Medications
To get around pharmacy gag rules, ask about drug costs
"Do you have prescription insurance?"
Jun 6, 2018
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Viewpoint: How the pharmaceutical industry uses disinformation to undermine drug price reform
Canada's drug prices are the fourth highest in the developed world. Despite this, Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC), the lobby group for Big Pharma, put out a call in November 2022 for the Canadian government to suspend consultations ...
Jan 10, 2023
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Valeant under US federal investigation over drug pricing
Canadian pharmaceutical group Valeant says it has received subpoenas from US federal prosecutors seeking information about the pricing and distribution of its drugs, along with how it makes them more affordable for patients.
Oct 15, 2015
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Medications
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.
Sep 4, 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.
Aug 16, 2012
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$160B deal to combine Pfizer and Allergan raises outcry
A $160 billion deal announced Monday to merge Pfizer and Allergan and create the world's biggest drug company renewed the outcry in Washington over "inversions," in which U.S. corporations combine with companies overseas ...
Nov 23, 2015
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Medications
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 ...
Nov 19, 2012
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Capping copays will raise premiums, up drug prices
(HealthDay)—The proposed capping of copays will raise premiums and is likely to increase drug prices, according to a report from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).
Sep 29, 2016
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Medications
Industry executives: Profits drive rising prices for MS drugs
U.S. Medicare patients with multiple sclerosis often pay, on average, nearly $7,000 out of pocket to treat their condition each year. And, even though drug companies have provided no new treatment breakthroughs, the price ...
Nov 26, 2019
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Medications
Knowns and unknowns of US drug pricing
In the U.S. spending on drugs represents 10% of overall health care costs.(1) Together, hospital and physician expenditures account for 6 times the spending on drugs.(2) Despite a recent uptick in the rate of drug cost growth, ...
Nov 11, 2015
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