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HHS appeals ruling that stalled many of Kennedy’s vaccine policy changes

The Department of Justice is appealing a ruling by a federal judge which stalled many of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s changes to federal vaccine policy. 

The appeal, filed Wednesday, is the latest twist in the closely watched lawsuit filed by the American Association of Pediatrics along with several other professional organizations and several anonymous women. The organizations argued that in reconstituting a federal vaccine advisory committee and changing the childhood vaccine schedule, Kennedy’s health department violated the Administrative Procedures Act, which governs how federal agencies consider and implement policy changes. 

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The Department of Justice is appealing a ruling by a federal judge which stalled many of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s changes to federal vaccine policy. 

The appeal, filed Wednesday, is the latest twist in the closely watched lawsuit filed by the American Association of Pediatrics along with several other professional organizations and several anonymous women. The organizations argued that in reconstituting a federal vaccine advisory committee and changing the childhood vaccine schedule, Kennedy’s health department violated the Administrative Procedures Act, which governs how federal agencies consider and implement policy changes. 

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STAT+: Trump’s obesity drug plan creates a temporary Medicare program that may be hard to end

WASHINGTON — Weight loss drugs will be available to adults 65 and older in Medicare for the first time next month, thanks to a government program that’s supposed to be temporary. It may be difficult to end it.

Medicare is prohibited by law from paying for obesity drugs. The Trump administration is circumventing that law by making the drugs available via a demonstration program.

Initially, Medicare had hoped to push private Medicare insurers to voluntarily cover the drugs via a three-year program called BALANCE, which would have started following a short transitional period. But insurers balked, so the federal government is instead extending the transitional coverage program, called Bridge, until the end of next year.

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WASHINGTON — Weight loss drugs will be available to adults 65 and older in Medicare for the first time next month, thanks to a government program that’s supposed to be temporary. It may be difficult to end it.

Medicare is prohibited by law from paying for obesity drugs. The Trump administration is circumventing that law by making the drugs available via a demonstration program.

Initially, Medicare had hoped to push private Medicare insurers to voluntarily cover the drugs via a three-year program called BALANCE, which would have started following a short transitional period. But insurers balked, so the federal government is instead extending the transitional coverage program, called Bridge, until the end of next year.

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Neumora discards depression asset, lays off staffers after pair of late-stage flops

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Neumora Therapeutics is laying off 35% of workers after its most advanced asset failed a pair of Phase 3 studies, sending the biotech’s stock spiraling early Monday.

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Germany rethinking drug price reforms after Lilly, Boehringer withdraw investments: Reuters

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Weeks after Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly retracted billions of dollar in German commitments, the nation’s government is reportedly changing a contentious element of its planned healthcare reforms.

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