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STAT+: ‘True disruption’: Mark Cuban’s company will sell brand-name diabetes medicines from J&J

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For the first time, Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company is selling medicines made by a large drug manufacturer directly to consumers at a greatly reduced price, the latest sign that the billionaire is trying to make good on his vow to disrupt the opaque pharmaceutical supply chain. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Listen: Biogen’s new CEO, how the midterms affect science, & a biotech bankruptcy

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STAT Washington correspondent Sarah Owermohle joins us to explain how this week’s midterm elections will affect health and medicine, and what the politicization of the pandemic means for the future of science in the U.S. We also discuss the incoming CEOs of Biogen and Seagen, plus a pair of biotech collapses.

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STAT+: mRNA startup Strand Therapeutics raises millions to test targeted cancer therapies

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When Jacob Becraft addressed a bustling party of a hundred-plus employees, friends, and investors at his startup’s lab last month, he credited messenger RNA for bringing everyone back together in one room. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story… His remarks carried a double meaning.

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STAT+: Shares of Merrimack, a dormant drugmaker, soar after cancer drug succeeds in trial

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The deal gave Merrimack $575 million in cash, plus the potential for another $450 million in future cash payments contingent on Onivyde winning additional regulatory approvals. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: Mark Cuban teams with a business coalition in bid to lower drug costs for employers

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In his latest bid to expand access to lower-cost medicines, Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company will offer discounts directly to a company run by a coalition of 40 large private and public employers, cutting out the usual middlemen in the nation’s opaque pharmaceutical supply chain.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Mark Cuban’s drug company goes after employer market; FDA slaps import alert on key Sun Pharma plant

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… In his latest bid to expand access to lower-cost medicines, Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company will offer discounts to a coalition of 40 large private and public employers, a step that involves cutting out the usual middlemen in the opaque U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain , STAT says.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: How Lilly’s cuts will affect other efforts to lower insulin prices; pharma rebukes U.K. over clawbacks

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And the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story… Civica, a nonprofit, plans to begin selling biosimilar insulin for roughly $30 per vial by 2024 — $5 more than the new price of Lilly’s generic insulin. plans to sell low-cost insulin.

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