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New poll shows wide support for several Trump drug pricing reforms, but not rebate changes
28 August 2020 - Voters in several battleground states overwhelmingly support several of President Trump’s recent proposals to drastically cut ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2020
Employers are planning how to blunt the cost of gene therapies, pricey new specialty drugs
27 August 2020 - As the pharmaceutical industry develops increasingly expensive medicines – notably, those costing seven figures – a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2020
Drug pricing executive order: will consumers get the reforms they need?
26 August 2020 - The August 24 deadline President Trump imposed on pharmaceutical companies to “come up with something that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2020
Drug industry lobbyists circulate two drug pricing proposals in hopes of warding off a Trump executive order
25 August 2020 - The pharmaceutical industry is weighing two drug pricing policies that it could offer as a trade ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2020
Trump deadline for drug pricing order passes with no action
25 August 2020 - A deadline set by President Trump for moving forward with an executive order to lower drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2020
Why are Trump and the Republicans so afraid of competition when it comes to drug prices?
24 August 2020 - President Trump recently signed two executive orders directly related to prescription drug prices in the U.S. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Aug 2020
Why an Amazon and Airbnb vet joined a digital health company that wants to slash drug prices
24 August 2020 - Geoffrey and Matt Chaiken have an ambitious plan to lower the price that consumers have to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2020
PhRMA scrambles to respond to Trump’s drug pricing ultimatum, as Monday deadline looms
21 August 2020 - Drug makers and their lobbyists are struggling to agree on a strategy that would convince President ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Aug 2020
Swiss data protection chief pushes back on drug pricing secrecy
20 August 2020 - A proposed change to the new health insurance law that seeks to keep drug prices under lock ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2020
US may need to look to Germany to reform drug pricing
19 August 2020 - US administrative and legislative efforts are moving the United States and Germany more into alignment on drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2020
Many psoriasis patients are paying higher prices than ever at the pharmacy counter
13 August 2020 - Over the past decade, wholesale prices for self-administered psoriasis medicines rose substantially, underscoring the ongoing financial ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2020
Valuing innovative drugs based on their cost of manufacturing will prolong the COVID-19 pandemic
14 August 2020 - The value of innovative medicines has absolutely nothing to do with its cost of production. Yet, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic could be the last straw for high drug costs
12 August 2020 - New polling shows voters are ready for aggressive actions on prescription drug prices. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2020
For company behind coronavirus drug, sharp questions over pricing, potentially cheaper option
13 August 2020 - Gilead says it's testing remdesivir alternative amid questions from watchdog. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2020
Predictors of negotiated prices for new drugs in Germany
13 August 2020 - In Germany, all new, innovative medicines are subject to an early benefit assessment by the German Federal ...