WASHINGTONPOST (Dan Diamond, Riley Beggin) - Secret contracts reveal undisclosed terms in Trump’s drug-pricing deals
Agreements with Pfizer and Eli Lilly include tariff protections, overseas pricing inducements and broad confidentiality clauses.
NYTIMES (Arfa Momin, Edison Wu, Mihir Zaveri and Hurubie Meko) - New York Is Relying on Office Conversions to Address Its Housing Crisis
A New York Times analysis shows that the pace of office-to-residential conversions like the former Pfizer building, where two steel columns buckled in July, has quickened sharply.
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NYTIMES (Sarah Maslin Nir) - Tossed Tuna and Furloughed Workers: Midtown’s ‘Frozen Zone’ Scrapes By
For nearly three weeks, restaurants and other small businesses in the shadow of the former Pfizer building were shut when the tower began to buckle.
NPR (Sydney Lupkin) - TrumpRx promised a supermarket for cheaper drugs but delivered a boutique
President Trump said TrumpRx is the biggest thing to happen in healthcare in decades. But an NPR analysis finds drugmakers are only offering deals on a few of their medicines.
NYTIMES (Ashley Southall and Chelsia Rose Marcius) - Midtown Manhattan Building Evacuated as Officials Warn of Collapse
The complex, which once housed offices for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, is being converted to residences. Officials inspecting it found support columns were buckling, and upper floors were sagging.
HUFFPOST - Pfizer Lyme Disease Vaccine Shows 70% Efficacy, But Misses Statistical Goal
The vaccine demonstrated a reduction in the rate of infections, but fell short of a key statistical requirement.
AXIOS (Maya Goldman) - How TrumpRx drug prices compare to generic alternatives
More than half of the drugs listed on the new TrumpRx website have a cheaper generic version on the market that can be purchased through other direct-to-consumer sites. Why it matters: Patients could save more buying non-branded copycat drugs, even if they don't have insurance and pay cash, drug pricing experts say. Case in point: Pristiq, an antidepressant made by Pfizer, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for about $200 for a 30-day supply — a more than 50% discount from the list price. - But a month's worth of a generic version with the same dosage is available on GoodRx for less than $30, and on Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugs for just $16.65. Where it stands: 26 of the 43 drugs listed on TrumpRx as of the website's launch have…
AXIOS (Marc Caputo) - Trump to launch TrumpRx drug discount site. Here's when
President Trump will announce the launch of the TrumpRx website Thursday night, a Trump adviser told Axios, moving ahead with a plan to offer discounted drug prices through special agreements with drug companies. Why it matters: The launch will allow people to buy medications directly through the new government portal with discounts the White House has negotiated with the drug manufacturers. - "This is about affordability, although the president doesn't like to use that specific word," the Trump adviser said. - The announcement is scheduled for 7pm ET. Context: The site will offer discounts on drugs from major drug companies including Pfizer , AstraZeneca , EMD Serono , Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk . - The site will require patients to…