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Why pharmaceutical companies are on a shopping binge
14 January 2019 - With the cost of R&D so high, it may make sense to spend money on a competitor. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jan 2019
Trump falsely claims ‘drug prices declined in 2018’
12 January 2019 - President Trump asserted late Friday that drug prices declined for the first time in nearly 50 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jan 2019
J&J raises U.S. prices on around two dozen drugs
11 January 2019 - Johnson & Johnson raised U.S. prices on around two dozen prescription drugs on Thursday, including the psoriasis ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2019
Trump summons advisers to White House over drug price hikes
8 January 2019 - President Donald Trump has summoned top officials for a White House meeting on drug prices, frustrated ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2019
Big pharma is caught between Wall Street and Trump on drug prices
4 January 2019 - Investors seeking growth as older blockbusters begin to fade. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2019
Drug pricing is pharma’s top concern in 2019
4 January 2019 - More than half of industry respondents say pricing will have the greatest negative impact this year. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jan 2019
Trump goes after pharma on Twitter as companies increase prices
6 January 2019 - New year brought average drug price increase of 6.7%. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jan 2019
Payers expect drug prices to rise 3 to 5 percent annually over the next three years
3 January 2019 - President Trump may be expecting a tremendous drop in prescription drug prices, but more than two ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jan 2019
Drug makers raise prices on hundreds of medicines
1 January 2019 - New analysis shows Allergan setting the pace with increases of nearly 10% on more than two dozen ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Dec 2018
Medicines Australia welcomes the Government’s recognition of the importance of medicines
17 December 2018 - Medicines Australia welcomes today’s Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, announced by Treasurer the Hon. Josh Frydenberg ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Dec 2018
The little-known way pharma companies hook people on their costly drugs
12 December 2018 - Kip Burgess was relieved last year when pharmaceutical giant Amgen overnighted him a $2,976 check to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2018
FDA takes aim at pharma’s biosimilar-delaying tactics
12 December 2018 - Ever-rising cost of insulins also to be targeted. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2018
Bernie Sanders' drug price controls would stifle medical innovation
11 December 2018 - Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Ro Khanna recently proposed bills that would impose price controls on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2018
The drug industry is headed back to Congress to make its case. Will Democrats keep the door open?
10 December 2018 - With annual revenues of roughly $450 million and an army of some 160 lobbyists, PhRMA has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2018
Pharma calls for more detail on plan for post Brexit medicines access
10 December 2018 - The pharmaceutical industry is calling on the government to urgently provide more detail on how it ...