Trump administration proposes Medicare pilots to lower drug prices on par with peer countries The plans could save Medicare billions and reduce patients’ out-of-pocket costs

https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/trump-medicare-demonstrations-most-favored-nation-lower-drug-prices/ By John Wilkerson and Daniel PayneDec. 22, 2025

Pharmaceutical industry evades drug price transparency, again The actual prices paid for prescription drugs will remain out of public view

https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/trump-delays-drug-price-transparency-drug-companies-pbm/ By Bob HermanDec. 22, 2025 Business of Health Care Reporter

Trump administration to scrap federal rule requiring transparency into health AI tools The move could make it easier for health systems to adopt AI, while leaving patients vulnerable

https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/hhs-proposes-scrapping-ai-model-cards-transparency-rule/ By Casey RossDec. 22, 2025 Chief Investigative Reporter, Data & Technology

4 questions to understand the costs of ‘medical freedom’ Before policymakers change vaccine requirements, they need to ask these questions

https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/vaccine-policy-versus-medical-freedom-movement-4-questions/ By Sarah DespresDec. 23, 2025 Despres is a public health expert who served as a counselor to the secretary of Health and Human Services from 2021 to 2025.

China biotech’s Cambrian explosion In China’s biotech sector, hypercompetition and speed are rewriting the rules of drug discovery

https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/china-drug-discovery-serendipity-competition/ By Brian FinrowDec. 23, 2025 Finrow is CEO, co-founder, and co-chairman of Lumen Bioscience.

FDA approves pill version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, possibly widening access Oral version led to similar efficacy as the injectable weight loss treatment in clinical trial

https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/wegovy-pill-oral-weight-loss-treatment-approved/ By Elaine ChenDec. 22, 2025 National Biotech Reporter

How testosterone fell out of favor in medicine — and how it came back Q&A with the doctor who pioneered modern testosterone treatment in America

https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/how-testosterone-treatment-was-rehabilitated-abraham-morgentaler-mens-health/ By Annalisa MerelliDec. 23, 2025 Contributing Writer