Congressional leaders late Wednesday (March 21) unveiled a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that includes an additional $3.6 billion for opioid-addiction and mental-health services. The bill does not include marketplace stabilization measures or brand drug industry-backed changes to the Part D program. The bill would provide HHS $78 billion in budget authority, which is $10 billion more than the 2017 level, according the House appropriations committee release. NIH would get the largest increase, $3 billion, while most other agencies would...