Illumina’s European Court Victory Can’t Salvage Grail Acquisition, But It Nullifies Hefty Fine

The European Union’s highest court sided with Illumina, agreeing that the European Commission had no authority to review the acquisition of liquid biopsy company Grail. The ruling comes after Illumina stopped challenging antitrust litigation, opting to instead spin out Grail as a standalone company. The post Illumina’s European Court Victory Can’t Salvage Grail Acquisition, But…

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Trump Administration Investigates Medicaid Spending on Immigrants in Blue States

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Trump administration is taking its immigration crackdown to the health care safety net, launching Medicaid spending probes in at least six Democratic-led states that provide comprehensive health coverage to poor and disabled immigrants living in the U.S. without permanent legal status. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is scouring payments…

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Measles continues to spread

The Hill reports: The measles outbreak has now surpassed 700 reported cases in the U.S., raising the pressure on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to rein in the deadly virus.Overall, 712 cases have been reported with new cases being discovered in Kansas, Ohio and Indiana, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The outbreak has…

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UK to pay more for pharmaceuticals?Prior distributions for regression coefficients.What is the “Rural Health Fund”Pedestrian deaths in the US (Part 1, 2)US physicians in private practice dropped from 60.1% (2012) to 42.2% (2024).

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