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Trump says he wants to ‘let Obamacare fail.’ Here’s how he could make it fail.
18 July 2017 - Pennsylvania insurance commissioner Teresa Miller visited all five of the health insurance companies selling plans on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2017
ASCO addresses high cost of cancer drugs
19 July 2017 - The issue of expensive cancer therapies is taken up by the American Society of Clinical Oncology ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2017
How do you measure value in a drug — or anything else in medicine?
19 July 2017 - At a swanky hotel in the Theatre District, about a dozen health policy experts and drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2017
Donald Trump holds Republican war party to revive health care plans
20 July 2017 - Donald Trump was to hold a war party of Republican senators early today in a last-ditch ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2017
U.S. FDA designates Mallinckrodt's StrataGraft as regenerative medicine advanced therapy
18 July 2017 - Provides potential for priority review and accelerated approval under 21st Century Cures Act. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2017
Capricor receives rare paediatric disease designation from FDA for CAP-1002 for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
18 July 2017 - Designation covers broad treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2017
Senate to take up bill to repeal Obamacare without replacement plan
18 July 2017 - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced late Monday that the Senate will give up on its ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2017
FDA approves Vosevi for hepatitis C
18 July 2017 - The U.S. FDA today approved Vosevi to treat adults with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1-6 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2017
Spark Therapeutics’ biologics license application for investigational voretigene neparvovec accepted for filing by FDA
17 July 2017 - FDA grants priority review with PDUFA date of 12 January 2018. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2017
Trump health bill all but dead
18 July 2017 - Republicans Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas said they would oppose the Republican ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2017
Institute for Clinical and Economic Review's final evidence report finds prices of anabolic agents for osteoporosis too high, not aligned with potential benefits over other treatments
17 July 2017 - Policy recommendations highlight need for prices to align with clinical benefit, clear guidelines to define highest ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2017
How the Republican health care bill could raise premiums for 177 million Americans
17 July 2017 - A leading business coalition has warned that employers could pick up the tab if millions of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2017
A top Republican vows a vote on health care, but uncertainty reigns
16 July 2017 - A top Senate Republican vowed on Sunday to bring the party’s health care bill to a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2017
New “let’s talk about cost” campaign convenes national dialogue on medicine costs
12 July 2017 - Discussions about costs are important. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2017
The art of the deal? Why a money-back guarantee for drugs is a bad idea
17 July 2017 - President Trump likes to boast that he mastered the “art of the deal.” ...