Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order from President Joe Biden that sought to lower the price of drugs.
Tripling the dosage of the Wegovy weight-loss drug leads to more weight loss, Novo Nordisk said Friday. The Danish drugmaker announced results from a Phase 3B trial of semaglutide at a 7.2 milligram dosage,
Trump rescinded Executive Order 14087, "Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans," which directed Medicare and Medicaid agencies to research and implement models for lowering the costs of prescription drugs. Separate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 also aimed at lower prescription drug costs are still in effect.
On its last weekday in power, the Biden Administration has chosen the next batch of drugs up for price negotiation in Medicare.
President Biden’s single term in office will be marked by several moments that saw the White House take the spotlight. It began with the pandemic and a raucous State of the Union. Then there was
Abe Sutton, a health policy aide in the first Trump administration, is likely to be named head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation at CMS.
The Biden administration announced Friday that Ozempic, Wegovy and 13 additional drugs will now be covered under Medicare Part-D for price negotiations, the next round of negotiations under the Inflation Reduction Act passed by President Joe Biden in 2022.
Biden spent like no president in history, and, with a sleight of hand, by taking hundreds of billions out of Medicare and spending it on green energy subsidies.
Biden’s domestic policy adviser says Trump avoided pledges to overhaul the Affordable Care Act and other health programs — but changes are coming anyway.
The White House on Friday said Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic were among the 15 medications picked for a round of price negotiations with Medicare. The companies do not have ...
President Donald Trump's initial executive orders target previous efforts to reduce health care costs, pandemic preparedness, and international partnerships, showing a stark contrast to the Biden administration.
Some of Trump's executive orders have an immediate policy impact. Others are more symbolic. Some already are being challenged by federal lawsuits.