What is happening with Trump's drug price negotiations?

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Adobe STAT+ | Trump administration demands pharma companies begin drug price negotiations, a day after key deadline Pharmaceutical companies say they're waiting for more details on Trump's executive order tying U.S. drug prices to those paid in other countries. By Daniel Payne STAT+ | BioNTech to buy CureVac in $1.25 billion deal, saying it will bolster cancer work The onetime competitor in the Covid-19 vaccine race see a "shared commitment" to the potential of mRNA technology. By Andrew Joseph STAT+ | A closer look at the new members of the CDC vaccine advisory panel HHS Secretary Kennedy, after firing every member of key CDC vaccine advisory panel, appoints eight new members, including critics of mRNA technology. By STAT Staff Rick Bowmer/AP Women, young adults, and Native people hit hard by rapid increase in alcohol liver deaths, study finds Alcohol-associated liver disease deaths surged since 2018; cirrhosis, hepatitis drive mortality surge in women, young adults, and Indigenous people. By Isabella Cueto

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