US FDA's efforts to enforce against regenerative medicine and other gray market products might be collateral damage in Trump administration's latest attack on the perceived abuse of powers by regulatory agencies.

The debate over price 'negotiation' in the US has taken a turn for the worse for innovator pharma companies. The Democratic party seems eager to plow forward no matter what the impact is on innovation – and some patient advocates are surprisingly eager to cheer them along.

First hearing on the House leadership’s drug price “negotiation” proposal suggests that the real goal of the plan may be to shape negotiations over drug pricing bills – not to create an international price benchmark.

The House Democratic leadership is pushing an international benchmark price for its 'negotiation' plan in the US. The summaries have focused on the maximum price, but the one-sided “negotiation” process suggests that the minimum is the more relevant number – and it is likely to be quite low.

It may seem perverse to look for silver linings for the drug industry in the House leaderships “price negotiation” bill. But if you can get past Title 1, the bill reads like an attempt to negotiate with the Senate Finance Committee – and it’s not all bad.

Pelosi is moving forward with a draconian plan to limit US prices to an international benchmark. For now, the “bill” is a three-page outline subject to considerable legislative drafting – and so extreme as to rule out bipartisan compromise for the time being.