Today the Biden administration announced it would impose inflation penalties on 43 drugs for the third quarter of 2023, having fined 27 earlier this year, in a move it said would lower costs for older Americans by as much as $449 per dose.
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The FDA has approved the combination regimen of Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and Seagen and Astellas’ Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) for the first-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma, the companies announced Monday.
Merck’s bid to buy the cancer-focused Seagen has hit a roadblock after the two companies failed to agree on a price, according to a Bloomberg report published Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter.