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Mark Cuban’s cost plus drug company continues to revolutionise generic drug pricing
1 January 2023 - Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drug Company is making waves again, as it steadily raises its profile ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Dec 2022
American ALS patients contend with US$158K price tag on new drug
19 December 2022 - For two years, Becky Mourey pushed the FDA to approve an experimental drug for her Lou ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Dec 2022
Fixing price instability can improve access to affordable prescription drugs
15 December 2022 - The high cost of prescription drugs is a very real problem in the US. The average American ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Oct 2022
Another example of a “Shkrelian” drug price increase
28 October 2022 - The story of Martin Shkreli and the drug, Daraprim, has been used as an example of drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2022
Labor fulfils vow to cut cost of scripts
21 October 2022 - Labor will list four new medicines on the PBS from November to offer Australians cheaper treatments ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2022
3 in 10 uninsured Americans with diabetes may ration insulin
18 October 2022 - "Universal access to insulin, without cost barriers, is urgently needed." ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2022
Health insurance prices set for takeoff
18 October 2022 - Millions of Americans will find out soon how much their health insurance premiums will increase next ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2022
Can state prescription drug affordability boards address high cost drug prices?
11 October 2022 - State law makers, like their federal counterparts, are focused on addressing the high and growing cost of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Oct 2022
Impending relief for Medicare beneficiaries - the Inflation Reduction Act
15 October 2022 - For many Medicare beneficiaries, the Inflation Reduction Act will reduce out of pocket spending for retail prescription ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act lowers health care costs for millions of Americans
5 October 2022 - Through the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden is delivering on his promise to lower prescription drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Oct 2022
In the costly US health care market, Mark Cuban’s company has a plan to reduce prescription drug costs
4 October 2022 - A recent poll shows that most Americans say the country’s health care system is handled poorly, and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Sep 2022
Doctors, patients protest at plans to cap medicine prices
23 September 2022 - Doctors, pharmacists and patients organisations are angry about government plans to cut spending on medicine, which ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2022
Growing financial burden from high-cost targeted oral anti-cancer medicines among Medicare beneficiaries with cancer
13 September 2022 - The rapidly rising costs of targeted oral anti-cancer medicines raise concerns over their affordability. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2022
Your money or your life? Cancer’s crushing cost
10 September 2022 - The first thing many cancer patients see when they arrive at the oncology ward is the EFTPOS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Sep 2022
Cheaper scripts for millions
7 September 2022 - For the first time in its 75 year history, the maximum cost of general scripts under ...