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Bio Roundup: Theranos Cuts, Alnylam Stops, Nobel Eats Its Own & More

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—Meanwhile, in the wake of the Mylan hearings, the Wall Street Journal this week was the latest outlet to record the animosity between drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers , the middlemen who buy drugs in bulk for large employers and other insurance payers. . With some caveats, ICER recommended lower prices. CLINICAL NEWS.

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Bio Roundup: Trump’s Rx Silence, PCSK9 News, Amgen’s Migraines & More

Xconomy

Speculation swirled this week around the incoming U.S. president’s intent to make good on his angry campaign rhetoric on drug prices, while the Associated Press reported that naming-and-shaming—that is, Congress hauling executives into hearings and penning angry letters—certainly hasn’t done the trick.

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