Wednesday, May 13, 2026

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Part D/Prescription Drugs

An Opioid Remedy That Works: Treat Pain And Addiction At The Same Time

(By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio in reporting partnership with NPR, Colorado Public Radio and Kaiser Health News) Seven years

(By Anna Groman and Phil Galewitz for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Three days after California businesses began

(By Julio Ochoa, WUSF for Kaiser Health News) When a hepatitis C treatment called Harvoni was released in 2014, Dr.

(By Mackenize Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) After a year filled with immense scrutiny over high drug prices, drug companies

(By Pauline Bartolone for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Even as the opioid crisis fueled overdose deaths across

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) A federal judge has dismissed an injunction requested by hospital groups and health

(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) Gale Dunham, a pharmacist in Calistoga, Calif., knows the devastation the opioid epidemic

(By Anuja Vaidya for Becker’s Hospital Review) Roche, a global pharmaceuticals and diagnostics company, is acquiring Ignyta for $27 per share in

(By Brian Zimmerman for Becker’s Hospital Review) Cook County and five other counties encompassing Chicago suburbs recently filed lawsuits against

(By Rebecca Robbins for STAT) These are boom times for the multibillion-dollar drug advertising industry — and the parade of