Enlarge this image Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs online pharmacy is adding the oral contraceptive Yaz from Bayer to its list of…
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How rock-bottom prices drive shortages of generic drugs used in hospitals
by Sydney Lupkin December 28, 2023Enlarge this image The former Akorn pharmaceutical plant in Decatur, Ill., that made a wide range of generic drugs used in hospitals…
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Enlarge this image A tornado damaged a Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in Rocky Mount, N.C., in July. The facility makes almost 25% of…
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The hospital ran out of her child’s cancer drug. Now she’s fighting to end shortages
by Yuki Noguchi October 23, 2023Enlarge this image Angels for Change founder Laura Bray took on the problem of drug shortages when the hospital ran out of…
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Some cancer drugs are in short supply, putting patients’ care at risk. Here’s why
by Yuki Noguchi June 15, 2023Enlarge this image Toni Dezomits’ advanced ovarian cancer responded well to earlier rounds of chemo, but this spring, her doctors told her…
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AbbVie’s blockbuster drug Humira finally loses its 20-year, $200 billion monopoly
by Dan Gorenstein January 31, 2023Enlarge this image Humira, the injectable biologic treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, now faces its first competition from one of several copycat “biosimilar”…
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How Much Difference Will Eli Lilly’s Half-Price Insulin Make?
by Bram Sable-Smith March 10, 2019Enlarge this image Eli Lilly and Company, based in Indianapolis, is rolling out a half-price version of its insulin Humalog that will…
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HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, March 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) — In what probably came as a surprise to many, U.S. Food and Drug…