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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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8 dead, dozens missing in Myanmar ferry accidentmore

cost and inaccessibility of many areas by road. Print view Share Obama begins China visit with town hall Drug prices...

Drug Companies Increase Prices in Face of Changemore

$300 billion this year. By at least one analysis, it is the highest annual rate of inflation for drug prices since 1992.

An open letter to Harry Reid on healthcare costsmore

will force Americans to pay even more. If, on the other hand, Medicare were allowed to negotiate lower drug prices,...

Japan stocks dragged by share dilution worriesmore

yen. Pharamceuticals also dragged on the market after a government unit said it has decided to lower new drug prices to...

FACTBOX-Health company winners, losers in US House billmore

are on Medicaid, the health program for the poor. It also would require the health secretary to negotiate drug prices...

House, Senate health care bills detailedmore

diseases. Phases out the gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage by 2019. Requires the HHS secretary to negotiate...

An Interview with Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson: Part Imore

plans, because Canada doesn’t cover prescription drugs. What Canada does, instead, is a really good job negotiating...

CVS Caremark: FTC Investigating Company's Business Practicesmore

Congress this year also asked the FTC for a review. In May, the National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug...

Is Capitalism Moral?more

this country to recover the costs of selling to Canada and European nations whose state-run health-care systems keep...

In China, too, a health-care system in disarraymore

industrial enterprises. Instead, employers contributed 6 percent of wages and employees 2 percent to cover hospital,...

Firms accept Ecuador plan to break pharma patentsmore

how much compensation would be disbursed, said the de facto monopoly enjoyed by some brands led to inflated drug prices.

The fight for medical cost transparency is coming onlinemore

scans, colonoscopies, minor orthopedic surgeries and mammograms can all be shopped with these resources.

The Big Winner in the Health Insurancemore

guy—all the while escaping scrutiny for the fact that in recent months it has been quietly jacking up drug prices.

Giving Gardasil to boys not cost effectivemore

A Harvard study suggests it might not be worth it to treat boys with the HPV vaccine.

Beyond Hysterics: The Health Care Model That Worksmore

doctor "does not prescribe drugs efficiently and economically, she may have to pay back money.'' Collective...

NovoLogix, Inc. Receives EHNAC Healthcare Network Accreditationmore

rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. The MedRx SaaS technology and management model has consistently reduced...

Ad Campaign Counterattacks Against Overhaul's Criticsmore

sake of harmony, the administration has compromised too much and reneged on a campaign promise to rein in drug prices.

White House deal with drug firms draws flakmore

the importation provision with worried drug company executives, telling them that 'health insurance reform that lowers...

Price of biologic drugs often too high for poormore

By law, there is no way for other companies to make their own versions of biologicals, which are in a different...

Federal Saving From Lowering of Drug Prices Is Unclearmore

The White House on Monday hailed what it described as a “historic agreement to lower drugs costs” for older Americans,...

Generic Biotech Drugs: Cure or Quagmire?more

When President Barack Obama spoke to the American Medical Assn. on June 15, he couldn't quite quantify the potential...

FTC: 12-14 yrs too long to protect biotech drugsmore

Generic versions of expensive biotechnology drugs would reduce the amount of money spent on health care in the United...

The Drug Industry’s Talking Points on Health Reform - Health Blogmore

An oft-repeated phrase during the current debate over health reform: We’re not going to repeat the mid-1990s.

Drug companies pay Ohio $8.44 million in Medicaid billing suitmore

Abbott Laboratories, Pharmacia, Roxane Laboratories and Warrick Pharmaceuticals have paid Ohio $8.44 million to settle...

Sanofi-Aventis Settles Medicaid Price Disputemore

Sanofi-Aventis SA will pay $95.5 million to settle allegations that it overcharged state Medicaid programs for...

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