Medications
Another drug company in the crosshairs of Congress
Another pharmaceutical company is being targeted by lawmakers over drug pricing.
Mar 29, 2016
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France to call for lower drug prices at G7
France will announce a campaign to lower the price of new medicines, hoping world powers at the upcoming G7 meeting will put pressure on the pharmaceutical industry, its health minister said Tuesday.
Mar 22, 2016
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Valeant in new distribution deal with Walgreens
Valeant Pharmaceuticals regained some credibility with upset investors thanks to its announcement Tuesday of a new distribution deal with Walgreens and plans to line up more pharmacies to sell its products after a scandal ...
Dec 15, 2015
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Turing reneges on drug price cut, rival's version sells well
After weeks of criticism from patients, doctors and other drugmakers for hiking a life-saving medicine's price more than fifty-fold, Turing Pharmaceuticals is reneging on its pledge to cut the $750-per-pill price.
Nov 25, 2015
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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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Obama administration sets stage for a debate on drug costs
The Obama administration set the stage Friday for a national debate on the rising cost of prescription drugs, a pressing issue for voters but one that's unlikely to see quick solutions under a lame-duck president facing an ...
Nov 20, 2015
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Merck, Eli Lilly probed on drug pricing
The Justice Department is probing some drug pricing practices of pharmaceutical giants Merck and Eli Lilly, the companies disclosed Friday in securities filings.
Nov 6, 2015
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Medications
Express Scripts to cover pricey new cholesterol treatments
The nation's biggest pharmacy benefits manager has decided to cover two new drugs that lower artery-clogging cholesterol but raise concern over prices that can top $14,000 a year.
Oct 6, 2015
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Poll: Majority in US wants gov't to curb prescription costs
Move over, "Obamacare." A new poll finds Americans worried about medication costs and broadly supporting government action to curb drug prescription prices.
Aug 20, 2015
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Medications
New drug assessment program to offer value-based price benchmark
With drug prices for cancer and many other conditions soaring to new highs amid questions about their true value to patients, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) today launched a program to transform the ...
Jul 21, 2015
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