Anjalee Khemlani

Some personal news, as they say...

I'm no longer with Yahoo Finance

www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

Ousted F.D.A. Vaccine Chief Returns to Agency Dr. Vinay Prasad’s rehiring was an unusual instance of a federal official targeted by the right-wing activist Laura Loomer being brought back into the Trump administration.

Dr. Vinay Prasad, who led the FDA’s vaccines and gene therapy division before resigning under pressure two weeks ago, is returning to the agency, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesman confirmed Saturday.

Alzheimer's Drug Used Mainly by Relatively Affluent, Urban White Men Large disparities in who receives lecanemab, Medicare analysis suggests

Alzheimer's Drug Used Mainly by Relatively Affluent, Urban White Men www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/al...

RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

Telemarketers Are Using a Weird Trick to Sell Bare-Bones Health Plans How a former TV comedy writer’s fake-job loophole could blow up Obamacare.

Health-Care Hustlers: Telemarketers are signing people up for bare-bones health-care plans — and fake jobs

Overseas grants could be ‘closed down’ by NIH under new policy, internal email suggests A NIH policy change on funding of foreign scientists is far more sweeping than described in a Thursday announcement

Cuts to funding to foreign scientists more sweeping than it originally seemed. @mmolteni.bsky.social on the case (of course she is.)
www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/n...

👋🏻Hello to all my new followers.
Let me know how you found me!

I post healthcare things (mostly business and policy) and also share random interesting posts.

Anything that makes my brain feel awake and challenged..... in a critical/non-ragey kind of way 🧠

'Declare victory and move on': Eli Lilly CEO on Trump tariff threat Eli Lilly CEO says Trump tariff threat has already achieved the goal of repatriating manufacturing in pharma.

'Declare victory and move on': Eli Lilly CEO on Trump pharma tariff threat

finance.yahoo.com/news/declare...

Canada has been here before. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu shared the bond is going to be stronger than ever.

Once again....
History here: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjku6rRj/

Navigating health financing cliffs: a new era in global health An era in global health, inaugurated in 2000 by the UN Millennium Declaration,1 has passed. This era saw large increases in domestic spending on health and official development assistance for health,2...

Navigating health financing cliffs: a new era in global health - The Lancet
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Why vaccine makers aren't worried about Trump administration cuts Vaccines have been a central focus for Trump's health leaders, but large-cap players aren't feeling the sting.

"...whether we need to let this noise dictate what we do, the answer is no."

finance.yahoo.com/news/why-vac...

Day by day, how Trump is roiling science and health STAT is tracking, day by day, what's happened in the words of science and health during the first months of the Trump administration.

I made a timeline of all the actions in Trump's (almost) first 100 days that have upended science and health. It was staggering to me to see it all in one place, even though I reported on many on these events. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...

Nearly half of US exposed to air pollution as Trump seeks to cut climate protections Trump's EPA has made it easier for companies to request exemptions from Clean Air Act rules.

Nearly half of Americans are now exposed to potentially dangerous levels of air pollution, per a new report.

RFK Jr: "By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures."

'Most effective way' to prevent measles is vaccination, RFK Jr. says, in most direct remarks yet Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Sunday that "the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine,” his most direct statement yet on the issue.

#Breaking: ‘Most effective way’ to prevent measles is vaccination, RFK Jr. says, in most direct remarks yet

www.statnews.com/2025/04/06/r...

FDA delay on Novavax vaccine approval could be bellwether for vaccine sector: BofAS The FDA was supposed to make a final decision about approval of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine this week, but that deadline has passed with no clarity on when the decision will move forward again.

FDA delay on Novavax vaccine approval could be bellwether for vaccine sector: BofAS

finance.yahoo.com/news/fda-del...

When I first watched this movie, I had no idea what those tickers were.
Now, as a ~6yr @yahoofinance.com vet, I know my healthcare stocks in an instant.

DGX Quest Diagnostics
GSK GlaxoSmithKline
RAD..good ol Rite Aid, no longer publicly traded

(Movie: The Big Short)

Former FDA head Califf: Trump administration actions are an effort 'to destroy the FDA' The FDA saw a significant reduction in force Tuesday, and former FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said the industry is going to face significant uncertainty.

finance.yahoo.com/news/former-...

Studies terminated at NIH:
-On reducing asthma from mold
-On prenatal risks & screening
-On statins influence on dementia
-On the safety/risk of gender-affirming care
-On how Covid vax outcomes & disparities
-On improving HIV care
-Training programs for the next generation of scientists

⚡ EXCLUSIVE ⚡ Former CDC Director Mandy Cohen + former Amazon Pharmacy… | Anjalee Khemlani ⚡ EXCLUSIVE ⚡ Former CDC Director Mandy Cohen + former Amazon Pharmacy chief medical officer Vin Gupta, MD MPA Gupta are joining Manatt, Phelps & Phillips…

Former CDC director Mandy Cohen joining LA based law firm Manatt, and focusing her efforts on fighting the Trump admin health policy uncertainty from the private sector:
www.linkedin.com/posts/anjkhe...

Another healthcare executive attacked

Multiple authorities investigate alleged arson attack on Bayer executive's NJ home A Bayer executive's house was targeted by an alleged arsonist in New Jersey this week.

BREAKING: Multiple authorities investigate attack on Bayer executive's home

finance.yahoo.com/news/multipl...

Well that's new....Amazon pushing it's One Medical service by email spam.

Trickle-down effect of NIH funding battle worries healthcare analysts and medical experts NIH funding was set to be cut Monday until a federal judge stepped in and delayed the impact. Some health experts and analysts are still concerned.

"the generational effect this is going to have is just going to be awful."

finance.yahoo.com/news/trickle...

Novo Nordisk 'comfortable' with impact of Medicare price negotiations for GLP-1s: CEO Novo Nordisk's CEO is not worried about blockbuster semaglutide drugs being added to Medicare drug pricing negotiations this year.

CMS Ozempic, Wegovy 2025 pricing negotiations:

Here is Novo Nordisk's breakdown of it's patient access breakdown, and why it isn't fazed by IRA Medicare drug pricing negotiation for GLP-1 semaglutide products.

50% commercial
30% Medicare
10% Medicaid
10% other

finance.yahoo.com/news/novo-no...

RFK Jr. 'tempered' his stance on vaccines in private discussions, Pfizer CEO says Pfizer CEO has met with the new administration and believes Trump and RFK Jr. are going to be net positives for the health sector.

Full interview here:

finance.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-...

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on RFK/Trump admin strategy:

" I focus more, not on the things that we clearly disagree, like vaccines, but on the things that we can agree and we can do things together."

Kennedy moves closer to top health job after clearing Senate panel Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's pick for health secretary, moved closer to securing the job on Tuesday, winning approval from a key Republican senator and a recommendation from the Finance Committee to advance him to a full Senate vote as soon as this week.

The Republican-led US Senate Finance Committee advanced President Donald Trump's nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, paving the way for the full Senate to vote to confirm him as soon as this week reut.rs/3Epup7O

Trump busts guardrails of the presidency with lightning speed Trump 2.0 has already laid waste to democratic norms, precedents and even some laws.

“Short of a court order, Trump's opponents have so far failed to stop him from bending and breaking the limits of presidential authority.” www.axios.com/2025/02/04/t...

RFK Jr. struggles to answer Medicaid questions in confirmation hearing Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed reservations about his qualifications.

RFK struggles to answer Medicaid, other policy questions at confirmation hearing. www.axios.com/2025/01/29/r...