Stock Watch: Biopharma Caught In US Government Anti-Bundling Drive

Two Big Issues, One Common Factor

Medicare price renegotiation and the FTC’s scrutiny of biopharma acquisitions have suppressed sector stock prices. But the sector may not be the actual target.

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ANDY SMITH OFFERS A LIFE SCIENCE INVESTOR'S PERSPECTIVE ON BIOPHARMA BUSINESS

Heading into the last month of the third quarter of 2023, two themes have suppressed the stock prices of the biopharmaceutical sector, more than offsetting the positives to date. But pharma looks like something of an accidental target, and a closer look at the themes shifts the focus onto a different sector.

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