1. Johnson & Johnson reported that higher demand for its blood cancer drugs Darzalex and Imbruvica will boost its earnings in the coming quarters. J&J drug sales rose 15.4% in the third quarter of 2017, compared to the same quarter a year ago. (Reuters)  

2. Apple reportedly considered buying Crossover Health, a startup that runs medical clinics. The clinics are hosted on-site for large employers. (CNBC)

3. Pharmaceutical companies should invest more heavily in digital as part of their payer-marketing efforts, a new survey found. About 44% of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee members surveyed by DRG Digital’s Manhattan Research would tap digital resources more frequently if such content were available. (Fierce Pharma)

4. President Donald Trump reiterated earlier comments that drug prices are “out of control” and the companies that market them are “getting away with murder.” (MarketWatch)

5. A federal judge in Texas said that four patents for Allergan’s dry-eye treatment Restasis are invalid. The drugmaker was criticized for trying to protect the patents by giving them to a Native American tribe. (NYT)