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US Medicare price cuts: 15 major drugs including Ozempic and cancer medicines to become cheaper
26 Nov 2025 22:06 GMT
… Austedo XR
Gastrointestinal treatments, including Linzess and Xifaxan
Other specialty medicines, including Otezla … soaring demand for weight-loss drugs, growing pharmaceutical expenditure, and intensifying political …
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I lost three stone in two months because of a severe stomach problem that wouldn't go away. I had no idea what was wrong... until I discovered this common medication was to blame
09 Dec 2025 01:38 GMT
… . ‘It’s unbearable.’
With doctors still unwilling to operate to … Health and Care Excellence recommends treatment should in most cases … a two-week course of rifaximin, an antibiotic, to clear … alginates (over-the-counter remedies such as Gaviscon, which forms …
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15 Costly Drugs Will Get Medicare Price Cuts in 2027: Will You Save?
03 Dec 2025 23:26 GMT
… high-cost prescription drugs used by millions of Medicare beneficiaries. That … disease
$397
$67
-83%
Xifaxan
Hepatic encephalopathy; Irritable bowel … 2025 (pdf); Medicare prescription drug affordability fact sheet; Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program …
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Medicare finalizes steep drug price reductions
01 Dec 2025 23:44 GMT
… prices, negotiated under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, take … more sustainable Medicare program” while expanding access to essential treatments for current … XR (psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis): 65%
Xifaxan (hepatic encephalopathy, IBS-D): …
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Medicare is cutting costs of 15 prescription drugs, including popular weight-loss med
01 Dec 2025 19:52 GMT
… negotiated drugs and prices.
The newly selected medications include treatments for … Medicare was legally barred from negotiating drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies … 67, down from $397.
Xifaxan, Hepatic encephalopathy, irritable bowel syndrome …
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Latest Medicare pricing cuts promise $12bn in savings
26 Nov 2025 22:40 GMT
… ;
AbbVie and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals'; constipation treatment Linzess (linaclotide) – … Pharmaceuticals'; irritable bowel syndrome drug Xifaxan (rifaximin) – down 63% to $1,000;
AbbVie's antidepressant … costs.
Medicare drug price negotiation was introduced …
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Medicare beneficiaries expected to save $685M from drug price negotiations
26 Nov 2025 18:08 GMT
… from a second round of Medicare drug price negotiations.
There is a … , Austedo XR, Breo Ellipta, Tradjenta, Xifaxan, Vraylar, Janumet, Janumet XR and … , and Fiasp/NovoLog.
The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program was established …
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How and when Americans will see Medicare’s drug price reductions
26 Nov 2025 22:40 GMT
… negotiated lower prices for 10 drugs with pharmaceutical companies.
Download the SAN … Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, about 5.3 million Medicare beneficiaries used … is the irritable bowel disease drug Xifaxan, which has been available since …
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Medicare set to save billions on 15 drugs, thanks to negotiation
26 Nov 2025 21:36 GMT
… $12 billion in Medicare drug spending.
Discounted prices affect drugs used primarily for … . Tradjenta, for diabetes, $78
12. Xifaxan, for liver and gastrointestinal problems … lowest dose of the drugs for both Medicare and Medicaid. The price is …
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CMS sets 2027 Medicare prices for Wegovy, Trelegy and 13 other drugs
26 Nov 2025 20:18 GMT
… in 2027 for 15 drugs, including major medicines for cancer, asthma and … other industrialized nations.
The drugs included on Medicare';s latest round of … Breo; and the gastrointestinal treatments Linzess and Xifaxan. Also on the list are …