Coronavirus Notebook: BARDA Contracting Scrutiny; Part D Cost Sharing
Executive Summary
Dispatches from a world turned upside down covering a possible US government investigation into BARDA contracting practices and Medicare Part D plans waiving cost sharing for COVID-19 treatments.
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