AGP Executive Report
Last update: 27 minutes agoMassachusetts Health Policy: Gov. Maura Healey rolled out new healthcare affordability recommendations aimed at expanding MassHealth primary care, cutting premiums, curbing out-of-network costs, and using state buying power to lower prescription drug prices—plus an AI regulatory process. Massachusetts Infrastructure & Environment: Healey-Driscoll announced nearly $905,000 in MTTA grants to help towns move projects forward, including a fish passage at Horn Pond in Woburn. Massachusetts Higher Ed Leadership: Brown University President Christina Paxson will step down after the 2026-27 academic year, ending a 15-year tenure shaped by major federal funding fights and campus crises. Massachusetts Biotech/Clinical Trials: AriBio said it completed the treatment phase of its global Phase 3 POLARIS-AD trial of AR1001 for early Alzheimer’s, moving into database lock and analysis. Massachusetts Pharma/Antitrust: Attorney General Hilgers announced a $400 million settlement in principle with Sandoz over alleged generic-drug price inflation and competition-limiting conspiracies, with trial expected in 2027. Tech & Privacy: A new wave of scrutiny is hitting AI surveillance cameras, with municipalities canceling or pausing Flock Safety license-plate reader contracts amid privacy and accountability concerns. Local Labor: Workers at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art petition the NLRB to hold a vote on forming a union.
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