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...The company on March 1 backtracked on plans to cut off access to apps that bypass its App Store, which it had said it needed to do to comply with the new digital rules....
...Apple has reversed course on a plan to cut off access to applications that bypass its app store, which the iPhone maker had argued was necessary in order to comply with new EU regulations....
...Tighter export controls on advanced chips used for AI development and the equipment used to manufacture them are proving difficult to bypass....
...New EU legislation is also forcing the company to allow “sideloading”, which will enable iPhone users to bypass its store and download apps from elsewhere....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on January 16. ©2024 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...CVS Health, the largest pharmacy chain in the US, in 2018 acquired Aetna for $69bn and Cigna combined with Express Scripts in a $67bn deal, including debt....
...In the EU, Apple is preparing to allow “sideloading”, which enables iPhone users to bypass its store and download apps from elsewhere....
...Epic also points to financial conditions Google imposes on developers who bypass its payment system....
...Brewer, one of the few African-American women to run a company in the S&P 500, arrived as pharmacy chains were being boosted by the strong early uptake of Covid-19 vaccines....
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...Same-store sales at its pharmacies, however, rose 9.8 per cent ahead of estimates of 8.8 per cent, partly thanks to higher prices....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on February 12. ©2024 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Company results: US carrier Delta Air Lines, pharmacy chain Walgreens Boots Alliance, and fast-food chain Domino’s Pizza all report their latest quarterly earnings before the opening bell....
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...The FTC’s detailed opposition to the Horizon deal focuses on so-called pharmacy benefit managers. These businesses determine which drug prescriptions are eligible for health insurance reimbursement....
...The FTC had contended that Amgen could get buyers such as health insurers or pharmacy benefit managers to favour Horizon’s drugs by bundling them with its own best-selling medicines....
...Its — untested — argument is that Amgen could use rebates on its blockbusters to encourage insurers and pharmacy benefit managers to favour Horizon’s drugs....
...However, the FTC’s case against Amgen is targeted at the power the company allegedly wields more broadly with health insurers and middlemen in the US healthcare system, known as pharmacy benefit managers...
...The FTC argued that Amgen could use the rebates it pays on its “blockbuster” drugs to press insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers into paying for two of Horizon’s medicines: Tepezza for an autoimmune...
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...It required the six largest pharmacy benefit managers, which negotiate fees and rebates with drug manufacturers, to share information on their business practices....
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