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Kanter discusses changes in staffing and decision-making at the FDA
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Padula comments on the difficulty of assessing the potential effects of the White House’s drug pricing deals
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Melnick discusses the forces driving healthcare consolidation
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Medscape
Peters interviewed about how new GLP-1 guidelines and price reductions will affect patients
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Modern Healthcare
Sood explains how newer, alternative PBMs often have business with legacy firms
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