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Boehringer Ingelheim, one of 10 companies sent a warning letter by the FTC disputing the accuracy of patent listings in the FDA's Orange Book, was hit with an class action lawsuit, alleging that the company is using expired patents.

Employers must act upon this price information to redesign their health plans to better align hospital prices with the value of care provided, since price transparency alone will not lead to changes, according to a new RAND report.

Next year, the new limits for health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans are a slight bump, following 2024's largest-ever increase to the amount employees can set aside in their accounts.

With flu and COVID hospital admission rates now mirroring each other, Novavax, which lost out in the COVID vaccine race to Pfizer and Moderna, signed a licensing agreement with Sanofi to commercialize a combined COVID-flu shot.

Many health care companies rely on third parties to provide essential digital tools – telehealth platforms, secured file transfer solutions and advertising tools – and these services are prime targets for cyberattacks.

The FTC has issued a revised Health Breach Notification Rule, aimed at protecting consumer medical information on digital health and wellness apps, such as GoodRx and Cerebral, by requiring them to notify consumers of a breach.

As Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk are scrambling to meet demand for their popular weight-loss drugs, Bristol-Myers Squibb is the latest drugmaker to wield the restructuring ax, with plans to cut $1.5 billion in costs by the end of 2025.

Now, with only 6 months before the presidential election, the Biden administration is working to secure its health care policies, such as abortion data privacy, otherwise lawmakers may nullify new executive branch rules.