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Lecia Bushak

@lecia_bushak

Editor @MMMnews covering health care and pharma. Past: Reporter/Producer @wcpn / @wviz, Cleveland's local NPR/PBS. Journalist by day, creative by night.

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FINN Chair Global Health & Purpose GIL BASHE speaks with MM+M Lecia Bushak on #ElonMusk’s plan to transform #Twitter into the ā€˜most respected advertising platform’ and what this means for #pharma marketers & patients: mmm-online.com/home/channel/e… #TwitterTakeover #Health

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This week, Marc Iskowitz breaks down drug pricing discussions at the Galien Forum and I recap a recent report about health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers restricting access to birth control: mmm-online.com/home/podcasts/…

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Very excited to share the launch of Signal Cleveland, which is live today — always free and packed with smart local news and accountability reporting relevant to Cleveland. Congrats to @lilajmills and her staff! signalcleveland.org

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The post-pandemic policy prescription is being written and Lecia Bushak does an incredible job reviewing the #healthpolicy landscape in MM+M. If the Federal gov't can’t develop bipartisan policies...state gov't officials will take the wheel. mmm-online.com/home/channel/f…

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New legislation included in the end-of-year spending bill removes the 'X waiver' barrier to prescribing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder -- what many clinicians consider an important step in fighting the opioid crisis. My latest for MM+M: mmm-online.com/home/channel/r…

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Breaking: The FDA has approved another Biogen/Eisai Alzheimer's drug, lecanemab, amid controversy. Story by Marc Iskowitz and Jack O’Brien: mmm-online.com/home/channel/b…

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Bernie Sanders is set to head the Senate HELP committee starting next month. Here's what he plans to focus on when it comes to healthcare -- at the top of the list, more efforts to reduce prescription drug prices. mmm-online.com/home/channel/a…

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I spoke with a legal expert about the implications of the abortion pill case that's currently before Texas Judge Kacsmaryk. What would happen if Kacsmaryk rules against the FDA's approval of mifepristone? Story here: mmm-online.com/home/channel/r…

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This week's podcast episode is a good one -- Marc Iskowitz has an interview with Grey's Anatomy actor Patrick Dempsey on his cancer advocacy. Plus I break down the Senate HELP committee's latest drug pricing reform efforts. mmm-online.com/home/podcasts/…

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When asked about the backlog in foreign drug manufacturing inspections yesterday, FDA Chief of Staff Julie Tierney said that working at the Office of Regulatory Affairs is a ā€œvery demanding occupationā€ that's been difficult to retain workers in mmm-online.com/home/channel/f…

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Both Merck and now the Chamber of Commerce have sued the federal government over Medicare's new negotiating power in prescription drug costs. I spoke to several legal experts to break down some of the legal implications: mmm-online.com/home/channel/r…

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Big day in health policy: the United States joins pretty much every other developed nation in negotiating drug prices. More via Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Rebecca Robbins: nytimes.com/2023/08/29/us/…

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Thanks Lecia Bushak MM+M for chatting with me about today's HELP Committee Dems Senate HELP Committee GOP hearing with Pharma CEOs, why their many misleading remarks need to be fact-checked by Congress, & what else needs to be done to enable affordable access to medicines: mmm-online.com/home/channel/r…

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Bernie Sanders questioned Big Pharma CEOs at a Senate hearing yesterday on why drug costs in the U.S. are so much higher than in other countries. Here's a recap of the hearing: mmm-online.com/home/channel/r…