AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoDrug Pricing: A 45-state coalition settled with Ascend, Citron and Mayne Pharma over alleged generic-drug price manipulation; Ascend will pay $400,000 and Mayne $650,000, while broader litigation continues. Biopharma Deals: Galderma agreed to buy skincare brand ZO Skin Health for $1.5 billion, while Zealand Pharma and Generate Biomedicines struck an AI-driven obesity-drug deal worth up to $1.2 billion. Diagnostics: Cyted Health reported 90% sensitivity and 86% specificity in a 324-person study of its non-endoscopic Barrett’s esophagus test, which could help identify patients for follow-up endoscopy. Health Data: A reported Oracle Health breach affected more than 20 million patients, underscoring the scale of cybersecurity risks for providers. Public Health Tech: Verily won a renewed CDC contract to support wastewater surveillance, including pathogen testing and genomic sequencing.
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