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MFN policies are likely to impact more than pricing, and drug companies may alter drug launch plans in the future.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Novo Nordisk launches the first multi-month subscription program for Wegovy targeting cash-paying patients through telehealth partners, Merck enters an $838 million research collaboration with antibody discovery startup Infinimmune, and Eli Lilly agrees to acquire Centessa Pharmaceuticals in a deal valued at up to $7.8 billion to expand into sleep-wake disorder treatments.

Novo Nordisk launched a multi-month Wegovy subscription program offering fixed monthly pricing through telehealth providers, aiming to improve affordability and long-term adherence among self-pay patients.

Merck is partnering with Infinimmune in a deal worth up to $838 million to leverage AI-driven antibody discovery.

Eli Lilly agreed to acquire Centessa Pharmaceuticals for approximately $7.8 billion, expanding its neuroscience pipeline.

Yerem Yeghiazarians, MD, explains how understanding how various cells react differently to stress impacts how damaged cells may potentially be treated.

Drug pricing restrictions are likely to impact drug launches, especially for medications expected to be sought after by Medicare patients.

Approval of Biogen's high-dose Spinraza strengthens the company’s lifecycle strategy in SMA, enhancing durability while reinforcing competitive positioning in a rapidly evolving neurology market.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Eli Lilly presses the U.K. government to overhaul its NHS drug pricing framework as a condition of resuming investment in the country, Lilly also announces a deal worth up to $2.75 billion with AI drug discovery company Insilico Medicine to accelerate development of novel therapeutics across multiple disease areas, and Pharmaceutical Executive speaks with the co-founder and CEO of Soley Therapeutics about the company's biology-first approach to drug discovery.

The agreement grants Lilly an exclusive worldwide license to a portfolio of preclinical oral therapeutics.

As opposed to starting with a target disease, Yerem Yeghiazarians, MD discusses how Soley instead focused on developing a method of identifying broad compounds.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Novartis agrees to acquire Excellergy for up to $2 billion to advance a next-generation anti-IgE therapy while Otsuka moves to acquire Transcend Therapeutics in a deal valued at up to $1.225 billion, the FDA approves two first-of-their-kind therapies in Novo Nordisk's once-weekly basal insulin Awiqli and Rocket Pharmaceuticals' gene therapy Kresladi for a rare pediatric immune disease, and a new commentary argues that orphan drug manufacturers should be proactively evaluating risk contracting as a hedge against an emerging downward pricing environment.

While they may be linked, the administration’s DTC drug coupon site is not necessarily the entirety of its MFN efforts.