Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Amid COVID test shortages, price gouging is on the rise
(HealthDay)—As the Omicron variant blankets America and demand for COVID-19 tests climbs, so, too, does price gouging.
Jan 10, 2022
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Medications
Study finds domestic reference pricing could lower Medicare spending on new drugs by 30%
Basing new drug launch prices on historical domestic data could limit manufacturers' power to set extremely high launch prices and could reduce Medicare spending on new drugs by up to 30%, according to a new white paper released ...
Sep 23, 2021
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Vaccination
Thailand to join COVAX, acknowledging low vaccine supply
The head of Thailand's National Vaccine Institute apologized Wednesday for the country's slow and inadequate rollout of coronavirus vaccines, promising it will join the U.N.-backed COVAX program to receive supplies from its ...
Jul 21, 2021
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UK regulator fines pharma firms for manipulating market
Britain's competition regulator announced Thursday it has imposed hundreds of millions of pounds in fines on several pharmaceutical firms for breaching the law in the supply of hydrocortisone tablets.
Jul 15, 2021
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Medical economics
Rising antiparasitic drug cost in U.S. leads to higher patient costs, decreased quality of care
New study finds the skyrocketing cost of drugs in U.S. used to treat hookworm and other soil-transmitted parasites increases patient costs, suggests decreased quality of care
Mar 9, 2021
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Health
Food markets near Ethiopia's poor provide fewer choices at high price, impacting child health
The rural poor in Ethiopia tend to live near lower-quality markets that sell fewer food groups at high prices, adversely impacting the health of children in these communities, a new study from researchers at the International ...
Oct 24, 2019
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Health
Congress has ambitious agenda tackling health care costs
Lawmakers are trying to set aside their irreconcilable differences over the Obama-era Affordable Care Act and work to reach bipartisan agreement on a more immediate health care issue, lowering costs for people who already ...
Jul 7, 2019
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Pediatrics
The poorest pupils spurn school meals, study finds
Pupils from the poorest backgrounds are the ones most likely to leave school at lunchtime to buy food, a University of Hertfordshire investigation revealed today—and the choice is often chips together with other items high ...
May 10, 2019
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Health
Private health plans pay hospitals 2.4 times what Medicare would pay
An examination of U.S. hospital prices covering 25 states shows that in 2017, the prices paid to hospitals for privately insured patients averaged 241% of what Medicare would have paid, with wide variation in prices among ...
May 9, 2019
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FDA chief Scott Gottlieb steps down after nearly 2 years
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is stepping down after nearly two years leading the agency's response to a host of public health challenges, including the opioid epidemic, rising drug prices and underage ...
Mar 5, 2019
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