Medications
Amgen slashes price of $14,000-a-year cholesterol drug
The maker of an expensive cholesterol drug is slashing the list price, which should make it more affordable for patients.
Oct 24, 2018
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Nonprofit drugmaker Civica Rx aims to cure a health care system ailment
Several years ago, drug shortages became headline news when supplies of three different drugs used to treat childhood cancers were running low in major hospitals. Sometimes shortages like those are resolved before patients ...
Oct 24, 2018
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Medications
Drugmakers to disclose prices for medicines advertised on TV
Drugmakers will start disclosing the prices for U.S. prescription drugs that are advertised on TV, but the Trump administration said the move announced Monday doesn't go far enough.
Oct 15, 2018
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Health
Ireland passes law putting cancer warnings on alcohol
Alcoholic drinks in Ireland will be labelled with cancer warnings under a groundbreaking law passed Wednesday, which also sets a minimum price in a bid to tackle a "corrosive" drinking culture.
Oct 10, 2018
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Health
Time and money—the biggest hurdles to healthy eating
Philippe Couillard, the freshly defeated Quebec premier, made headlines during the election campaign when he suggested a family of three —comprised of one adult and two adolescents —could feed themselves for $75 a week.
Oct 9, 2018
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Mortality in septic shock has improved since the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines in 2004
A study from Mount Sinai West concludes that the overall mortality in septic shock has improved in the decade following the introduction of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines.
Oct 4, 2018
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Medications
Do price spikes on some generic drugs indicate problems in the market?
A new USC study reports that sudden price spikes for some generic drugs—such as the recently reported increases of a decades-old generic heart medication and an antibiotic—are becoming more common.
Oct 1, 2018
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Medications
Pharmaceutical executive defends 400 percent price hike
(HealthDay)—A pharmaceutical executive is defending his company's 400 percent price hike on an antibiotic, according to a report published in Formulary Watch.
Oct 1, 2018
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Medications
Drug prices going up despite Trump promise
President Donald Trump made reducing drug prices a key promise during his election campaign, repeatedly accusing drugmakers of "getting away with murder." At the end of May, he promised that drug companies would be announcing ...
Sep 24, 2018
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Medications
Drug prices increased twice as quickly than expected during shortage
Prices for drugs under shortage between 2015 and 2016 increased more than twice as quickly as they were expected to in the absence of a shortage. While researchers could not assess reasons for the increases, manufacturers ...
Sep 18, 2018
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