Young Boy’s Struggle To Survive Sparked Push For Drugs For Terminally Ill
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) At age 7, Josh Hardy became the poster child for a movement to
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
Why fentanyl is deadlier than heroin, in a single photo
(By Allison Bond for STAT) The opioid crisis just keeps getting worse, in part because new types of drugs keep
Read MoreFormer Insys sales manager is arrested in opioid kickback scheme
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Yet another former Insys Therapeutics sales manager has been arrested in connection with a scheme
Read MoreThe Need To Replace EpiPens Regularly Adds To Concerns About Cost
(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News) As controversy about the pricing of EpiPens reverberates from Capitol Hill to
Read MoreA Golden Ticket That Fast-Tracks A Drug Through The FDA
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) Drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics won a big victory when its $300,000 muscular dystrophy
Read MoreEuropean regulators appeal rulings that prevent release of drug data
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Once again, drug makers and European regulators are clashing over disclosing information. Continue reading article
Read MoreSenate effort to increase access to experimental drugs is blocked
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) An effort to get the US Senate to pass a so-called Right to Try bill
Read MoreMost Americans believe prescription drug prices are unreasonable
(Ed Silverman for STAT) Roughly 8 in 10 Americans believe that prices for prescription drugs are unreasonable and support various
Read MoreSpecialty Drug Costs Soar 30% For California Pension Fund
(By Chad Terhune for California Healthline) Specialty drug costs jumped 30 percent last year to $587 million for the California
Read MoreLawmakers ask Justice Department to probe Mylan over Medicaid rebates
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Three US senators want the US Department of Justice to investigate whether Mylan Pharmaceuticals violated
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