Korea adds Pergoveris pen to reimbursement rolls, vial already covered
This is a device listing, not an eligibility expansion. The indication is unchanged, and the criteria were relaxed back in April 2025.
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CDA-AMC reverses course, backs Leqembi’s first ruling content still undisclosed
Four words carry the news: follows a reconsideration. CDA-AMC reached a different conclusion first, and neither release says what it was.
Biocon Makes It, a Consultancy Holds the Licence, and Sandoz Sells It
Three parties, three functions, and Biocon holds only the middle one. Treat the caretaker MAH structure as the Japanese default, not the exception.
Abbott Cleared the First Dual Glucose and Ketone Sensor. FDA Judged Accuracy, Not Admissions.
The label says diabetes. The clinical argument is type 1. Coverage conversations start from 2.1 million people, not 40.1 million.
Evernorth Adopts LOCUS in Three States, and States That the Review Process Is Not Changing
Three statutes across five years, discharged on one date. Evernorth says only the source of criteria changes, not the review process itself.
A Jury Convicted the Philips Engineer. The Approach Came as His Plant Was Closing.
The approach came in 2017 as Philips prepared to close the plant. A site closure is a knowledge event before it is a cost event.
DOJ Settled With the In-Home Vendor, Not the Health Plan, Over Four Medicare Advantage Codes
DOJ did not settle with a health plan. It settled with the in-home vendor that supplied the codes, and named the risk-share contract as the incentive.
Teva Faces New Probe in Turkey Over Conduct Flagged by EU
Not a new theory of harm. It is the European Commission’s Copaxone decision run a second time, with two of the same corporate entities named.
Japan Approved Orladeyo for Under-Twelves in an Open-Label Interim Analysis of 29 Children
The molecule has been approved in Japan since 2021. What is new is a formulation a two-year-old can swallow, and that is the commercial move.
China Will Pay One Price for 158 Conditions, Whatever the Hospital
Same disease, same payment across tiers. Of 31 DRG categories, 27 are internal medicine, where drug cost rather than theatre time drives the case.