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BREAKING NEWS: FDA chief Scott Gottlieb steps down, leaving pet projects behind fiercepharma
March 06, 2019
Not quite two years into his stewardship of the FDA, Scott Gottlieb, M.D., is stepping down.
JPM pricing parley: False choices, secret deals and a hyperfocus on drug costs fiercepharma
January 13, 2019
From the moment then-president-elect Donald Trump made his comment that pharmas were “getting away with murder,” drug pricing has consistently made headlines in the U.S. And as Trump’s recent White House meeting with top advisers suggests, the pressure on
Trump administration looks to give private Medicare plans negotiating power on drugs thehill
November 27, 2018
Insurers that participate in Medicare’s prescription drug program would be able to exclude certain drugs if prices rise faster than inflation as part of a new proposal from the Trump administration....
Older Americans don't get - or seek - enough help from doctors & pharmacists on drug costs worldpharmanews
July 03, 2017
The majority of Americans over age 50 take two or more prescription medicines to prevent or treat health problems, and many of them say the cost weighs on their budget, a new poll finds.
Older Americans don't get - or seek - enough help from doctors & pharmacists on drug costs worldpharmanews
July 03, 2017
The majority of Americans over age 50 take two or more prescription medicines to prevent or treat health problems, and many of them say the cost weighs on their budget, a new poll finds.
Drug costs vary by more than 600% in study of 10 high-income countries worldpharmanews
June 13, 2017
In a study of 10 high-income countries with universal health care, costs for prescription drugs in 6 of the largest categories of primary care medicines varied by more than 600%, according to research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journa