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Life Sciences Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Drug Pricing

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2024 Guide to the IRA and Other Drug Pricing Initiatives: Impact on Life Sciences Investments

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was signed into law by President Biden on August 16, 2022, and includes key sections addressing climate and clean energy, corporate taxes and health care. The health care provisions...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Road Ahead for Private Equity: Health Care & Life Sciences

Despite strong private equity interest in drug and device targets, policy changes in the healthcare industry have made the M&A market tricky to navigate. Healthcare has been one of the most active policy focus areas in 2023...more

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Federal Agencies Seeking Patent Seizure Authority Through Draft NIST Guidance

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The Situation: On December 8, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST") released a proposed framework for federal agencies regarding the exercise of the government's march-in rights for federally...more

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Horizons 2023: Panelists discuss key issues keeping APAC life sciences GCs up at night

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We were pleased to welcome industry leaders to our Life Sciences and Health Care Horizons event in Tokyo, where Hogan Lovells Tokyo office managing partner and Asia-Pacific (APAC) lead for the Life Sciences and Health Care...more

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HHS selects the first drugs for Medicare drug price negotiation

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\On August 29, 2023, Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced the first ten drugs covered by Medicare Part D selected for negotiation under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”), which was signed into...more

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What a Difference a Year Makes: IRA’s Drug Pricing Provisions Turn One

This week marks the one-year anniversary since the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which included sweeping reforms empowering the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to set prices for certain...more

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Life Sciences Landscape: 2023 Mid-Year Industry Update

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The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law in August 2022, impacted a wide range of tax laws and touched many aspects of government. Significantly, part of the IRA provides Medicare with the ability to negotiate the...more

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Merck Sues Federal Government Over Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

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On June 6, 2023, Merck & Co. filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government in federal court over the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)’s Medicare drug price negotiation program, which allows Medicare to directly negotiate prices...more

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Impacts of the U.S. IRA on licenses and collaborations

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This is an article in our 2023 series, “Life Sciences Transactional Insights”, which aims to provide key practical takeaways for our transactional colleagues by anticipating the needs of their regulatory, intellectual...more

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Is CMS Ignoring the Realities of Biopharmaceutical Costs?

On March 15, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance on the drug price negotiations provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The guidance contains CMS’s interpretations for a range of...more

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Spring cleaning: a transactional check-up for life sciences companies

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Spring cleaning: a transactional check-up for life sciences companies - This is an article in our 2023 series, “Life Sciences Transactional Insights”, which aims to provide key practical takeaways for our transactional...more

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JPM2023 Trendspotting: takeaways from Biotech Showcase

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At the recent J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM) and Biotech Showcase in San Francisco, our market-leading life sciences and health care industry led in-person discussions with industry experts on topics that will guide...more

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Health Care & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - December 2022

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Inflation Reduction Act Implementation: On Dec. 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) distributed an invitation addressed to “All Drug Manufacturers” announcing that CMS “will host monthly one-hour calls...more

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Health Care & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - November 2022 #2

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Health Reform and Midterm Results: In the wake of the midterm elections, leadership changes of key committees are underway. Commentators note that while both parties may agree on problems in the pharmaceutical and healthcare...more

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Health Care & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - October 2022 #2

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2022 Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit Concludes: The annual Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit took place Oct. 12-14 in Chicago. Latham partner Christopher H. Schott spoke at two sessions: the panel “Ask the Attorneys:...more

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[Ongoing Program] Understanding the 340B Program: A Guide to the Newest Developments - November 9th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET

Perspectives on Life Sciences Webinar Series: Explore Key Life Sciences Issues at the Intersection of Law, Policy & Business Strategy - The 340B discount program—which requires manufacturers to provide outpatient drugs to...more

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Health Care & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - September 2022

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Inflation Reduction Act: Stakeholders and commentators continue to review H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act), which became law on Aug. 16, 2022. Republican leaders on the House Energy & Commerce and...more

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