sales in 2027

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Teva is eyeing $2.5bn in Austedo sales in 2027 Phil.Taylor Fri, 05/19/2023 - 09:41 Bookmark this

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New NPA chair takes over alongside first female vice chair

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Baldev Bange has become the NPA treasurer, while Mike Hewitson, Dave Thomas and Joanne Wolfe have joined the board until March 2027. Olivier Picard has taken over as the new chair of the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), alongside the organisation's first-ever female vice chair Sukhi Basra.

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Tories pledge £250m each year for Pharmacy First 2027-2030

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The Conservative Party has set out spending plans of £250m each year on Pharmacy First from 2027 to 2030, as it pledges to expand the service to include more conditions like acne and chest infections.

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HHMI’s move to diversify funding sparks debate about ‘biomedical elite’

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The nonprofit Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) will bar institutions that already have two or more beneficiaries of its Investigator Program from applying for a round of funds to be awarded in 2027.

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