July 2016 – Page 9 – medicarereport.org

(By Katherine Young, Robin Rudowitz, Rachel Garfield, and Marybeth Musumeci for Kaiser Family Foundation) The launch of several expensive hepatitis

Targrisso: Second-line Treatment Met Its Goal

AstraZeneca said its experimental lung cancer drug Tagrisso met its main goal as a second-line therapy in a late-stage drug

In the multibillion-dollar legal battle between Anthem Inc. and Express Scripts it all centers on the high drug prices with

In a recent poll conducted by National Public Radio (NPR), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan

(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Government spending on “compounded” drugs that are handmade by retail pharmacists has skyrocketed,

(By Lindzi Wessel for STAT) Just two days after a suspected synthetic marijuana poisoning in New York City sent 33

Ariel Weinberger and Leor Weinberger, brothers who are both scientist, are working on a new approach to fighting viruses by

Almost three hundred scientists from all over the world were asked: If you could change one thing about how science

from – CFIF.org – by Betsy McCaughey Medical bills are pushing more Americans into severe financial distress, even if they

(By David Howard for Health Affairs Blog, July 14, 2016 Whilst decrying rapid increases in drug spending and prices, elected