On its last weekday in power, the Biden Administration has chosen the next batch of drugs up for price negotiation in ...

Xavier Becerra, the man President Biden chose to ... Mr. Becerra made what amounted to his farewell to Washington, announcing that Medicare, the government insurance program, will negotiate ...

Medicare will soon negotiate prices for 15 more drugs as part of an effort to reduce costs for older adults and people with disabilities.

Ozempic and Wegovy, the blockbuster but costly GLP-1 drugs often used for weight loss, are among the 15 medications that will be subject to the next round of Medicare price negotiations, the Biden ...

Federal officials are targeting the blockbuster drugs as part of their ongoing initiative to lower drug costs.

As of Monday, FDA commissioner Robert Califf, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, Medicare director Meena Seshamani, and FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and ...

As they entered office at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2021, Xavier Becerra ... empowered Medicare to negotiate directly with drug companies — although Becerra, a former ...

Xavier Becerra, the outgoing Health and Human Services ... but there's a clear roadmap for success for the American people and for Medicare beneficiaries," Becerra said. "And I guarantee you ...

For years, Medicare had been legally prohibited from ... this is a big deal,” U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a call with reporters on Thursday.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS ... Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra called the announcement a “great way to close out the four-year term of the president.” ...