15 min

Trending News US – April 4, 2024 Trending Health

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In this Trending News US episode, Jen, Mindy, and Ryan discuss recent newsworthy items, including the introduction of rebate credits by CVS to account for more biosimilars entering the market, as well as a recent ruling by a federal appeals court that drugmakers cannot restrict 340B program offerings from community and specialty pharmacies. Finally, we discuss a groundbreaking procedure in which a kidney from a CRISPR gene edited pig was transplanted into a human.Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, CVS health, PBMs, biosimilars, 340B, pharmacies, hospitals, providers, xenotransplantation, CRISPR, gene editingSource Links:* As Humira biosimilars take over the market, CVS has created a new ploy; the drug “rebate credit” (%5C)* Federal appeals court sides with 340B contract pharmacies (%5C) * American Hospital Association 340B Factsheet (%5C) * Gene edited pig kidney transplanted into a living patient for the first time (%5C)* Kidney Disease Statistics for the United States (%5C) Panel – Jen Burke, Mindy McGrath, Ryan Hummel Research & Production – Anna Briccetti, Jen Burke Recording & Editing – Mike Liberto, Rachel Skonecki For additional discussion, please contact us at TrendingHealth.com (%5C) or share a voicemail at 1-888-VYNAMIC.

In this Trending News US episode, Jen, Mindy, and Ryan discuss recent newsworthy items, including the introduction of rebate credits by CVS to account for more biosimilars entering the market, as well as a recent ruling by a federal appeals court that drugmakers cannot restrict 340B program offerings from community and specialty pharmacies. Finally, we discuss a groundbreaking procedure in which a kidney from a CRISPR gene edited pig was transplanted into a human.Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, CVS health, PBMs, biosimilars, 340B, pharmacies, hospitals, providers, xenotransplantation, CRISPR, gene editingSource Links:* As Humira biosimilars take over the market, CVS has created a new ploy; the drug “rebate credit” (%5C)* Federal appeals court sides with 340B contract pharmacies (%5C) * American Hospital Association 340B Factsheet (%5C) * Gene edited pig kidney transplanted into a living patient for the first time (%5C)* Kidney Disease Statistics for the United States (%5C) Panel – Jen Burke, Mindy McGrath, Ryan Hummel Research & Production – Anna Briccetti, Jen Burke Recording & Editing – Mike Liberto, Rachel Skonecki For additional discussion, please contact us at TrendingHealth.com (%5C) or share a voicemail at 1-888-VYNAMIC.

15 min