Recon: Drugmakers ring in 2025 with new round of pricing hikes; FDA approved 50 new drugs, 11 biologics in 2024

• Latest updates to hospital price transparency rules aim to make the data more useful (STAT)
• The biggest medical advances of 2024 (STAT)
• 3 key issues to watch at the FDA as Trump takes office (STAT)
• A look at biotech's year of the megaround (Endpoints)
• Podium Finish: US FDA’s 61 Novel Approvals In 2024 Fall Short Of 2023 Peak But Exceed Average (Pink Sheet)
• Hidden Figures: Medicare Price Negotiation Post-Mortem Offers Few New Insights (Pink Sheet)
• 2024 drug approvals: Small companies loom large with several key FDA nods (Fierce Pharma)
• Pfizer, BMS and more ring in 2025 with fresh round of drug price increases: report (Fierce Pharma)

• Roche circles back to China biotech with $80M deal for lung cancer ADC (Endpoints)
• China Health Commission to narrow gaps in mental health services (Reuters)
• Merck wins UK approval for lung disease drug acquired in $11 billion deal (Reuters)
• China defends COVID-19 data-sharing as WHO seeks more access (Reuters)
• France reports bird flu on two farms, losing disease-free status (Reuters)
• Indian drugmaker Anthem Biosciences files for $397 mln IPO (Reuters)
• Boosting Reliability: EMA Backs AI Tool For MASH Trials (Pink Sheet)
• Why the Obesity Drug Revolution Is a Work in Progress (Bloomberg)
• Swiss Move To Prioritize Ambulatory Care In Healthcare Reform (MedTech Insight)

• Neumora’s antidepressant stumbles in first Phase 3 trial readout (STAT)
• Pfizer kills hemophilia gene therapy deal, imperiling Sangamo (STAT)
• Hutchmed’s divestiture; Xgene reports Phase 2b win for non-opioid pain drug (Endpoints)
• Flagship biotech Valo Health ends 2024 with mid-stage fail (Endpoints)
• Despite mixed data in Alzheimer's agitation, Axsome will still seek FDA approval (Endpoints)
• After delay with FDA, Novartis touts pivotal trial win for intrathecal Zolgensma in older SMA patients (Fierce Pharma)
• Lilly’s Zepbound expected to surpass Novo’s Wegovy to ‘dominate’ obesity market: GlobalData (Fierce Pharma)
• After phase 3 setbacks, troubled Marinus inks $151M sale to Immedica Pharma (Fierce Pharma)
• Bristol Myers celebrates 10 years of Opdivo with FDA approval for subcutaneous version (Fierce Pharma)

• Fixing pulse oximeters requires federal might and possible legal action, researchers say (STAT)
• Four digital health unicorns on what they expect in 2025 (STAT)
• Top 10 medtech deals of 2024 (MedTech Dive)
• Few medical devices are designed for children. An FDA-Children’s National collaboration aims to change that. (MedTech Dive)
• Abbott, Dexcom settle glucose monitor patent lawsuits (MedTech Dive)

• Aletha Maybank to step down as AMA’s chief health equity officer (STAT)
• Save the Food and Drug Administration by breaking it up (STAT)
• Rx Enforcement In 2025: Shift Away From Opioid Makers But Tougher Approach On Ad/Promo (Pink Sheet)
• Saving the Skinny Label Through the Skinny Label, Big Savings Act (FDA Law Blog)