Drugmakers brace for a pricing fight as Xavier Becerra is confirmed as the next HHS secretary

Drugmakers brace for a pricing fight as Xavier Becerra is confirmed as the next HHS secretary

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By a razor-thin margin of 50-49, all Senate Democrats and Maine Republican Susan Collins on Thursday confirmed former California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — setting the stage for what may be major pricing battles with the biopharma industry.