{
  "id": 235099,
  "title": "STAT+: Medicare quietly gave blockbuster AbbVie drug seven extra years before price negotiations, advocacy group asserts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/stat-medicare-quietly-gave-blockbuster-abbvie-drug-seven-extra-years",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-06T19:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "STAT News",
    "slug": "stat-news",
    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/08/06/medicare-gave-blockbuster-abbvie-drug-seven-extra-years-before-price-negotiations/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A little-noticed government policy shift caused a seven-year delay in choosing a costly medicine for Medicare price negotiations, an advocacy group says.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}