Trending News US – July 27, 2023

In this episode, Mindy, Ryan, and Jen discuss recent newsworthy items, including the recent FDA approvals of Leqembi and Opill, a price transparency and PBM reform package working its way through Congress, and the recent series C funding raise for Octave.

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, life sciences, health policy, public health, CMS, DA, Medicare, drug prices, PBM, Alzheimer’s, women’s health, reproductive health, mental health, telemedicine, virtual care

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• New Federal Decisions Make Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi Widely Accessible
• With nonprescription nod for Perrigo’s Opill, the age of the over-the-counter birth control pill arrives in the US
• House committee moves another price transparency, PBM reform package forward
• Education and the Workforce Committee Passes Landmark Health Care Package
• Octave nabs $52M, eyes expansion of in-network therapy services to all 50 states in 2024

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Mindy McGrath, Healthcare Industry Advisor and Head of Public Health Sector

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Ryan Hummel, Executive and Head of Provider Sector

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Jen Burke, Director

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