Datapoint: Supreme Court Cements Vascepa Patent Loss
The United States Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Amarin’s arguments against patent loss for its fish oil derivative drug Vascepa. A federal appeals court in September upheld a lower court ruling that def...
Datapoint: Tufts, Harvard Pilgrim Name Combined Org
Following a successful merger in January, Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care have renamed their combined organization to Point32Health, alluding to the 32 points on a compass. The new name “repres...
Datapoint: Eli Lilly to Test Emgality Against Nurtec ODT
Eli Lilly and Co. last week said it is planning a head-to-head trial for its once-monthly injectable migraine drug Emgality against Biohaven Pharmaceuticals’ Nurtec ODT, an oral therapy taken every other day. Li...
Datapoint: BCBSMI to Offer New Exchange Plan for Young Adults
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan will offer a new individual commercial product, the Preferred Value Plan, for adults under 30 on the exchange marketplace for the 2022 plan year. The plan will launch i...
Datapoint: Aetna to Expand Illinois Duals Plan
Aetna will expand its Illinois Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative demonstration health plan from Chicago and central Illinois to the entire state, according to a June 11 news release. Automatic enrollment into ...
Datapoint: Nevada Gov. OKs Public Option Insurance
Following Washington’s lead, Nevada will become the second state to create a public option insurance market. Governor Steve Sisolak (D) on June 9 signed a bill that will make a public option available by 2026. T...
Datapoint: Alignment Healthcare Expands to Arizona
Medicare Advantage startup Alignment Healthcare last week said it will expand its plan offerings to Arizona in 2022. The plans will be available in two of the state’s most populous counties, Pima and Maricopa....
Datapoint: Gilead Snags Priority Review in ALL for Tecartus
Following positive Phase 2 trial data, the FDA granted Gilead Sciences’ Tecartus priority review for the treatment of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The initial target date for the decision is Oct. 1. ...
Datapoint: Sentara, Cone Health Abandon Affiliation Plans
Two nonprofit health systems, Norfolk, Virginia’s Sentara Healthcare and Greensboro, North Carolina’s Cone Health, have ended their efforts to combine, according to a June 2 press release from Sentara. “Recent...
Datapoint: Zing Health to Acquire Lasso Healthcare
In an effort to expand its geographic footprint, Medicare Advantage (MA) startup Zing Health last month said it has entered an agreement to acquire Lasso Healthcare, which offers Medicare Medical Savings Account pla...