News tagged with drug prices
Doctors say cancer drug costs are too high
More than 100 doctors from around the world have signed a letter decrying the high cost of cancer drugs which reach $100,000 per year or more, and calling for pharmaceutical companies to ease prices.
Medications
Apr 26, 2013 |
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Fearing abuse, US blocks generic OxyContin (Update)
U.S. health regulators will require generic versions of the best-selling painkiller OxyContin to include recent formulation changes designed to make the pill harder to abuse.
Medications
Apr 16, 2013 |
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Lab boost for precious anti-malaria drug
US scientists on Wednesday said they had used baker's yeast to make a key ingredient of malaria drugs, a feat that could iron out fluctuations in supply caused by sourcing the chemical from a Chinese herb.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 10, 2013 |
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Shopping around brings steep prescription drug savings, report finds
(HealthDay News) —Prescription drug prices at U.S. pharmacies can vary widely, and failing to shop around could result in people overpaying by as much as $100 or more a month on average, depending on the ...
Medications
Mar 28, 2013 |
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Toward competitive generic drug prices in Canada
The commitment of Canadian premiers to lower generic drug prices is a major change in how the country prices generic drugs, and government should learn from past attempts, states an article published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical A ...
Medications
Nov 19, 2012 |
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FTC sending refunds over CVS business overcharging
(AP)—The Federal Trade Commission says it is mailing refund checks to 13,000 Medicare beneficiaries who were overcharged for drugs because a CVS Caremark Corp. business understated the price of the products.
Medications
Sep 04, 2012 |
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Lack of support for 'ring-fencing' cancer drugs fund revealed
The public oppose the cancer drugs fund but support the new pricing system for branded medicines, according to a new study.
Medications
Aug 16, 2012 |
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Older drug for advanced breast cancer beat newer, pricier meds
(HealthDay) -- Even in the field of cancer treatment, sometimes newer isn't necessarily better.
Cancer
Jun 04, 2012 |
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Pfizer's blockbuster drug Lipitor goes generic
Pfizer's patent on the best-selling drug of all-time, the cholesterol-lowering medication Lipitor, expired on Wednesday, opening the path to generic competitors for America's most popular medication.
Medications
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Company stock prices before public announcements of oncology trial results
Prior knowledge of phase III clinical trials of new drugs and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory decisions may affect the price of a drug company's stock according to a study published September 26 in the Journal of ...
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Sep 26, 2011 |
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