Judge tosses Medicare drug negotiation challenges from Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson

A federal judge on Monday threw out legal challenges to the Medicare negotiation program that had been brought by Bristol Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson, finding that their claims of unconstitutionality do not hold up.

In their two separate lawsuits, both Bristol Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson allege that the Medicare negotiation program created through the Inflation Reduction Act violated their constitutional rights.

Specifically, they claimed the program was...