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Top story Revolution Medicines' pancreatic cancer drug Rasonque posts one of oncology's best launches

Rasonque's early commercial performance is being watched as a test of demand for targeted RAS inhibitors in a tumor type with few treatment options.

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CVS Health to split pharmacy and insurance businesses, reversing years of vertical integration

The breakup separates Aetna and Caremark from retail pharmacies amid federal and state scrutiny of vertically integrated health care companies.

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FDA grants priority review to uniQure's Huntington's disease gene therapy

The review marks a key regulatory step for a one-time gene therapy in a fatal neurodegenerative disease, though approval remains uncertain.

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Analysts see biopharma climbing after Democratic 'blue wave' as drug pricing takes back seat

Historical midterm patterns and expectations that Democrats will prioritize other fights over drug pricing underpin the bullish read.

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Sanofi halts development of Nurix-partnered STAT6 degrader, triggering Nurix sell-off

The setback casts doubt on the prospects of drugs designed to degrade the hard-to-target STAT6 protein for immune conditions.

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Medicare finalizes controversial remote patient monitoring rule despite opposition

The change bars hospitals and other providers from using third parties to deliver remote monitoring services, a practice critics say inflates billing.

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Novo Nordisk's Wegovy pill sales beat Wall Street forecasts in third quarter

The oral obesity drug's performance widens Novo's early edge over Eli Lilly in the pill segment of the weight loss market.

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Ultragenyx to cut about 20% of staff after another study failure

The layoffs come as the company ends development of two rare disease drugs, adding to a run of pipeline setbacks.

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Repatha bests Zetia in study, cutting heart attack risk by 20% beyond statins

The results offer doctors evidence on which non-statin cholesterol medicine to choose for patients who need more risk reduction.

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China tightens investigator-initiated biotech trials after patient deaths, slowing rare disease research

The restrictions leave rare disease families and US investors facing uncertainty over a once-flooding pipeline of early-stage studies.

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India proposes immediate suspension of manufacturing licenses for drugs failing quality tests

The draft rules would tighten oversight of India's large generic drug manufacturing sector, a major source of global medicine supply.

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As doctors consult AI chatbots for care decisions, health systems weigh blocking them or buying in

Widespread chatbot use by clinicians is raising new questions about patient data privacy and HIPAA compliance.

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Alethio Therapeutics raises $90M for rare blood cancer drugs

The startup is developing a medicine for myeloproliferative neoplasms that an investor says could reach broader patient groups than approved drugs.

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