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United Healthcare to offer $0 insulin to some members; a major abortion pill maker hires its first lobbyist

 

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT+: UnitedHealthcare to offer $0 insulin, Epi-Pens, but only for some members

By Bob Herman and Tara Bannow

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Next year, United will offer employer health plans that have no copays or out-of-pocket costs for five vital drugs, including insulin.

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Major abortion pill maker GenBioPro hires its first lobbyists in Washington

By Nicholas Florko

Allen G. Breed/AP

The main manufacturer of the abortion pill mifepristone hired its own team of lobbyists for the first time this summer.

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STAT+: Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings

By Ed Silverman

Alex Hogan/STAT

From new hires to departures, promotions, and transfers, here are the latest comings and goings in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Opinion: Monkeypox patients should not be left to suffer when an FDA-approved drug could help

By Jay K. Varma and Joseph Osmundson

Karen Ducey/Getty Images

Tecovirimat (TOPXX), an FDA-approved drug, can be used to treat monkeypox. But it's almost impossible for people with the disease to get it.

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Insurers, courts grapple with how and when to pay for wilderness therapy — a polarizing industry with a sordid past

By Tara Bannow

RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images

Parents are suing insurers to get them to cover wilderness therapy, an industry that's itself trying to recover from a sordid past.

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Friday, July 15, 2022

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