Drugs From Mark Cuban’s Pharmacy Could Save Medicare Billions Every Year, Harvard Says
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Scientists with an eye towards helping the battered American consumer have recently published a paper finding that if…
Scientists with an eye towards helping the battered American consumer have recently published a paper finding that if…
Covid has made it clear: the likes of Pfizer, in thrall to shareholders, only really care about their huge profitsPfizer has…
After my post on the availability of a generic alternative to Bystolic, several readers expressed concern about the quality of…
The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2021, The New York Times Company). The United States receives…
Many countries use independent review boards to balance innovation and profit.
By Steven M. Lieberman, Paul Ginsburg, Kavita PatelMost Americans believe U.S. prescription drug prices are too high—a…
Problems with the U.S. health care system—including the rising costs of prescription drugs, the current opioid abuse crisis…
If you’re a diabetic in parts of Africa or Asia, getting access to life-saving insulin and then being able to afford it is…
A huge number of people risks having inadequate access to life-saving treatment.
Insulin is an indispensable medication for millions of people who suffer from diabetes, but experts are becoming concerned that…
By Adam Gaffney, instructor in medicine 1, Joel Lexchin professor emeritus 2, US, Canadian Pharmaceutical Policy Reform Working…
Millions of Americans can't afford their prescriptions. These are portraits of a few patients struggling to manage their drug…
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. The FDA has approved the world’s first gene therapy: Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec; AAV2-hRPE65v2) is…
People living in the United States spend more per capita on prescription drugs than people living in any other country. In an…
A Focus On Expediting Drug…
Why Democratic voters need to turf out Senators who put the profits of drug companies above their constituents' needs.
As it readies for battle with Trump over drug prices, Big Pharma is deploying economists and health-care experts.Continue…
Would I lie to you? Until a year ago very few people had ever heard of Martin Shkreli. In 2015 the then-32-year-old CEO of…
Since 1980, Congress has enacted many laws granting pharmaceutical manufacturers monopolies that no other industry enjoys.
By Ameet Sarpatwari and Aaron S. Kesselheim Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL…
Just last week a man walked into my office holding a vile of insulin. He told me its cost and how much it has increased over…
Per capita prescription drug spending in the U.S. is the highest in the world, with spending largely…
Drug prices continue to rise in the US. Many solutions have been proposed but few have been implemented. Drs. Janet Woodcock…
Lola Gayle, STEAM…
By Nicholson Price Drug prices have been making waves in the news recently. The most recent case is the huge price hikes of…
The High Cost of Prescription Drugs in the United States: Origins and Prospects for…
They aren't really of course -- corporations aren't people nor are they moral agents. But human beings do act on their behalf.
Letting Medicare and Medicaid negotiate pricing would likely help bring costs down, researchers say
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