Recon: FDA approves Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug Kisunla; Biden calls on Novo, Lilly to reduce weight-loss drug prices

• US FDA approves Lilly's Alzheimer's drug (Reuters)
• Bird flu concern prompts US to award Moderna $176 million for vaccine development (Reuters)
• Novo Nordisk, Lilly must cut US prices of weight-loss drugs, Biden says (Reuters)
• US DOJ drops Viatris unit Mylan from industry-wide antitrust probe (Reuters)
• US FDA warns website over unlawful sale of weight-loss drugs (Reuters)
• FDA to expand total product life cycle program (MedtechDive)

• Pfizer v Moderna COVID vaccine patents battle set to continue after UK ruling (Reuters) (FT)
• NHS gene check is helping children with cancer (BBC)
• New Danish ‘Critical Medicine’ Stockpiling Rules Take Effect, With 6-Month Grace Period (Pink Sheet)
• Spain's Rovi In Line For €3.4bn Windfall With CDMO Sale (Scrip)
• WHO releases first-ever clinical treatment guideline for tobacco cessation in adults (WHO)
• EMA To Update COVID-19 Vaccine Guides Amid Rapidly Changing Landscape (Pink Sheet)

• INTERACT Meeting Timing Remains Point Of Confusion (Pink Sheet)
• Clinical Trial Diversity: US FDA’s Califf Calls For Global Focus (Pink Sheet)
• Takeda to cut another 220 jobs in Massachusetts, while Merck KGaA plots its own layoffs (Fierce)
• J&J, Legend's Carvykti shows CAR-T can extend lives in multiple myeloma (Fierce)
• Contraception Is Free by Law. So Why Are a Quarter of Women Still Paying for It? (NYTimes)

• FDA elevates ventilator recalls from Philips, Baxter, Zoll (Fierce)
• FDA clears its first fingerstick hepatitis C diagnostic, enabling test-to-treat approach (Fierce)
• Merit Medical pays Endogastric $105M for acid reflux treatment (MedtechDive)
• Philips Disputes Additional Deaths Linked To May Recall Of Breathing Machines (MedtechInsight)
• FDA continues crackdown on plastic syringes made in China (MedtechDive)
• Amendments To Breakthrough Device Coverage Act Push Bill Out Of House Ways And Means Committee (MedtechInsight)

• Chevron, Fishing Boats, and the FDA (Science) (KFF)
• US Supreme Court to hear fight over FDA denial of flavored vape products (Reuters)
• Judge won't block Mississippi law on discounts for hospitals' contract pharmacies (Reuters)
• Drugmakers' appeal to end Zantac cancer lawsuits rebuffed by judge (Reuters)
• ‘A battle to the death’: The next abortion cases en route to the Supreme Court (Politico)
• State AGs Get Stay Lifted In Generic Drug Pricing Litigation (Law360)
• Apple Scores Some Patent Board Reviews In Watch IP Fight (Law360)
• GSK Wants Lab's Zantac Whistleblower Suit Moved To Florida (Law360)