#What to expect from the emerging battle royale over drug prices

#What to expect from the emerging battle royale over drug prices

On Aug. 29, the Biden administration announced the first 10 drugs whose prices will be negotiated with pharmaceutical companies this year and next, with lower prices becoming effective in 2026. The stakes are huge for American taxpayers and patients. Medicare enrollees taking the 10 selected drugs paid $3.4 billion in out-of-pocket costs in 2022. These 10 drugs cost Medicare $50.5…

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#SAG-AFTRA calls for video game actors to join picket line

#SAG-AFTRA calls for video game actors to join picket line

The actors’ union which is already striking Hollywood movie studios called for a second strike authorization on Friday for video game actors. “Here we go again! Now our Interactive (Video Game) Agreement is at a stalemate too. Once again we are facing employer greed and disrespect,” SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said in a statement.  The…

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#Global wildlife trafficking on the rise, aided by drug cartels

#Global wildlife trafficking on the rise, aided by drug cartels

Global wildlife trafficking is on the rise, adding a dimension to transnational crime and increasing the risk that U.S. corporations could unwittingly become entangled in the illicit trade. A new white paper by Moody’s Analytics highlights the growing risk for private enterprise, and the growing involvement of transnational crime in wildlife smuggling. “Brands sometimes are…

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#Former Pence aide calls Trump’s mug shot ‘tragic’

#Former Pence aide calls Trump’s mug shot ‘tragic’

Former Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff on Friday called former President Trump’s recent mug shot “tragic” and suggested he’s been receiving a lot of “bad counsel” lately. “I think it’s tragic, Jake,” Marc Short said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. While Short went on to say the former president had treated…

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