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Lawsuit Challenges Insurance Restrictions on Weight Loss Drugs Like Wegovy

Many employers and government programs won’t cover costly obesity medications. A lawsuit is challenging one such policy.

Common Patenting Tactic by Drug Companies May Be Illegal, F.T.C. Says

Experts say the exploitation of a loophole in the patent system has contributed to high prices for inhalers.

Merck Sues Over Medicare Drug-Price Negotiation Law

The company is heavily reliant on a cancer drug that could be targeted by a program intended to lower drug prices.

A Drug Company Exploited a Safety Requirement to Make Money

With a history as a date rape drug, a medication needed strict distribution controls. Its maker, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, used that to delay competition.

How a Drug Company Made $114 Billion by Gaming the U.S. Patent System

AbbVie for years delayed competition for its blockbuster drug Humira, at the expense of patients and taxpayers. The monopoly is about to end.
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