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Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline To Team Up To Form World’s Largest Seller Of Over-The-Counter Staples Like Advil

GSK will hold a 68 percent stake and Pfizer the remaining 32 percent of the new joint venture, which will be the world’s largest over-the-counter medicines business. The move will represent a breakup of GSK, which currently generates around a quarter of its revenue from such consumer products, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Millions Of Americans Have Been Benefiting From The Health Law For Years–They Just Might Not Know It

Consumer protections were put in place through the Affordable Care Act even for people who don’t buy coverage on the exchanges. Now a federal judge’s ruling invalidating the law might jeopardize those popular provisions that Americans might not even realize are part of the ACA. Meanwhile, less than a week after that decision, the case is back in court, this time in front of a judge appointed by former President Barack Obama. And, the legal uncertainty is complicating Medicaid expansion politics.

The Government Should Get Into The Generic-Drug Making Business To Curb High Prices, Sen. Warren Says

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s bill would establish an Office of Drug Manufacturing that would be required to manufacture at least 15 different generic drugs in its first year where the agency determines there is a failure in the market. Meanwhile, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is also introducing legislation geared toward high drug costs and increasing transparency in Medicaid funding.