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Drug makers sue to block requirement for listing prices in TV ads
14 June 2019 - The rule, set to take effect 9 July, is one of the most visible efforts by the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2019
Bluebird Bio CEO defends $1.8 million price for gene therapy — ‘It’s really thinking about it differently’
14 June 2019 - He says the one-time treatment is a game changer for patients, giving them a “lifelong benefit” while ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jun 2019
State efforts to lower health care prices paid by private insurers
13 June 2019 - Since the mid-1990s, the differential between what public and private health insurers pay for hospital and physician ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jun 2019
Trump picks show over substance with drug price for veterans
14 June 2019 - His offer to help negotiate the price of a new J&J depression treatment is narrow in scope ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jun 2019
Pharmaceutical policy reforms to regulate drug prices in the Asia Pacific Region: the case of Australia, China, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, and South Korea
13 June 2019 - Medicine price directly affects affordability and access to medicines particularly in countries where a major portion of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2019
Senate Judiciary Committee plans markup of drug pricing bill this month
12 June 2019 - The Senate Judiciary Committee is planning a markup of legislation to lower drug prices this month, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2019
Canada will move on new drug price rules in 'very near future': minister
13 June 2019 - Work on the Canadian government’s proposal to crack down on patented drug prices is underway and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2019
Capping seniors' out-of-pocket prescription drug costs could increase Medicare prices -- and premiums
11 June 2019 - Medicare’s prescription drug benefit is known as the one federal entitlement program that routinely comes in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2019
How pharma could benefit from one of Congress’ signature drug pricing ideas
11 June 2019 - If you asked me in January whether Congress would stick it to pharma this Congress, I’d ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jun 2019
Jacobus prices its rare disease drug at half of what Catalyst charges, but will doctors prescribe it?
10 June 2019 - After weeks of anticipation, Jacobus Pharmaceutical, a small, family-run drug maker, has priced its rare disease ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2019
The $2.1 million question: what are the medical, ethical implications of the world's priciest drug?
10 June 2019 - With last month’s FDA approval, Zolgensma became the world’s most expensive medication. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2019
Senator Patty Murray introduces bipartisan bills aimed at lowering prescription drug prices
6 June 2019 - Lowering the cost of prescription drugs is an issue agreed on by a wide swath of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2019
UK, Germany, dissociate from WHO drug pricing resolution
8 June 2019 - The passage of a landmark resolution on improving the transparency of markets for medicines at the latest ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2019
GOP senators ask PhRMA for solutions to lower drug prices
6 June 2019 - A group of eight Republican senators is writing to pharmaceutical companies asking them what solutions they ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2019
Liberals rip Democratic leaders for writing drug pricing bill in secret
6 June 2019 - Progressive House Democrats are growing increasingly frustrated with their party’s leadership, accusing them of writing Democrats’ ...