Capsule: Antitrust, Privacy Hot Topics Ahead of Halloween

Welcome to Capsule, where we’ll give you your weekly dose of what to watch out for in the health-care space. Let Ayanna Alexander and Valerie Bauman get you prepped for this week’s hottest health-care topics.

We’re jumping into the Halloween spirit this week with some spooktacular subjects—including antitrust, privacy, and costly health care!

Valerie: Antitrust issues are increasingly important in the pharmaceutical sector. That’s truer than ever given a high-stakes lawsuit against many generic drug makers over alleged price-fixing and growing questions about what kind of physician or provider compensation qualifies as a “kickback.”

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