Novartis AG unit Sandoz Inc. must face unfair competition claims for allegedly interfering with Lannett Co.'s exclusive deal to make another drugmaker’s thyroid medication, a federal judge in Philadelphia ruled, about six months after letting Sandoz move forward with mirror-image allegations.

Prime Therapeutics LLC, a pharmacy benefit manager owned by members of the Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance network, was hit Friday with federal antitrust claims in Los Angeles over its alleged decision to slash pharmacy reimbursement rates as part of an agreement with a rival.

Federal programs helping states improve and expand their newborn screening programs would be reauthorized for five years under H.R. 482.

Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla on Friday urged U.S. President Joe Biden to form a bipartisan coalition in Washington to address high drug costs.

A Colorado hospital must pay penalties for billing a patient for treating her work-related injuries, even though it wasn’t named in her workers’ compensation action, because it participated in a penalty hearing, a state appeals court said.

President Joe Biden will nominate Christi Grimm to be inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services, the White House announced Friday.