Merck Files First IRA Suit, Signaling Industry Is Ready To Fight
Executive Summary
Coming less than three months before the statutory deadline for CMS to publish the initial list of drugs, Merck’s lawsuit calls US Medicare drug price negotiations ‘extortion’ in a complaint that could be the first of more legal pushback to follow.
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