Court strikes down Trump-era rule on copay accumulators; J&J agrees not to enforce patents on a key TB drug in dozens of poor countries

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Adobe STAT+ | Court strikes down Trump-era rule that allowed health insurers to broadly use copay accumulators The case focused on a tool called copay accumulators that are used by health plans to blunt the cost of drugs prescribed to beneficiaries By Ed Silverman STAT+ | J&J agrees not to enforce patents on a key tuberculosis drug in dozens of poor countries The move comes after the health care giant has faced accelerating demands to alter pricing and patenting policies for its bedaquiline pill. By Ed Silverman Can the world still invent an HIV vaccine? Progress in one area creates new problem An HIV vaccine has topped public health's wish list for nearly half a century. One researcher working on it isn't sure it will ever happen. By Jason Mast Dr. E. Arum, Dr. N. Jacobs/CDC via AP CDC proposes new antibiotics policy aimed at reducing STIs The agency is proposing health providers offer gay and bisexual men, and transgendered women, access to a common antibiotic, doxycycline. By Helen Branswell STAT+ | Mirum's Chenodal succeeds in late-stage trial for rare metabolic disorder The results potentially pave the way for Chenodal, already used off-label by physicians, to reach a wider pool of patients. By Jonathan Wosen STAT+ | Syndax's leukemia drug succeeds in pivotal study The results will set in motion an application for FDA approval, which the company expects to complete by the end of the year. By Damian Garde

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