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DRUG PRICES
As the prices of prescription drugs skyrocket in oncology and other disease areas, there is a danger payers will scale back coverage of these life-saving products. How can society cope with these escalating drug costs? Where is this crisis headed, and what measures are drug companies, regulators and lawmakers willing or able to implement?
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More than 1 million people in the Medicare drug program next year will pay almost the full price for certain...
Brand-name not superior to generics, PhRMA disputes cost claim 03 December 2008 A study published in the Journal of the...
Generic Drugs: Cheaper, Yes; Same Quality, Maybe Not December 03, 2008 03:58 PM ET | Bernadine Healy M.D.
Alzheimer's patients missing out on help because of NHS cutbacks Thousands of Alzheimer's patients are suffering...
Waxman's taking over the leadership position on the Energy and Commerce Committee has, potentially, big implications...
Canadian taxpayers, consumers and business could save up to $800 million a year if private and public sector plans...
The Texas Attorney General's office has filed lawsuits against four manufacturers of generic prescription drugs,...
A detailed probe report of the European Commission on the EU pharmaceutical industry released November 28 slammed drug...
Most of the people in Monterey County who rely on Medicare will pay more for their prescription drugs in 2009 because...
"Each plan can differ on premiums, deductibles, co-pays and the drugs they cover. Take time to read through the...
The government has tried to keep the prices of many essential drugs under check through the Drug (Prices Control) Order...
McKesson Corp., the largest U.S. medicine distributor, agreed to pay $350 million to settle claims it fraudulently...
Major drug makers want their voices heard as U.S. Democrats, traditionally critics of the industry, start crafting...
The government and the drug industry have struck a deal which could save the NHS in the UK up to £550m per year.
Drug companies including Ranbaxy Laboratories, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) and Lupin may have to pay over Rs 1,600...
allege that McKesson came up with the scheme to win business from retailers, which benefit from the higher drug prices.
The Attorney General alleges that pharmaceutical companies inflated drug prices, resulting in millions of dollars in...
Parallel trade is the process by which intermediaries – usually wholesalers and pharmacists – exploit cross-border...
LONDON (Reuters) - The UK has finalised a new drug pricing scheme that it says will cut costs to government while...
warning shot: an ad campaign opposing Obama's proposal to allow the federal government to negotiate lower Medicare drug...
percent for the drugs market as a whole, according to IMS Health. Van Biesen said he expects cancer drug prices 'to...
makers fear losing $30bn a year in sales if Medicare, the US senior citizen healthcare programme, begins negotiating...
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It's not a permanent solution to soaring health care costs, and depending on the pharmaceutical industry's charity is...
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