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Portaria n.º 464/2026/1 limits state reimbursement for obesity medicines to SNS patients in a hospital obesity pathway. Cover is 15% for 12 months. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess

A Pretoria court has declared invalid the antiretroviral tender awards for two items and ordered the health department to redo the split within 120 days. Cipla’s review succeeded on all five grounds, while Hetero’s challenge was dismissed with attorney-and-client costs. #SyenzaNews #SouthAfrica #HIV

Merck and Moderna report a 42% reduction in recurrence or death for intismeran plus KEYTRUDA in resected stage IIB-IV melanoma, with full data at ESMO 2026. #SyenzaNews #melanoma #MarketAccess

The FDA has launched the Neuroscience Advancement and Innovation Nexus, starting with an Alzheimer’s Prevention Accelerator. #SyenzaNews #Alzheimers #MarketAccess

A new npj Digital Medicine article in press from SCPMG proposes the C-TACT clinical AI governance framework, with weighted lifecycle scorecards and its limits stated.

Pfizer has withdrawn its EU application for palbociclib in HER2-positive breast cancer. EMA questioned the open-label PATINA endpoint.

Health economists in clinical trials are most useful when they join early, explain their methods in plain language and plan for the data they will need. That was the central message of a webinar brought together by University College London and the Global Health Network at the University of Oxford. A professor of health policy and systems management in Uganda moderated three panelists with trial experience across Africa and Asia. Why trials need economic questions The moderator framed the session […]

New drug launch prices are still high. ICER’s 2026 Launch Price and Access Report finds the median net price for 2025 approvals was about $257,000, and only about one in three new prescriptions was filled within 30 days. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #HEOR

Two post hoc REDEFINE 1 analyses show CagriSema weight loss in women held across premenopausal, perimenopausal and postmenopausal stages. #SyenzaNews #obesity #MarketAccess

ASPE finds Medicaid hospital provider taxes raised employer premiums 1.5 to 1.7 percent, and the 2025 WFTC law is projected to cut them further.