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Medicare Names 15 Drugs for 2028 Price Talks, Adding Part B for the First Time

Drugmakers now face a Feb. 28 decision on whether to join the negotiations.

Overview

  • CMS selected medicines that together accounted for about $27 billion in recent Medicare Part B and Part D spending.
  • The list includes Trulicity for diabetes, Biktarvy for HIV, and Botox for covered medical uses such as chronic migraine.
  • This round marks the program’s first inclusion of clinician-administered Part B drugs, alongside Part D prescriptions.
  • Companies that decline to negotiate would likely pull their products from Medicare, and no manufacturers opted out in prior rounds.
  • Negotiated prices will take effect in 2028, and CMS also plans to renegotiate the Type 2 diabetes drug Tradjenta.