Medications
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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Oncology & Cancer
Investigating the financial burden of cancer drugs on Medicare patients
The rising cost of targeted oral anticancer medications may put a substantial financial burden on individual patients enrolled in Medicare's prescription drug benefit program, Part D, according to a study published in the ...
Jul 18, 2017
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Health
Pricing interventions increase sales, intake of healthy foods
(HealthDay)—Pricing interventions seem to improve access to healthy food and beverage options with increases in stocking and sales of these items, according to a review published online Nov. 2 in Preventing Chronic Disease.
Nov 3, 2017
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Medical economics
Pharmaceutical industry could experience no impact to innovation under H.R. 3, new research finds
A new analysis of publicly reported financial information of the pharmaceutical industry finds reducing drug prices could have no impact to future drug approvals.
Aug 12, 2021
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Medications
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
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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Health
15 percent of cigarettes sold in NYC have illegal tax stamps, study finds
Licensed tobacco retailers throughout New York City are selling a substantial number of cigarette packs carrying either counterfeit or out-of-state tax stamps, finds an investigation by NYU public health researchers.
Aug 27, 2015
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Addiction
Look at smoking preferences reveals 'left-digit' price effects
(Medical Xpress) -- Georgia sold 544 million packs of cigarettes in 2010, earning $201 million in state tax revenue. New research from the University of Georgia suggests a $1 tax increase would decrease consumption by 20 ...
Jul 31, 2012
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Health
Price gap between more and less healthy foods grows, research says
A new study, published today in the journal PLOS One, tracked the price of 94 key food and beverage items from 2002 to 2012. Its findings show that more healthy foods were consistently more expensive than less healthy foods, ...
Oct 8, 2014
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Medical economics
It's still tough to find prices on most U.S. hospital websites
(HealthDay)—U.S. hospitals have been required to make their prices public since 2019, but 18 months into the rule more than half weren't doing it, a new study finds.
May 18, 2021
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