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STAT+: Net prices for medicines fell considerably in 2023’s last quarter, mostly thanks to Humira biosimilars

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The net prices that health plans paid for medicines — after subtracting rebates, discounts, and fees — fell by 2.8% Over the past year, nine biosimilar versions of the medicine were launched by other companies seeking favorable placement on formularies, the lists of drugs for which health insurance coverage is available.

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STAT’s Casey Ross and Bob Herman named 2024 Pulitzer Prize finalists

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STAT+: Pfizer is about to make a big push in cancer. Will investors listen?

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In March of last year the company announced that it would spend $43 billion to buy Seagen , a maker of a hot category of oncology medicines called antibody-drug conjugates. Pfizer’s shares have slumped another 9% so far this year.

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New chronic Covid study offers insight into which immunocompromised patients are most at risk

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New research published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine analyzed how long it took for people with different levels of immune compromise to clear the virus, and how that virus evolved along the way. Read the rest…

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STAT+: EQRx abandons business plan around drug pricing, cuts jobs and programs

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EQRx, a company that aimed to lower drug prices by introducing inexpensive me-too medicines, said Tuesday that it has abandoned that plan and is laying off nearly 60% of its workforce.

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MindMed gets FDA breakthrough tag for LSD in anxiety

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In another inflection point for the psychedelic medicines category, Mind Medicine (MindMed) has claimed breakthrough status from the FDA for its LSD-based treatment candidate MM120 as a treatment for anxiety.

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Opinion: Listen: Living in cancer limbo

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” The concept described a new category of patients created by cutting-edge testing — say, prenatal diagnostics that alerted parents to potential problems, even though they might not appear. The patient in waiting was, quite literally, someone who was waiting to see if they would become ill.

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