Enlarge this image A vial of the Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, Bivalent. Though the shots are free to pretty much anyone who wants…
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FDA has new leverage over companies looking for a quicker drug approval
by Sydney Lupkin March 3, 2023Enlarge this image Congress gave the Food and Drug Administration more power to hold drugmakers accountable as part of the mammoth spending…
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Enlarge this image A medical assistant administers insulin to an adolescent patient who has Type 1 diabetes. Cigna’s pharmacy benefit manager, Express…
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It Will Take More Than Transparency To Reduce Drug Prices, Economists Say
by Alison Kodjak March 22, 2019Enlarge this image One of the Trump administration’s proposals would change the prices Medicare pays for certain prescription drugs by factoring in…
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Poll: Americans Support Government Action To Curb Prescription Drug Prices
by Alison Kodjak March 1, 2019Enlarge this image Drug prices in the United States support spending on research and development, said AbbVie CEO Richard Gonzalez (far left)…
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Why The U.S. Remains The Most Expensive Market For ‘Biologic’ Drugs In The World
by Sarah Jane Tribble December 19, 2018Enlarge this image Susie Christoff tried several drugs to cope with her painful psoriatic arthritis before finding Cosentyx worked the best. The…
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47 Hospitals Slashed Their Use Of Two Key Heart Drugs After Huge Price Hikes
by NPR August 9, 2017Enlarge this image Valeant Pharmaceuticals, based in Bridgewater Township, N.J., bought two specialty heart drugs used in emergency treatment from Marathon Pharmaceuticals…
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A Drugmaker Tries To Cash In On The Opioid Epidemic, One State Law At A Time
by NPR June 12, 2017Enlarge this image Kim Ryu for NPR Kim Ryu for NPR Two years ago, a mental health advocate named Steve McCaffrey stood…
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