{
  "id": 18749932,
  "title": "STAT+: BIO joins the legal fight against Medicare pilot that ties drug prices to peer countries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/stat-bio-joins-the-legal-fight-against-medicare-pilot-that-ties-drug",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-07T16:57:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "STAT News",
    "slug": "stat-news",
    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/11/07/bio-sues-to-block-globe-drug-pricing-model/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) and two California-based biotech trade groups filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday. The lawsuit challenges the Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing demonstration, referred to as GLOBE, a pilot program from the Trump administration intended to align Medicare drug prices with those in peer countries.\n\nThe complaint asserts that the GLOBE model oversteps the statutory authority of Medicare and seeks to halt the program. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the filing.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Fierce Healthcare",
        "title": "CMS makes it official, codifying Medicare drug price negotiations established under IRA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/cms-makes-it-official-codifying-medicare-drug-price-negotiations",
        "published": "2026-11-06T19:40:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}