Two prominent congressional Democrats this week wrote to eight pharmaceutical company CEOs, urging them to remove 130 patents from a government registry.
Eli Lilly and Company, which manufactures one of the new weight-loss drugs, has launched an advertising campaign reinforcing that the drugs should not be used for cosmetic weight loss.
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The government is set to begin negotiating prices on the 10 costliest prescription drugs covered by Medicare this week, setting the stage for a fierce tug of war between U.S. officials and drugmakers.