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Court Rejects Merck Challenge to Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

Aug 25, 2026 · 08:53 AM ET· updated 2h ago
Court Rejects Merck Challenge to Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

Court rejects Merck's lawsuit against Medicare drug price negotiations. Penalties for noncompliance include steep excise taxes.

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A court said Merck has to follow Medicare's new rules where the government helps negotiate lower prices for medicines. This means the company faces big tax penalties if it doesn't cooperate with the price-negotiation program.

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