Amid efforts to expand naloxone access, a controversial new study questions its value
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — Amid a worsening opioid epidemic, the overdose-reversal drug naloxone has taken center stage.
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
Flu vaccine grown without eggs provided measurably better protection this season, FDA says
(By Helen Branswell for STAT) The sole influenza vaccine made in cell culture in the United States may have worked
Read MoreKentucky AG files fourth opioid crisis lawsuit
(By Brian Zimmerman for Becker’s Hospital Review) Kentucky’s Attorney General on March 8 filed a lawsuit against AmerisourceBergen, alleging the
Read MoreCigna to buy Express Scripts for $67B: 5 things to know
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Cigna signed a definitive agreement to acquire Express Scripts for $67 billion in cash and
Read MoreOf ‘Miracles’ And Money: Why Hemophilia Drugs Are So Expensive
(By Jenny Gold for Kaiser Health News) YUBA CITY, Calif. — When Landon Morris was diagnosed with hemophilia shortly after
Read MoreGottlieb condemns ‘rigged payment scheme’ for biosimilar drugs
(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that it’s not his agency’s
Read MoreJury’s In: Opioids Are Not Better Than Other Medicines For Chronic Pain
(By Alex Smith, KCUR for Kaiser Health News) A few years ago, Renea Molden’s doctors told her they wanted to
Read MoreProposed federal limits to opioid prescriptions draw opposition from physicians and patients
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — In the final hours of public input on a controversial new rule limiting
Read MoreStates Strive To Curb Costs For A Crucial — But Exorbitant — Hemophilia Treatment
(By Barbara Feder Ostrov for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) The child is well-known in the halls where
Read MoreKentucky could become the first state to tax opioid prescriptions
(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) Lawmakers in Kentucky are weighing whether to impose a new tax on opioid prescriptions, the
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