Glaxo to pay $20 million for bribing doctors in China
(Ed Silverman for ST A T) G laxoSmithKline on Friday agreed to pay $20 million to settle charges of violating
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
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
Read MoreWhy fentanyl is deadlier than heroin, in a single photo
(By Allison Bond for ST A T) T he opioid crisis just keeps getting worse, in part because new types
Read MoreFormer Insys sales manager is arrested in opioid kickback scheme
(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) Y et another former Insys Therapeutics sales manager has been arrested in connection
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 ST A T) O nce again, drug makers and European regulators are clashing over disclosing information.
Read MoreSenate effort to increase access to experimental drugs is blocked
(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) A n effort to get the US Senate to pass a so-called Right
Read MoreMost Americans believe prescription drug prices are unreasonable
(Ed Silverman for ST A T) R oughly 8 in 10 Americans believe that prices for prescription drugs are unreasonable
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
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