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Ameet Sarpatwari

@asarpatwari.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Population Medicine Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School Faculty Director, JD/MPH Program Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Aaron Mitchell @thewonkologist.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I appreciate this @jama.com commentary by Knox and @asarpatwari.bsky.social. I'm among the skeptics of the 340B program as it currently operates, but it appears this proposed pilot would not address the major issues. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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340B Drug Pricing
This Viewpoint presents the history of the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) 340B Drug Pricing Program and 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program, summarizes their controversies and limit...
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
oof.
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Ameet Sarpatwari @asarpatwari.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
A great investigation by Rebecca Robbins. A highly recommended read.
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Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 23/02/2026
But the Trump administration's injection of political priorities into the agency, which has long been shielded from such meddling, has opened new avenues for lobbying. The pharmaceutical industry is working to capitalize, according to 10 people, including lobbyists, advisers, FDA officials, and an executive involved in the efforts.
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 19/02/2026
“NIH” put out a memo about how they are making a “concerted effort” to support Early Stage Investigators (ESI). In the data presented, there is a decrease in funding rates from 26.1% in ‘24 to 18.9% in ‘25. Median age of ESIs stayed flat at 40. grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
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NIH Support for Early Stage Investigators in FYs 2024 and 2025 | Grants & Funding
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
reminds of that old bible story of how people were hungry and jesus conjured himself a security detail bsky.app/profile/carl...
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Adam Sacarny @asacarny.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
CMS makes it official: no plans to cancel physical Medicare and Medicaid data access, forcing everyone to use the VRDC enclave. Instead, some more paperwork to make and extend DUAs – which is way better than what they were proposing!
Screenshot of e-mail from CMS saying "CMS has decided to delay the requirement to transition all research studies into the CCW VRDC indefinitely."
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Ameet Sarpatwari @asarpatwari.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The mifepristone saga continues. www.politico.com/live-updates...
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GOP Senators rail at FDA after closed-door briefing on abortion drug
Republicans aren't confident the Trump administration is taking a promised review seriously.
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Holly Fernandez Lynch @hollylynchez.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Another instance of a center director acting unilaterally to overrule other staff (which here also involved ignoring FDA's previous statements to the company). As @reshmagar.bsky.social and I have argued, the bar should be much higher for such unilateral action: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Diffusing authority to make drug approval decisions at the US Food and Drug Administration - Nature Medicine
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is at a crossroads. There is an urgent need to strengthen the integrity of drug approvals and rejections by diffusing the decision-making authority of individ...
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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
One of the goals of H.R. 1's draconian #Medicaid cuts was to deter the 10 non-expansion states from adopting it in the future like repealing the fiscal incentive for new expansion, restricting existing provider taxes in expansion states, and cutting state directed payments more in expansion states.
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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Catch that $NVS ad last night? It is a form of unbranded advertising. Novartis wants men to have their PSA levels checked because the company is heavily invested in prostate cancer therapies.
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Ameet Sarpatwari @asarpatwari.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I had a chance to speak with Rebecca Robbins at the @nytimes.com about TrumpRx. The bottom line, if you have insurance, “In the vast majority of cases, it’ll be cheaper to go through your insurance.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/h...
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How to Tell if You Will Save Money Using TrumpRx
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Davene R. Wright, PhD @wrightcensored.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
We would like to recruit a stellar junior faculty member in the Division of Child Health Research and Policy @deptpopmed.bsky.social at Harvard. Please circulate this announcement widely! www.populationmedicine.org/divisions-ce...
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Faculty Positions | HPHCI: Department of Population Medicine
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
It turns out racists do racist things.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Ho hum. The FDA wants to rein in drug ads. On Super Bowl Sunday, it will be business as usual, via @statnews.com
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The FDA wants to rein in drug ads. On Super Bowl Sunday, it will be business as usual
On Super Bowl Sunday, the drug industry is trotting out lounging football stars, a shouting DJ Khaled, and the soothing tones of Enya.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Amazing how I’ve written many letters of recommendation that have supported people for jobs, medical school spots, fellowship placement, etc, and never once felt the need to comment on their body size or attractiveness 😳😳😳 You’ve got some real winners, #Yale
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Ameet Sarpatwari @asarpatwari.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Democracy Dies in Darkness...At the Whims of Billionaires. It's disheartening to see so many people laid off from the Post today. Across government and in the private sphere, we have gutted the very institutions which made us great.
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Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
U.S. tax dollars backed the effort to wipe out neglected tropical diseases for 20 yrs. Many countries eliminated 1 disease, and were tantalizingly close on others. Then the U.S. walked away – jeopardizing all that investment, with diseases poised to come roaring back www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...
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‘Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in Africa, Health Officials Fear
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Ameet Sarpatwari @asarpatwari.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I ordered World Peace and yet...
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The constitutional prohibition on using federal law to abridge the freedom of the press is unusually explicit and really does mean what it says.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 27/01/2026
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that a five-year-old Minnesota boy and his father cannot be immediately deported, one week after their arrest sparked international outrage.
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US federal judge blocks ICE deportation of five-year-old boy and his father
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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A teacher literally shaking as she describes the threat from her own government to the children she teaches www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Ameet Sarpatwari @asarpatwari.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"...ultimately it's up to each of us as citizens to speak out against injustice, protect our basic freedoms, and hold our government accountable."
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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
We lost a giant in public health today. Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines. His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The Economist coverage is grim but this is exactly how it should be reported. economist.com/united-state...
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
It was an extrajudicial execution. Anyone who defends this is defending a police state.
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“We have become a country whose government is attacking its universities, defunding research, reversing scientific advances, assaulting museums and hollowing out cultural institutions.”
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Ameet Sarpatwari @asarpatwari.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Stop.The.Lies. There is no bottom.
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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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Ameet Sarpatwari @asarpatwari.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Believe your eyes; help your neighbors. The days ahead look dark but together we will endure.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The man murdered by ICE was an ICU nurse at the VA who also worked on research studies, including one on infectious disease, a treatment study on C. difficile in veterans. bsky.app/profile/dimi...
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 23/01/2026
With abortions still on the rise nationwide, curtailing mifepristone is a top priority for abortion opponents — and they’re frustrated that the Trump administration isn’t doing more to limit its use. @julierovner.bsky.social reports ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Why Medication Abortion Is the Top Target for Anti-Abortion Groups in 2026 - KFF Health News
With abortions still on the rise nationwide despite widespread bans, curtailing the use of pregnancy-terminating medication is a top priority for abortion opponents — and they’re frustrated that the T...
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Everyone in America should have to see these cases and think about what they mean for the kind of society we are becoming. They killed a mom in her minivan. And now they have grabbed this poor sweet kid, used him as bait to grab his dad, and sent him to a detention center in Texas.
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Ameet Sarpatwari @asarpatwari.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
A case with important pharmaceutical policy implications.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Our first look at Trump's "Great Healthcare Plan" — a grab bag of proposals that falls far short of the Affordable Care Act replacement he's long promised.
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Trump launches ‘Great Healthcare Plan,’ touting grab bag of initiatives
The proposal, coming ahead of the midterm elections, falls far short of President Donald Trump’s promises to deliver a replacement for the Affordable Care Act.
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Ameet Sarpatwari @asarpatwari.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Constant vigilance is needed. Pushback works. It's going to be a marathon to 2028, so all hands on deck.
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STAT @statnews.com · 14/01/2026
#Breaking: SAMHSA canceled up to $1.9 billion in grants without staff consultation, accelerating the mental health agency's deterioration under President Trump. www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/s...
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Trump administration cuts up to $1.9 billion from mental health and addiction treatment programs
SAMHSA canceled up to $1.9 billion in grants without staff consultation, accelerating the mental health agency's deterioration under President Trump.
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Rachel Sachs @rachelsachs.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
All four of AbbVie's drugs named in this article already have generic or biosimilar competitors, which is unlikely to change the perception that these deals are relatively weak. www.cnn.com/2026/01/12/p...
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Trump administration strikes deal with AbbVie to cut costs of certain drugs | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has finalized a deal with drugmaker AbbVie to cut the cost of certain medicines, marking the latest pact as part of its “Most Favored Nation” pricing initiative.
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Rachel Sachs @rachelsachs.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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Lizzy Lawrence @lizzylawrence.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Read @elaineywchen.bsky.social's write-up of former top FDA drug regulator Rick Pazdur's explosive panel at STAT's event at #JPM2026 last night, moderated by @matthewherper.bsky.social. Drug makers should be more concerned by what's happening at FDA, Pazdur said. www.statnews.com/2026/01/13/r...
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Pazdur warns that politics, ‘chaos’ are damaging FDA
At a STAT event, veteran drug regulator Richard Pazdur, who left the FDA last month after 26 years, said that politics and 'chaos' were damaging the agency.
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Ameet Sarpatwari @asarpatwari.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
No position in the world is worth it if it means violating your moral principles in egregious ways.
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JAMA @jama.com · 12/01/2026
📢 Special Communication: From 2011 to 2023, FDA decisions regarding #mifepristone regulation were primarily shaped by scientific evidence and recommendations from FDA scientists; political interference was infrequent and did not alter regulatory outcomes. ja.ma/4r7qSOL
A JAMA @1 Special Communication on Women's Health published online January 12, 2025, titled "The US Food and Drug Administration's Regulation of Mifepristone". The article discusses FDA's decision-making and regulation of mifepristone.
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This study is very important, and it accords with my own observations: When FDA expanded access to mifepristone, it followed the evidence. If anything, it's the continuing restrictions on access that are out of line with the evidence. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/h...
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F.D.A. Decisions on Abortion Pill Were Based on Science, New Analysis Finds
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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
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Ameet Sarpatwari @asarpatwari.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Thank goodness the administration is implementing the IRA.
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The Commonwealth Fund @commonwealthfund.org · 07/01/2026
Drug prices continue to be a top concern for #Medicare beneficiaries, with one of five saying they use discount websites like GoodRx or Amazon, instead of their prescription drug plan.
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What the Decline in Medicare Part D Plan Availability Means
Fewer standalone Rx plans in traditional Medicare raises questions about whether beneficiaries will have choices that align with health needs and budgets.
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NPR @npr.org · 06/01/2026
Abortions will remain legal in Wyoming. The state’s supreme court ruled Jan. 6 that two near-total abortion bans are unconstitutional. (via @wyomingpublicmedia.bsky.social)
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Wyoming Supreme Court protects abortion access
The state’s highest court ruled that two near-total state abortion bans violate the constitution.
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