White House Announces Deal with Nine Mid-Size Pharmacutical Companies to Lower Drug Prices
On Aug. 31, 2026, the White House announced agreements with nine- mid-sized pharmaceutical manufacturers to lower prescription drug…
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Dementia Will Cost the U.S. $818 Billion in 2026, USC-Led Study Finds
On Jun. 24, 2026, A University of Southern California (USC)-led study finds Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias will…
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Biotechnology | FDA | Medicine | Therapeutics
Lilly and U.S. government agree to expand access to obesity medicines to millions of Americans
On Nov. 6, 2025, Eli Lilly announced an agreement with the U.S. government to expand access to its…
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Novo Nordisk announces agreement with the U.S. Administration to bring GLP-1s to more Americans at a lower cost
On Nov. 6, 2025, Novo Nordisk announced it has agreed with the U.S. Administration to lower drug prices…
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Study Showed Over 10% of Medicare Beneficiaries Have Diagnoses Indicating Dementia
On Sept. 3, 2024, researchers at NORC at the University of Chicago and George Washington University’s Milken Institute…
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Biotechnology | Disease | FDA | Neurology | Therapeutics
FDA granted traditional approval for LEQEMBI (lecanemab-irmb) for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
On Jul. 6, 2023, Eisai and Biogen announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the…
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HHS study showed 63-fold increase in Medicare Telehealthutilization during the Pandemic
On Dec. 3, 2021, a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that…
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Vaccination linked reduction of over a quarter million COVID-19 cases, 100,000 hospitalizations, and 39,000 deaths among seniors
On Oct. 5, 2021, a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) showed…
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swine flu outbreak declared a national emergency
On Oct. 24, 2009, President Barack Obama declared the swine flu (N1n1) outbreak a national emergency. The declaration…
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The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act extended expiring Medicare Program provisions
On Jul. 15, 2008, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act extended expiring provisions under the Medicare…
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Federal Medicare rule required all long-term care facilities to offer vaccination for influenza and pneumococcal disease
On Oct. 7, 2005, a new Federal Medicare rule became effective that required all long-term care facilities to…
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Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act required a study to make information about prescription drugs available to the visually impaired
On May 20, 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is establishing a docket to…
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Biotechnology | Clinical Research | Disease | Medicine | NIH | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics | Women's Health
President Clinton directed Medicare program to reimburse providers for cost of routine patient care in clinical trials
On Jun. 7, 2000, President Bill Clinton issued an Executive Memorandum that directed the Medicare program to revise…
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The costs of pneumococcal vaccine and its administration became a covered benefit under Medicare Part B
On Jul. 1, 1981, as a result of the enactment of Public Law 96-611 passed by the U.S….
