Implant to Fight Addition
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first-ever implant to fight opioid addiction. Titan Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Braeburn Pharmaceuticals
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
Trying to Stop the Flow of Deadly Fentanyl into U.S.
Senator Patrick Toomey (R-PA) sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry to seek “international cooperation, especially from China”
Read MoreInventing A Machine That Spits Out Drugs In A Whole New Way
(By Martha Bebinger, WBUR for Kaiser Health News) In a lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, all the work
Read MoreFDA Considering Pricey Implant As Treatment For Opioid Addiction
(By Martha Bebinger, WBUR for Kaiser Health News) Amid a raging opioid epidemic, many doctors and families in the U.S.
Read MoreMedicare’s Drug-Pricing Experiment Stirs Opposition
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) A broad proposal by Medicare to change the way it pays for some
Read MoreIncreased Spending on Specialty Drugs
A report released by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (the national federation of 36 independent, locally operated Blue Cross
Read MoreInspectors Find Calif. Hospital’s Pharmacy Posed Infection Risk
(By Chad Terhune for Kaiser Health News) More than 7,300 patients at a San Diego-area hospital may have been exposed
Read MoreIs High Cost of Drugs Our Future?
In the article authored by Leigh Purvis and Crystal Kuntz, the authors state it’s time to stop viewing drug products with
Read MoreUsing Drugs to Fight Drug Addiction
The term medication-assisted treatment is that it’s merely replacing one drug with another; while doctors and experts strongly disagree with
Read MoreThree Firms Vie To Run Drug Benefits For California Public Retirement System
(By Chad Terhune for Kaiser Health News) Three industry heavyweights are vying to run the prescription-drug business for one of
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