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Podcast 187: The Truth About PBMs and Drug Pricing w/ Dr. Alan Pannier
August 22, 2025

Podcast 186: How Health Systems Win in Specialty Pharmacy w/ Dr. Tim Affeldt
June 24, 2025

Podcast 185: Better Health Policy Starts with Better Data w/ David C. Radley, Ph.D., M.P.H.
June 5, 2025

Podcast 184: Building Sustainable Primary Care for Seniors w/ Tom Yackel, MD, MPH, MS, MBA
May 8, 2025

Podcast 183: How Patient-Reported Outcomes Create Value and Improve Health w/ Trafford Crump, Ph.D
May 1, 2025
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Podcast 176: Increasing Transparency with Cost-Plus Drug Pricing w/ MakoRx Founder Vinay Patel
January 22, 2025
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Podcast 174: Advancing Health Care Policies to Meet People’s Needs w/ Natalie Davis
November 7, 2024

Podcast 162: Revolutionizing Health Care: A Disruptive Approach to Primary Care and Employer Partnerships with Dr. Jeff Wells
January 14, 2024

#153: Overcoming the Costly Roadblocks to Developing Novel Cancer Therapies, with Dr. David Stewart
October 21, 2021

Podcast 152: Tracking the Ever-Changing Life Science Landscape with BioPharmGuy’s Adam Wilson
October 7, 2021

Darwin's Our Take: FDA approves Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy pill
January 5, 2026

Darwin's Our Take: Another 9 drugmakers agree to most-favored-nation pricing on certain products
December 22, 2025

Darwin's Our Take: Lilly’s ‘triple G’ candidate exceeds analysts’ expectations
January 14, 2026

Our Take: Eli Lilly achieves market value of $1 trillion
December 8, 2025

Our Take: Abbott to boost its diagnostics portfolio with $21 billion acquisition of Exact Sciences
November 24, 2025

Our Take: CMS launches payment model to lower Medicaid drug spending
November 17, 2025

Our Take: Pfizer wins bidding war to acquire Metsera
November 10, 2025

Our Take: PBM Express Scripts to ditch rebates, Centene and CVS Health take huge write-downs
November 3, 2025

Our Take: An uptick in health system collaborations and affiliations
October 27, 2025

Our Take: Amazon to offer pharmacy kiosks at One Medical clinics
October 13, 2025

Our Take: New California laws take aim at PBMs and more
October 20, 2025

Our Take: Feature: Notable recent transactions among Big Pharma and life sciences companies
September 22, 2025

Darwin's Our Take: Genmab agrees to acquire Dutch biotech Merus for $8 billion
October 6, 2025
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Our Take: Feature - GAO report on physician consolidation
September 29, 2025
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Our Take: Feature: CBO report analyzes 565% increase in 340B drug spending over 11 years
September 15, 2025

Our Take: Evernorth invests $3.5 billion in Shields Health, HonorHealth acquires Evernorth Care clinics
September 8, 2025

Our Take: Epic shines a spotlight on generative AI projects at annual Users Group Meeting
August 25, 2025

Our Take: HHS, FDA finalize rule allowing states to import prescription drugs from Canada
December 5, 2020
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Our Take: Walmart introduces its health insurance agency, launches co-branded MA plans with Clover Health
October 12, 2020

Our Take: Increasingly concentrated health insurance markets may be harming consumers, providers, AMA study suggests
October 19, 2021

Our Take: Health System Executive Survey — observations from the editor
October 26, 2020

Our Take: Intermountain Healthcare, Sanford Health to merge
November 2, 2020

Our Take: CMS approves controversial waiver, finalizes rules, penalizes hospitals for readmissions
November 9, 2020

Our Take: Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine demonstrates more than 90% efficacy, early data show; Lilly’s antibody drug is first to receive EUA
November 16, 2020

Our Take: Amazon rattles the pharmacy industry with its long-awaited launch
November 23, 2020
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Our Take: CMS reverses course, issues final rule to update Stark Law
December 7, 2020
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Our Take: Pfizer, BioNTech nab first FDA authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine
December 14, 2020

Our Take: 2020’s (other) top stories
December 21, 2020

Our Take: Pharma companies sign spate of deals before year-end
January 4, 2021

Our Take: The demise of a proclaimed disrupter: Haven comes to a halt
January 11, 2021
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Our Take: CMS announces NextGen ACO results — and they are impressive
January 18, 2021
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Our Take: UnitedHealthcare launches new virtual primary care service; parent company records $15 billion profit for 2020
January 25, 2021

Our Take: Leading drugmakers persist in the battle against COVID-19
February 1, 2021

Our Take: HCA, insurers report billions in profits for 2020, though some saw decline in Q4
February 8, 2021

Our Take: DOJ asks Supreme Court to uphold the ACA, coalition seeks to expand the health care law
February 15, 2021

Our Take: 14 health systems come together to create health data startup Truveta
February 22, 2021

Our Take: J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine gains authorization, other vaccine makers provide updates
March 1, 2021

Our Take: Merck to help manufacture J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine, acquire Pandion, withdraw Keytruda indication
March 8, 2021

Our Take: Merck, Ridgeback report early data indicating molnupiravir’s promise as potential COVID-19 treatment
March 15, 2021

Our Take: Amazon Care takes a potentially giant step forward
March 22, 2021

Our Take: Increasing challenges plague hospitals one year into COVID-19, OIG report indicates
March 29, 2021

Our Take: Roundup of the latest COVID-19 vaccine news
April 5, 2021

Our Take: Charity care spending at nonprofit hospitals falls short in new study
April 12, 2021

Our Take: States pause use of J&J vaccine while FDA, CDC assess potential risk of rare blood clots
April 19, 2021

Our Take: Insurers continue to reap profits, announce acquisitions in Q1
April 26, 2021

Our Take: Humana to buy remaining stake in Kindred at home for $5.7 billion
May 3, 2021

Our Take: Walmart to acquire on-demand telehealth provider MeMD
May 10, 2021
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Our Take: BD to spin off diabetes business into new publicly traded company
May 17, 2021

Our Take: JPMorgan Chase picks up where Haven left off
May 24, 2021

Our Take: HCA Healthcare to partner with Google Cloud on custom analytics tools
June 7, 2021

Our Take: FDA grants accelerated approval to Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, creating more controversy
June 14, 2021
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Our Take: Beaumont Health and Spectrum Health in talks to form a new 22-hospital health system
June 21, 2021

Our Take: Blues plans fund new startup to address high drug prices
June 28, 2021

Our Take: As delta becomes dominant strain, U.S. COVID-19 cases increase nearly 11% in one week
July 12, 2021

Our Take: Oral arguments in Pfizer lawsuit renew focus on case that could have industry-wide implications
July 19, 2021

Our Take: Health systems, insurers take a ‘wait and see; stance on Aduhelm
July 26, 2021
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Our Take: As FDA approves first interchangeable insulin biosimilar, insurers take steps to restrict use of biosimilars
August 2, 2021

Our Take: COVID-19 appears to be an independent risk factor for heart attack, stroke, large study shows
August 9, 2021
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Our Take: Honor Technologies acquires Home Instead with goal of scaling up high-quality senior home care
August 16, 2021

Our Take: J&J, Cerner announce shake-ups in top leadership, Google Health splitting up
August 23, 2021

Our Take: Vaccine update: Pfizer, BioNTech get full FDA nod, Moderna completes its BLA submission
September 1, 2021

Our Take: Biden administration takes a more aggressive stance in the battle against COVID-19
September 13, 2021

Our Take: Walgreens to invest nearly $1 billion in Shields Health Solutions
September 27, 2021
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Our Take: Northwell Health, Walgreens form new affiliation to improve care for tre-state area
September 20, 2021

Our Take: Merck, Ridgeback could be first to receive EUA for COVID-19 pill
October 4, 2021

Our Take: Intermountain, Presbyterian, SSM Health launch member-led company to ‘transform’ digital health care
October 11, 2021
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Our Take: Boehringer Ingelheim joins list of drugmakers facing possible penalties for violating 340B statute
October 18, 2021

Our Take: Value-based payment for prescription drugs: Will industry or the feds lead the way?
October 25, 2021

Our Take: Two new PBMs target high drug prices, lack of transparency
November 1, 2021

Our Take: New COVID-19 mandates could require millions more to be vaccinated by Jan. 4 unless lawsuits prevail
November 8, 2021

Our Take: Public health officials face steep challenge in fight against COVID-19 misinformation, KFF survey indicates
November 15, 2021

Our Take: HHS will require health insurers to report data on prescription drug costs and coverage
November 22, 2021

Our Take: FDA panel votes to authorize Merck, Ridgeback’s molnupiravir, despite lower efficacy in final trial results
December 6, 2021

Our Take: Update on the omicron variant, vaccines, and other COVID-19 treatments
December 13, 2021

Our Take: 2021 in the rearview
December 19, 2021

Our Take: Flurry of M&A activity marks end of 2021, spills over into 2022
January 10, 2022

Our Take: Hospitals feel the strain of staff shortages with the omicron-fueled COVID-19 surge
January 17, 2022
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Our Take: Collaborations among health systems aim to improve efficiency, equity, experiences, and innovation
January 24, 2022

Our Take: Staffing agencies accused of exploiting nursing staff shortages, federal investigation requested
January 31, 2022

Our Take: Humana seeks to create $1 billion in additional value to boost its Medicare Advantage business
February 7, 2022

Our Take: Amazon achieves goal of rolling out virtual health services nationwide, plans to expand in-person care
February 14, 2022

Our Take: DOJ reportedly preparing lawsuit to prevent UnitedHealth from acquiring Change Healthcare
February 21, 2022

Our Take: Allscripts to sell its hospital business segment for up to $700 million
March 7, 2022

Our Take: Jury finds in Sutter Health’s favor in class-action antitrust lawsuit
March 14, 2022

Our Take: Banner|Aetna joint venture: An ‘innovation laboratory’ touts its successes
March 21, 2022
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Our Take: Full-risk payment models lead to less use of acute care and greater shared savings, but quality of care may suffer, data suggest
March 28, 2022

Our Take: Final CMS policy: Aduhelm will be covered only in clinical trials
April 18, 2022

Our Take: Independent physician practices succumbed to buyouts during the pandemic
April 25, 2022

Our Take: AHA says more than one-third of hospitals now operating on negative margins because of ‘skyrocketing’ expenses
May 2, 2022

Our Take: Aduhelm torpedoed Biogen. Will lecanemab — or a new CEO — come to the rescue?
May 9, 2022

Our Take: Advocate Aurora, Atrium Health plan to combine, creating a $27 billion health system
May 16, 2022

Our Take: Humana’s second JV with WCAS will invest up to $1.2 billion to open more value-based primary care clinics
May 23, 2022

Our Take: Pressure mounts for Congress, FTC to crack down on PBM practices
June 6, 2022
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Our Take: SCOTUS sides with hospitals, says HHS ‘acted unlawfully’ in cutting 340B payments
June 20, 2022

Our Take: As anticipated, FTC will investigate business practices of largest PBMs
June 13, 2022
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Our Take: FTC, lawmakers focus on insulin in continued attempts to make prescription drugs more affordable
June 27, 2022
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Our Take: CMS introduces new oncology care model, proposes changes to Medicare Shared Savings Program
July 11, 2022

Our Take: Northwell Health, New York-Presbyterian form separate partnerships to advance patient care through AI
July 18, 2022

Our Take: Amazon plans to acquire primary care provider One Medical for $3.9 billion
July 25, 2022

Our Take: Humana to streamline its operations into two units: Insurance Services and CenterWell
August 1, 2022