Diabetics are skipping medical care due to costs
According to a new survey, 45 percent of diabetics reported having sometimes gone without care for their disease because they
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
A New Wave Of Meth Overloads Communities Struggling With Opioids
(By Arezou Rezvani; Rachel Martin and Danny Hajek for NPR) Principal Mary Ann Hale dreads weekends. By the time Fridays
Read MoreFDA to provide recommendations to Congress on how to address nationwide drug shortages
A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb asking the agency to convene its Drug
Read MoreDonations of $4,500 overdose antidote were PR gold for drug maker — but some kits were close to expiring
(By Max Blau for STAT) DUNWOODY, Ga. — Three years ago, with the opioid epidemic taking off, police officers in
Read MoreStudy: New York physicians received $3.5M from opioid makers between 2013-15
(By Harrison Cook for Becker’s Hospital Review) New York physicians prescribed more opioids to Medicare patients after receiving payments from
Read MoreHHS says it may be time to eliminate the complex system of drug rebates
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is calling for “a system without rebates.” HHS secretary Azar told lawmakers
Read MoreHow America Got Hooked On A Deadly Drug
(By Fred Schulte for Kaiser Health News) Purdue Pharma left almost nothing to chance in its whirlwind marketing of its
Read MoreMedicare’s blueprint to tackle the opioid crisis
In 2016, more than 42,000 Americans died as a result of opioid use and of those, 40 percent involved a
Read MoreAntisense therapy
A new approach to killing C. difficile, the most common hospital-acquired bacterial infection in the US, is called antisense therapy.
Read MoreAs opioids legislation gains steam, efforts to address crisis collide with moneyed interests
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — As legislation to address the opioid epidemic gains momentum, drug makers, insurers, and
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