The Administration is calling it off
On Thursday, the Obama administration announced that it was calling off the controversial initiative to change how Medicare pays for
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
States Accuse Generic Drugmakers Of Price Fixing
(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) Twenty states are accusing a group of generic drug makers of conspiring to keep the
Read MoreTwo former pharma execs first to be charged in generic price-fixing probe
(Ed Silverman for STAT) Two former Heritage Pharmaceuticals executives were accused by federal authorities on Wednesday of conspiring with rivals
Read MoreDiscounted Price for Insulin
Eli Lilly and Co through its partnership with Express Scripts Holding Co announced that certain individuals who pay full retail
Read MoreSeeing surge in drugs from China, senator urges restrictions on mail-order opioids
(By Dylan Scott for STAT) WASHINGTON — Senator Rob Portman, one of Capitol Hill’s leading voices on the opioid epidemic, can
Read MoreCDC: Heroin overdose deaths surpass gun homicides for first time
(By Brian Zimmerman for Becker’s Hospital Review) Heroin overdose deaths narrowly surpassed gun homicides as the more prolific killer last
Read MoreThese drug price hikes cost taxpayers millions
(By Casey Ross for STAT) Drugs to treat cancer, high blood pressure, and seizures experienced large price spikes in 2015,
Read MoreTrump vows to lower drug prices — pharma, biotech stocks drop
(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday pledged to tackle high drug prices in an interview
Read MoreMedicare: Do Not Make These Mistakes
Kimberly Lankford, Contributing Editor for Kiplinger, gives advice on ways to avoid eleven common Medicare mistakes. Read article here… Notice:
Read MoreImmunotherapies move beyond cancer, with first foray into sepsis
(By Asher Mullard for STAT) Drug developers have tried for decades without success to develop treatments for sepsis, a brutal infection
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