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How to lower drug prices without killing research and development
23 July 2020 - The race for treatments and vaccines for COVID-19 has again raised questions about how much drugs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jul 2020
Trump likely to sign executive orders on drug pricing Friday
23 July 2020 - President Trump is likely to sign executive orders on Friday aimed at lowering drug prices, elevating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jul 2020
Pfizer vaccine deal at $20 a dose sets ceiling for rivals
22 July 2020 - U.S. agrees to pay Pfizer, BioNTech $1.95 billion on approval. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jul 2020
Coronavirus: pharmaceutical giants split on vaccine profits
22 July 2020 - Pharmaceutical companies are split on how they would price their potential COVID-19 vaccines, with some pledging ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jul 2020
Executive order on drug price controls would backfire
21 July 2020 - Rumour has it that President Trump will soon issue a sweeping executive order to lower prescription ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jul 2020
White House considers drug pricing executive order, prompting GOP pushback
21 July 2020 - The White House is considering one or more executive orders aimed at lowering drug prices that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jul 2020
White House weighs resurrecting key drug price initiatives
20 July 2020 - It's a sharp reversal from just a year ago, when the White House abandoned the policy over ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jul 2020
Aspen offers to cut cancer drug prices, may avoid EU antitrust fine
14 July 2020 - Aspen has offered to cut prices by an average of 73% for six off-patent cancer drugs, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jul 2020
PMPRB changes within scope of Patent Act, rules federal court in judicial review
13 July 2020 - The Federal Court has upheld reforms to the Patented Medicines Pricing Review Board that updated the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jul 2020
Doctors and patients anxious after pharma giant Apotex quits New Zealand
13 July 2020 - A patient advocate group says a pharmaceutical giant's decision to pull out of the New Zealand ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2020
Trump will sign three executive orders on lowering drug prices: chief of staff
10 July 2020 - President Donald Trump will sign three executive orders on lowering prescription drug prices, White House Chief ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2020
How can cancer drug prices better match their benefits? Germany offers a cost-saving model
10 July 2020 - After Germany revamped its approach to purchasing medicines a decade ago, the prices negotiated by the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2020
Despite the pandemic, prices for many drugs keep rising
9 July 2020 - Despite the economic hardships the COVID-19 pandemic has created for many Americans, drug makers raised list ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2020
Drug prices steadily rise amid pandemic, data shows
7 July 2020 - Some drugmakers have delayed or staggered increases amid increased scrutiny and the fear of catching President Donald ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jul 2020
Did a pharma trade group try to sabotage a Dutch government report on compulsory licensing?
7 July 2020 - Dutch government commission on compulsory licensing was nearly sabotaged last month after one of its members ...