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CPT codes are the new front in fraud allegations

House oversight committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) is taking aim at the American Medical Association, linking the biggest doctor lobby’s billing codes to potential fraud, waste, and abuse.

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BioNTech is making big cuts to its manufacturing footprint.

The German company said in its first-quarter earnings release that up to 1,860 manufacturing staff could be impacted by its planned downsizing …

Whereas earlier Phase 3 results disappointed Wall Street, new findings in people with “chronic” disease were viewed by analysts as much more competitive with Amgen’s Tepezza.

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