# For the First Time, Government and Pharma Are on the Same Side

- slug: for-the-first-time-government-and-pharma-are-on-the-same-side
- date: 2026-04-02
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

In a reversal that hospital groups call a threat to safety-net care, the DOJ sided with pharma in a fight over a federal drug discount program that has long united these parties against each other.

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