Staggering Prices Slow Insurers’ Coverage Of CAR-T Cancer Therapy
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Patients whose blood cancers have failed to respond to repeated rounds of chemotherapy
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Expensive drugs are playing a major role in the cost of health care
According to a new report conducted by Sun Life, the largest independent stop-loss provider in the U.S., the number of
Read moreFDA forming a task force to focus on drug shortages
Although new drug shortages have declined in recent years, the Food and Drug Administration is forming a new task force
Read moreRetooled Vaccine Raises Hopes As A Lower-Cost Treatment For Type 1 Diabetes
(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News) For Hodalis Gaytan, 20, living with Type 1 diabetes means depending on
Read morePharmaceutical, biotech companies cited as biggest drivers of high healthcare costs
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Pharmaceutical and biotech companies have the biggest effect on healthcare costs, most healthcare
Read moreExperimental Drugs Boost Elderly Immune Systems, Raising Hopes For Anti-Aging Effects
(By Rob Stein for NPR) Scientists on the hunt for anti-aging drugs say they’ve made an advance with tantalizing potential:
Read moreScientists Find New Tricks For Old Drugs
(By Richard Harris for NPR) Most drugs have side effects, but sometimes they’re actually good news. Researchers are now exploring
Read moreOpioid stigma is keeping many cancer patients from getting the pain control they need
(By Sara Ray and Kathleen Hoffman for STAT) History is repeating itself. Twenty years ago, a pain management crisis existed.
Read morePharmaceutical companies are working on ways to evade copay accumulator
In an effort to coax patients away from expensive drugs, pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) have introduced a new “copay accumulator”
Read moreWhat A U.S.-China Trade War Could Mean For The Opioid Epidemic
(By Matthew Garcia for Kaiser Health News) The American struggle to curb opioid addiction could become collateral damage in President
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