How Obama’s FDA keeps generic drugs off the market
(By Scott Gottlieb, MD for AEI) One of the biggest factors fueling the angst over drug prices in the U.S.
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
Experimental cancer therapy holds great promise — but at great cost
(by Meghana Keshavan for ST A T) Soon after she received the treatment, Karen Koehler’s brain swelled. Her blood pressure
Read MoreSenators press Mylan Labs over ‘outrageous’ EpiPen pricing
(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) M ove over, Martin Shkreli. Get in line, Valeant Pharmaceuticals. Congress appears to
Read MoreMany clinical trials’ findings never get published. Here’s why that’s bad
(By Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus for ST A T) W hen a bearded dude at a Brooklyn coffee house
Read MoreThis is your brain on pot: Neuroscientist studies long-term effects of medical marijuana
(By Leah Samuel for ST A T) B ELMONT, Mass. — Staci Gruber vividly remembers her first hit of marijuana,
Read MoreGetting Better Data on Which Drugs Are Killing People
(By Christine Vestal for The PEW Charitable Trust) AUBURN, Ala. — As the opioid epidemic surges, Alabama’s toxicologists are testing
Read MoreDo incentives nudge physicians to prescribe opioids for pain?
(By Dhruv Khullar and Anupam Jena for ST A T) H umans have used opioids to treat pain, both physical
Read MoreIncreased Medicare Part D Spending
According to new data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from 2013 to 2014 spending on Medicare
Read MoreDonald Trump’s trade talk is making the drug industry uneasy
(By Dylan Scott for ST A T) W ASHINGTON — The drug industry is quietly troubled over Donald Trump’s tough
Read MoreACLU threatens to sue Colorado over hepatitis C drug restrictions
(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) In the latest dust-up over the high cost of hepatitis C drugs, the
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