What is Step Therapy?
Step therapy as defined by North Carolina’s bill (House Bill 1048 passed by the House, but not the Senate) an
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
Report From Key Calif. Agency Raises Concerns About Proposal To Cut Drug Prices
(By Cynthia H. Craft for Kaiser Health News) Researchers at one of the nation’s largest public sector health care purchasers
Read MoreAdvisory Panel Targets Rising Medicare Drug Costs In Its Latest Report To Congress
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Congress should move to slow spending in Medicare’s drug benefit by adopting a
Read MoreGetting Generic Drugs to the Market
On Tuesday, four U.S. Senators introduced a bill aimed at preventing big pharmaceutical companies from using the Food and Drug
Read MoreBy Sharing Painkillers, Friends And Family Members Can Fuel Opioid Epidemic: Study
( By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) As lawmakers grapple with how best to combat the nation’s prescription painkiller
Read MoreA Government to Force a Lower Drug Price
The Colombian health minister, Alejandro Gaviria, declared a lower price for the cancer medicine Gleevec in the public interest because
Read MoreA New Investment Opportunity for Wall Street: Drug Addiction
Every crisis presents an opportunity, with the spotlight on opioid addiction, investors and businesses are seeing money in acquiring addiction
Read MoreWhat is a FDA Drug Voucher?
The Food and Drug Administration awards “priority review vouchers” to drug companies that win regulatory approval of a treatment for
Read MoreMedicare Part D Needs to be Reformed
John Graham, a financial analyst and Senior Fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis, reviews Medicare Part D treatment
Read MoreIllegal Prescription Drug Websites
The FDA, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and INTERPOL, has formally sought to suspend 4,402 websites that illegally sell potentially
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