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        "uri": "/2023/06/26/gsk-settles-first-zantac-cancer-lawsuit-pfizer-and-sanofi-settled-previously/",
        "title": "GSK settles first Zantac cancer lawsuit (Pfizer and Sanofi settled previously)",
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        "prettyDate": "June 26, 2023",
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        "summary": "More than 70,000 Zantac lawsuits have been filed against the drugmaker and the other pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Sanofi, that sold the heartburn drug.",
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        "uri": "/2019/07/24/senate-bill-would-tie-drug-costs-to-inflation/",
        "title": "Senate bill would tie drug costs to inflation",
        "byline": "Anna Edney",
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        "prettyDate": "July 24, 2019",
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        "summary": "The latest attempt to curb drug prices would penalize pharmaceutical companies for raising prices faster than the rate of inflation.",
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        "uri": "/2019/05/08/hhs-finalizes-rule-requiring-drug-price-disclosures-in-tv-ads/",
        "title": "HHS finalizes rule requiring drug price disclosures in TV ads",
        "byline": "Anna Edney",
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        "prettyDate": "May 08, 2019",
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        "summary": "Drugmakers will have to disclose a drug's cost if its price before rebates and discounts is above $35 for a month's supply.",
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        "uri": "/2019/05/03/cbo-curbing-drug-rebates-would-cost-billiions/",
        "title": "CBO: Curbing drug rebates would cost billions",
        "byline": "Anna Edney",
        "kicker": "Analysis",
        "prettyDate": "May 03, 2019",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "A proposal to end drug rebates in Medicare would increase spending by about $170 billion over 10 years, CBO says.",
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        "uri": "/2019/05/01/cbo-medicare-for-all-a-major-undertaking/",
        "title": "CBO: Medicare for All a 'major undertaking'",
        "byline": "Anna Edney and John Tozzi",
        "kicker": "Analysis",
        "prettyDate": "May 01, 2019",
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        "summary": "The report is likely to give both opponents and supporters of Medicare for All ammunition.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2019/04/12/drugmakers-cave-on-insulin-prices-why-now/",
        "title": "Drugmakers cave on insulin prices. Why now?",
        "byline": "Cynthia Koons and Anna Edney",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "April 12, 2019",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "The actions have raised questions about why it took public pressure before the companies altered their programs.",
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        "uri": "/2019/04/10/senators-call-for-investigation-into-pbms-spread-pricing/",
        "title": "Senators call for investigation into PBM's spread pricing",
        "byline": "Anna Edney and Robert Langreth",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "April 10, 2019",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The scrutiny is part of a wider inquiry by lawmakers into U.S. drug costs that has involved several Senate hearings.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2019/03/15/house-dems-investigating-junk-plan-health-insurers/",
        "title": "House Dems investigating short-term health plan insurers",
        "byline": "Anna Edney and Polly Mosendz",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "March 15, 2019",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Lawmakers want to know how companies market the plans, what percentage of applicants are denied coverage, and what brokers are paid. ",
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      {
        "uri": "/2019/02/01/trump-admin-proposes-ban-on-pharma-rebates/",
        "title": "Trump administration proposes ban on pharma rebates",
        "byline": "Anna Edney and Robert Langreth",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "February 01, 2019",
        "timeToRead": "5 minute",
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        "summary": "The measure, released by HHS on Thursday, would roll back so-called safe-harbor protections for drug rebates.",
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        "uri": "/2019/01/16/drugmakers-vs-trump-whats-next-for-the-showdown/",
        "title": "Drugmakers vs. Trump: What's next for the showdown?",
        "byline": "Kristen V Brown, Cynthia Koons, Anna Edney, and Riley Griffin",
        "kicker": "Market Insights",
        "prettyDate": "January 16, 2019",
        "timeToRead": "6 minute",
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            "name": "Kristen V Brown, Cynthia Koons, Anna Edney,"
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        "summary": "The Trump administration and Congress are gearing up for a renewed campaign to bring the companies to heel. Will it work?",
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