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WHO agrees watered down resolution on transparency in drug costs
28 May 2019 - World Health Organization members agreed on Tuesday to push for clearer drug pricing but stepped back ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2019
Trump ready to force transparency in health care pricing with an executive order
27 May 2019 - The Trump Administration wants to make it easier for patients and employers to comparison shop for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2019
'You disappointed us': Why is Canada opposing more transparency in drug prices?
25 May 2019 - Pharma industry says high prices are necessary to cover costs. Some nations want to see the data. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2019
These Republicans campaigned on a bold drug pricing pledge. Since they won, they’ve gone silent.
24 May 2019 - Just a handful of Republicans have ever endorsed the progressive idea to let Medicare negotiate drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2019
Colorado becomes first state to put cap on rising insulin prices
24 May 2019 - In the latest pushback against surging insulin prices, Colorado has become the first state in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2019
Voters are angry about prescription drug costs
24 May 2019 - For over 30 years we have been conducting health care surveys from separate national polling firms ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2019
Blink Health taking on middle men to democratise drug prices
23 May 2019 - Geoffrey Chaiken, co-founder and CEO of Blink Health, says he and his brother, Matthew, have a simple ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2019
Trump administration preparing executive order on health cost disclosure
24 May 2019 - Directive for price transparency could be released next week amid growing pushback against industry’s secrecy. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 May 2019
A new Senate health package includes surprisingly aggressive drug pricing reforms
23 May 2019 - Two powerful Senate lawmakers laid out an unexpectedly ambitious plan to lower the price of prescription ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 May 2019
WHO drug pricing talks may fail to end secrecy, activists fear
24 May 2019 - Governments are working on a drug pricing transparency deal at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) annual ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 May 2019
Novartis CEO plans gene therapy price 'far lower' than $4 million to $5 million range
23 May 2019 - Novartis AG’s top executive said on Wednesday it expects to price its gene therapy for spinal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 May 2019
A drug with a multi-million dollar price tag is making a mockery of Washington's efforts to rein in prices
23 May 2019 - Gilead Sciences, a California biopharmaceutical company, scored a major breakthrough in 2013 when the FDA approved ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 May 2019
HHS marches forward to enhance drug price transparency
21 May 2019 - HHS Secretary Alex Azar has been almost singularly focused in delivering on the administration’s promises to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 May 2019
Free market activists slam Trump's international drug pricing index
21 May 2019 - Rep. Andy Biggs: 'Seems to me like we're importing drug controls'. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 May 2019
Louisiana is creating a drug price revolution
20 May 2019 - Louisiana is putting the final touches on a revolutionary deal that promises to simultaneously control health ...