Monday, December 12, 2022: M&A

Amgen Inc. has agreed to buy biotechnology company Horizon Therapeutics PLC in a deal worth $27.8 billion, the largest health care acquisition of the year. The all-cash deal is equal to a nearly 20 percent premium over Horizon’s closing stock price on Friday....

Monday, December 12, 2022: Providers

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is poised to recommend that Congress increase 2024 Medicare payment to hospitals by 1 percent over what the law prescribes. The group is also likely to recommend a pay boost for clinicians paid through the physician...

Friday, December 9, 2022: Life Sciences

The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. and the Purchaser Business Group on Health’s EmansaRx jointly launched EmansaRx Plus, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) majority-owned by the business group that supplements employers’ existing drug benefits. EmansaRx Plus...

Friday, December 9, 2022: Life Sciences

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized updated COVID-19 shots from Pfizer and Moderna that target the omicron variant for children as young as six months. Children between 6 months and 5 years old who received the Moderna primary series can receive the...