| 单词 | drug company |
| 例句 | He brought together representatives from multinational drug companies, independent middlemen and distributors, nonprofit organizations—almost anyone who might have an impact on drug pricing. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z In fact, so-called differential pricing was standard in the world of large drug companies; Americans paid more for their products than people in any other country. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Because of this, drug companies were willing to pay enormous sums to work with his cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He succeeded in getting WHO to agree to sponsor a meeting of drug companies; they would be urged to produce more second-line drugs, and competition would drive down prices, Jim thought. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It’s likely Holmes also wanted Pitezel to gather whatever intelligence he could about the cure and its labeling, so that he could mimic the product and sell it through his own mail-order drug company. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This would guarantee sales for the drug companies and motivate them to produce the drugs at cheap prices. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The Dutch group’s strategy was to ignore the giant multinational drug companies, the ones that rely on research and brand names and patent protection. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z When they tried to buy it in Paris, a drug company representative told them they couldn’t. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The drug company Merck, in particular, has made billions of dollars by using the WI-38 cells to make the rubella vaccine given to more than seven million American children each year. Germ warfare: the battle for the key to modern vaccines 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The change was also a huge windfall for drug companies. Why Closing Medicare's 'Donut Hole' is a Terrible Idea 2012-05-23T19:38:46Z Williams was among the first mayors to pursue the drug companies. 'They're drug dealers in Armani suits': executives draw focus amid US epidemic 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z He began to investigate this further, and put in a freedom of information request to get the data that the drug companies had been privately gathering into these drugs. Is everything you think you know about depression wrong? 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z That option would force drug companies to share. Africa, Southeast Asia ask drug companies to share coronavirus vaccine knowledge 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z I can’t find a lawyer who’s willing to bring a class action suit against the drug companies for the destructive effects of lithium. A Reckoning With an Imperfect Science in ‘Blue Dreams’ 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z In a brochure given to doctors and nurses last year, the Japanese drug company Eisai claimed that its Dacogen drug helped 38% of patients with a rare blood cell disorder in a clinical study. 2010-02-02T23:00:00Z In a newly released single called “Drug Dealer,” Seattle rapper Macklemore condemns physicians and drug companies for hoisting legal but addictive pharmaceuticals on an unsuspecting population. In new song, Macklemore condemns 'big pharma,' docs for opioid addiction 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z "This is important because these genes reveal the pathways that lead to Crohn's and are now allowing drug companies to test their different drugs in order to find one that could block that pathway." Genetics: The number crunchers who are saving lives 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z A scientist at a drug company in Switzerland, she has developed a radical work-life balance. 4,000 Miles, Seven Countries: An African Adventure on Two Wheels 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Financial incentives provided by the pharmaceutical industry meant that psychiatrists helped drug companies repurpose old medications for new illnesses, like “social anxiety disorder.” Mental Illness Is All in Your Brain — or Is It? 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z And one of the ideas behind "Extraordinary Measures" -- that drug companies just might be more interested in profits than in helping sick people -- is certainly serious and significant. 2010-01-22T21:22:00Z And those other strands — the historical material, featuring depictions of real people at the drug company and in the government agencies — can tend to feel didactic and a bit hollow. Review: ‘Dopesick’ Depicts the Opioid Crisis From All Sides 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z It turned out that the drug companies – who fund almost all the research into these drugs – were taking this approach to studying chemical antidepressants. Is everything you think you know about depression wrong? 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z I want off of them, however, I have not be prescribed other pain management medication because, according to my NP, drug companies do not make enough profit on a specific drug. Beauty’s New High: CBD Oil 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Since “medicinal” alcohol was exempt from the law, he used his credentials as a licensed pharmacist and drug company owner to move his booze through legal channels. Diamond Doris, the Bourbon King and Other Stars of True Crime 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Hatch said information gathered from drug companies was confidential. These mothers saw the opioid epidemic before anyone else. No one listened 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z His net worth is estimated at $7 billion, which he made by selling two drug companies within the past three years. Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong Wants To Remake The U.S. Health Care System 2011-11-10T20:05:59Z Before long he found work doing commercials for local drug companies. John Zacherle, Host With a Ghoulish Perspective, Dies at 98 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z "I never pay attention to any study sponsored by the dairy industry or drug companies." PMS-themed Calif. milk campaign sparks discussion 2011-07-23T16:16:13Z But in 1997, the FDA issued new rules for direct-to-consumer advertising, opening the floodgates for drug companies to advertise on television. 2010-02-02T23:00:00Z The FDA is often criticized for its role in increasing the regulatory burden that drug companies bear. Two Ideas That Will Turbocharge the FDA, Part I 2011-11-09T13:21:40Z Every medical disorder, psychiatric and otherwise, is a market, and drug companies, no more or less than any corporation, are beholden to their shareholders to exploit that market. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Gary Greenberg Talks About 'The Book of Woe' 2013-05-29T17:00:01Z This happened entirely because the drug companies decided that protecting their bottom-line profits was more important than saving lives, and because there was no moral force with the global power to stop them. Pick of the week: Big Pharma’s African genocide 2013-09-05T23:00:00Z Suspicion has focused on meetings between the FDA, doctors with close ties to drug companies and opioid manufacturers. These mothers saw the opioid epidemic before anyone else. No one listened 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z How radical and permanent those changes are is not yet known, as scientists struggle to fully understand the virus and drug companies strive to find a vaccine that protects people. The return of the cubicle? Companies rethink office life post lockdown 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z He told the Boston Globe he had hoped for a private meeting with Sanders to explain the rationale of drug company pricing. Martin Shkreli, poor little rich bro: The most hated man in pharma is “furious” he couldn’t meet with Bernie Sanders 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Tessa is wealthy, unfaithful to her husband, and the gradual realization of the depths of the drug company's corruption parallels her own deepening sense of justice, purpose and service. 5 unsung whistleblowers on screen 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z His father was the president of a drug company. Ronald Feldman, Art Gallerist With an Eye for Politics, Dies at 84 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z America’s opioid addiction crisis is examined from the vantage points of Big Pharma drug companies, a Virginia mining community and the federal government. Fall TV season serves up what viewers want: sci-fi, fantasy 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Our kids are on too many drugs — and the drug companies win Topics: , , Ritalin, Adderall, , It’s your worst fears confirmed, American parents. Our kids are on too many drugs — and the drug companies win 2013-04-02T14:30:00Z Governments and aid groups across Africa and Southeast Asia are calling on drug companies to share their technical know-how to meet a coronavirus vaccine shortage. Africa, Southeast Asia ask drug companies to share coronavirus vaccine knowledge 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z To give one example: in one trial, the drug was given to 245 patients, but the drug company published the results for only 27 of them. Is everything you think you know about depression wrong? 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z For his part, Martin Duffy thinks that drug companies' complacent attitude toward throat cancer would be different if more of their employees were in his situation. The Cancer-Causing Sex Virus 2010-07-21T20:15:00Z CL: Yeah, but then a lot of drug companies sent me — — Table for Three: Cyndi Lauper and David Byrne Discuss Creating Hits, On and Off Broadway 2014-03-14T23:21:20Z Q. In your research, did you ever come across an actual case where a drug company used a relief agency as a "screen" to test drugs overseas? Lit Life: Author Mike Lawson on his latest Joe DeMarco thriller 2012-06-29T21:09:08Z An inability to distinguish truth from fiction is not usually a handicap for a drug company rep, but as the novel begins, Rushdie’s quixotic hero is forced into retirement. Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ is a shambling ‘Don Quixote’ for our deceptive era - The Washington Post 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z “These drug companies are getting away with murder,” Cummings said the president told him. Elijah Cummings endured two painful years. Soon he’ll be more powerful than ever. 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Elling’s article argued that drug companies were missing an opportunity by not tracking how often individual physicians were prescribing certain drugs. McKinsey Is a Consulting Powerhouse. But Is It a Force for Good? 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Therefore, without any drug companies applying to sell the drug, it was relegated to a relatively small number of clinics running cash operations, and delivering ketamine intravenously. New ketamine-related drug could be ‘watershed’ in treating depression 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z So, drug companies would rather help create an army full of addicted pain sufferers, than lose a few dollars? Beauty’s New High: CBD Oil 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z On Thursday night, his most contentious speech was about how “greedy” drug companies could help end AIDS. Elton John Stays Flashy on the Long Road to Farewell 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z In the mid-1980s, just as the Aids crisis peaked and US scientists discovered the virus that caused the disease was borne by blood, American drug companies knowingly sold HIV-tainted blood products in Asia. My career as an international blood smuggler 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Look at the extreme price increases for many prescribed medications today, and the reported payments to other drug companies to keep generic drugs off the market to protect branded drug sales. Animal Doctor: Two meals a day, but dog remains underweight 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Most people are aware of Big Pharma, thanks to its advertising, but few are aware of Animal Pharma, the animal drug divisions within drug companies that sell livestock drugs by the ton. 6 nasty drugs your meat is on 2014-02-12T13:00:00Z But on Thursday, the Sanders campaign said they were giving the money to the Whitman-Walker health clinic in Washington, adding, “We are not keeping the money from this poster boy for drug company greed.” Martin Shkreli, poor little rich bro: The most hated man in pharma is “furious” he couldn’t meet with Bernie Sanders 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z His father, Arthur Gardner, is a comically omnipotent spin doctor capable of conjuring up diseases for drug companies, killing newspaper exposes and selling the public on going to war. Glenn Beck's Thriller Mixes Romance, Tea-Party Politics 2010-06-16T08:30:00Z But the bureaucrats and drug companies currently in control will fight to keep the status quo. Should the FDA Approve More Drugs after Phase II? A Response to Matthew Herper 2012-05-04T14:25:06Z A 1981 episode, about a young man with Tourette’s syndrome, drew attention to so-called orphan drugs, medications that drug companies ignore as unprofitable because the conditions they treat are relatively rare. Jack Klugman, Stage and Screen Actor, Is Dead at 90 2012-12-25T03:41:27Z Most remarkably, they managed to keep pace with the absurdity of a music video in which a rapping bottle of fentanyl exhorts a drug company’s sales force to move more product. The Verbal Wit and Bronx-Born Street Wisdom of “Desus & Mero” 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z For his part Martin Duffy thinks that drug companies' complacent attitude toward throat cancer would be different if more of their employees were in his situation. The Cancer-Causing Sex Virus 2010-09-03T19:00:00Z This is why the FDA requires drug companies to set primary goal in advance. Medical Terms You Need To Know 2010-08-23T10:00:00Z When it does arrive, everyone, from politicians to health services to drug companies to insurance agencies to many others who might have been of use, behaves poorly. Larry Kramer Leaves No Score Unsettled in an Epic’s Finale 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Antipsychotics would no longer be limited to schizophrenic patients; as one drug company researcher said, “It’s not like we’re making any more schizophrenic brains.” Mental Illness Is All in Your Brain — or Is It? 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z “We were happy in regards to the decision because drug companies need to be held accountable,” Gail Box said. 'A battle worth waging': family whose son died in opioids crisis celebrate Oklahoma settlement 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z First, the author exposes how drug companies pushed medical, ethical and legal boundaries, often causing more public harm than health benefit. How Big Pharma Grew Addicted to Big Profits 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The state passed a shield law earlier this year to hide the identities of drug companies, the names of anyone helping with an execution and the exact procedure followed. South Carolina has lethal injection drug but justices want more info before restarting executions 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Suppliers to pharmacies, doctor’s offices and hospitals can begin ordering the treatments from the drug companies starting next week. COVID-19 treatments to enter the market with a hefty price tag 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z However, though drug companies have had some success targeting the Death Receptor-5, no Fas agonists have made it into clinical trials. Researchers identify 'switch' to activate cancer cell death 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z "I probably contacted every drug company there was that I knew of. Most of them wouldn't even talk to me." Death row: The secret hunt for lethal drugs used in US executions 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z “We pay for the research, drug companies develop the drug, they make billions and they charge us the highest prices in the world for the product,” he said. NIH nominee vows to focus on rural needs, cooperate on COVID-19 probes if confirmed by Senate 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, drug companies have been slow to make new antibiotics capable of beating the microbes. Dangerous ‘Superbugs’ Are on the Rise. What Can Stop Them? 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z It requires drug companies to pay a rebate to Medicare if they raise prices faster than inflation on drugs used by Medicare members. Column: Big drug makers are whining about having to negotiate with Medicare, but they can't afford not to 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z It is a long-running concern of government watchdogs: Some of the experts responsible for helping to craft the U.S. dietary guidelines also take money from big food and drug companies. Food Industry Influence Could Cloud the U.S. Dietary Guidelines, a New Report Says 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z But the supplier wasn't a big drug company. Death row: The secret hunt for lethal drugs used in US executions 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Their work has armed scientists and drug companies with the means to turn the body’s cells into manufacturers of its own medicine. Scientists whose work on mRNA paved the way for first COVID-19 vaccines win Nobel Prize 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z One result is that beginning in 2026 Medicare officials can directly negotiate with drug companies to lower the prices of drugs for seniors. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on drug reform: Big Pharma "spent hundreds of millions — and the public won" 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Because the markets for these drugs are so small, the company says, drug companies “take on enormous risks in developing new drug products and new indications for existing products” for them. Column: Big drug makers are whining about having to negotiate with Medicare, but they can't afford not to 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z The state’s supply of the three drugs it used to kill inmates expired and drug companies refused to sell them anymore because they could be publicly identified. After unintended 12-year pause, South Carolina says it has secured drug to resume lethal injections 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z The drug companies Merck and Pfizer have each come up with new medicines that can help protect people from the worst effects of the coronavirus. News Roundup: Pfizer Prices, Women’s Champions, & a Dusty Selfie 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Expensive antibody-driven therapies like Leqembi allow drug companies to recoup their investment in the short term — even if the drugs later prove essentially useless. Navigating new Alzheimer's drugs can be confusing and expensive. So do they really help patients? 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z But in this case, Medicare has to lock in and the drug companies get what they want. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on drug reform: Big Pharma "spent hundreds of millions — and the public won" 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Another issue raised by the drug-pricing initiatives is how drug companies spend the money they have. Column: Big drug makers are whining about having to negotiate with Medicare, but they can't afford not to 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z And it showed just how pervasive the drugs were: Each year, drug companies were shipping enough pills for everyone living in some counties - mostly in Appalachia - to have more than a 100-day supply. Prescription opioid shipments declined sharply even as fatal overdoses increased, new data shows 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z As coronavirus outbreaks in places like India grow worse, many people want drug companies to share the secrets behind their Covid-19 vaccines. News Roundup: Pfizer Prices, Women’s Champions, & a Dusty Selfie 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Dr. Carrillo doesn't see it that way at all, noting that the drugs have met endpoints established years earlier in the process through negotiation between the FDA and the drug companies. Navigating new Alzheimer's drugs can be confusing and expensive. So do they really help patients? 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The agency also may give the drug companies a grace period to swap ingredients in products, if required. A Decongestant in Cold Medicines Doesn’t Work at All, an F.D.A. Panel Says 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z The drug companies say these rules are coercive, trample on their rights to free speech, and are unconstitutional and bad in other ways. Column: Big drug makers are whining about having to negotiate with Medicare, but they can't afford not to 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z And it showed just how pervasive the drugs were: Each year, drug companies were shipping enough pills for everyone living in some counties — mostly in Appalachia — to have more than a 100-day supply. Prescription opioid shipments declined sharply even as fatal overdoses increased, new data shows 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z The drug company Pfizer has announced a plan to sell many of its medicines to poorer countries at lower costs. News Roundup: Pfizer Prices, Women’s Champions, & a Dusty Selfie 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z At drug companies, scientists labored to overcome the peptide’s short life span before it’s degraded by the body, eventually finding mimics that were more practical as drugs. Her work paved the way for blockbuster obesity drugs. Now, she’s fighting for recognition 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Dr. Gupta said the government is working with drug companies to get cheaper options on shelves and encouraging states and insurers to make naloxone kits available for free. HHS officials give live demo of how to use overdose-reversing Narcan 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The penalty of a punitive tax only applies to drug companies that sell any drugs to Medicare or Medicaid. Column: Big drug makers are whining about having to negotiate with Medicare, but they can't afford not to 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z What are drug companies doing to stop this? 5 things to know about the new drug pricing negotiations 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z One theory is that reducing the prices drug companies can charge in Medicare will lead them to increase prices for the privately insured. What Biden’s Drug Price Negotiations Mean for You 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z “Although drug companies are attempting to block Medicare from being able to negotiate for better drug prices, we will not be deterred.” HHS selects 10 drugs for government price setting under Medicare 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The program faces several other court challenges, including from leading industry groups and other drug companies. AstraZeneca files litigation to challenge Inflation Reduction Act 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z The program already faces several court challenges, including from leading industry groups and drug companies. Boehringer latest to sue US over drug price negotiation plan 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Four drug companies and two industry associations have filed separate but similar lawsuits in multiple courts. Drugmakers brace for list of first 10 drugs for US price negotiations 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z At least six drug companies have filed lawsuits to halt the Medicare drug negotiation program, as have the U.S. What Biden’s Drug Price Negotiations Mean for You 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Drugmakers say the negotiation is more like extortion, and multiple drug companies and the U.S. HHS selects 10 drugs for government price setting under Medicare 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Another time, according to the filing, Lewis gleaned some closed-door information about a muscular dystrophy drug company in which he was a major investor. British billionaire, owner of Tottenham soccer team, arrested on insider trading charges 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Instead, Republicans are focused on another priority of the drug industry: scrutinizing the practices of pharmacy benefit managers, which negotiate prices with drug companies on behalf of health plans. Drugmakers Are ‘Throwing the Kitchen Sink’ to Halt Medicare Price Negotiations 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z The drug company says it is also exploring alternative manufacturing locations across its U.S. network to fill gaps in production while the North Carolina site remains closed for repairs. Tornado damage to Pfizer plant unlikely to cause major drug supply shortages, FDA says 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Nicholas Bagley, a law professor at the University of Michigan, predicted the lawsuits would fail because Medicare is a voluntary program for drug companies, and those wishing to participate must abide by its rules. What Biden’s Drug Price Negotiations Mean for You 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Milione added that his consulting stint helped drug companies comply with DEA rules, just as his return to government gave the DEA insight into how business decisions are made in the real world. Revolving Door: DEA’s No.2 quits amid reports of previous consulting work for Big Pharma 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z And long drug approval periods and the widespread availability of generic drugs mean that there is little financial incentive for drug companies to develop new antibiotics. AI Could Quickly Screen Thousands of Antibiotics to Tackle Superbugs 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The drug companies say that by taking a middleman’s cut, the pharmacy benefit managers are contributing to the high cost of prescription medicines. Drugmakers Are ‘Throwing the Kitchen Sink’ to Halt Medicare Price Negotiations 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z The Inflation Reduction Act’s plan marks the first time that the federal government will bargain directly with drug companies over the price for some of Medicare’s costliest drugs. Drugmaker lobbying group sues over plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z The investigation also uncovered evidence that a leading drug company attempted 27 years ago to conceal possible withdrawal effects that one drug could cause. Antidepressants: Millions taking them for five years or more 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Christie has continued to consult for drug companies. The Business of Being Chris Christie 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z From Klein's perspective, Kennedy is a " counterfeit populist" who is "tapping into a wellspring of real pain and outrage" by railing against the "drug companies controlling the national health agencies and polluters controlling environmental regulators." Naomi Klein rebukes "counterfeit populism" of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z And also the threats by other drug companies to file their own lawsuits. Column: Merck says it's being 'coerced' into negotiating its drug prices with Medicare. That's nonsense 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Currently, drug companies tell Medicare how much a prescription costs, leaving the federal government and Medicare beneficiaries to pay up. Merck sues federal government, calling plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices extortion 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z A copy of a confidential 1996 memo from firm Pfizer - which originally sold sertraline, now the UK's most common antidepressant - shows employees discussing what the drug company would tell regulators in Norway. Antidepressants: Millions taking them for five years or more 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Other drug companies have suggested that they will choose to cut certain drug development programs because of the projected dent to their revenue. Merck Sues Over Law Empowering Medicare to Negotiate With Drugmakers 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z It also alleges First Amendment compelled-speech doctrines by forcing drug companies to smile and pretend they took part in a voluntary process. Merck sues to stop Biden’s drug-negotiation program, calls it ‘extortion’ 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The mandate for negotiations and the penalty of a steep excise tax for refusing applies only to drug companies that have a relationship with Medicare or Medicaid. Column: Merck says it's being 'coerced' into negotiating its drug prices with Medicare. That's nonsense 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z The plan marks the first time ever that the federal government will bargain directly with drug companies over the price they charge for some of Medicare’s costliest drugs. Merck sues federal government, calling plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices extortion 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Legal action had been brought against three drug companies - Bayer Pharma, Schering Health Care, Aventis Pharma - as well as the government in a bid for compensation. Primodos: Pregnancy test damages claims thrown out by judge 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Simply surveying the cost of the drugs won’t change the price, and CMS doesn’t have the power to force drug companies to change how much they charge. Medicaid plans to audit the prices of costliest drugs 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Even shares of drug companies that do not have pending deals but are seen by analysts and investors as potential acquisition targets were hit. Analysis: Amgen's antitrust woes spur wider pharmaceutical deal fears 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z It’s true that under the negotiation program drug companies can’t withdraw from Medicare right away. Column: Merck says it's being 'coerced' into negotiating its drug prices with Medicare. That's nonsense 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z When a generic drug company can’t get a contract for a medication, it tends to stop making it and might see already-slim profits shrink. Drug Shortages Near an All-Time High, Leading to Rationing 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Lawyers for the drug companies and the Department of Health and Social Care brought a bid to have the claims struck out at a hearing earlier this month. Primodos: Pregnancy test damages claims thrown out by judge 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z But the administration hopes making more information about how drug companies arrive at their pricing publicly available will put political pressure on the drug companies. Medicaid plans to audit the prices of costliest drugs 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z "We could see similar challenges to the Pfizer/Seagen deal" BMO analysts wrote in a note, arguing that the FTC could target other major drug companies with the resources to engage in bundling. Analysis: Amgen's antitrust woes spur wider pharmaceutical deal fears 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Now that Congress has created one, the drug companies are squealing like pigs being led to the abattoir. Column: Merck says it's being 'coerced' into negotiating its drug prices with Medicare. That's nonsense 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z While drug companies commonly sue one another over patent disputes, the case appeared to be the first of its kind brought by the government, experts said. U.S. Loses Key Case on Rights to H.I.V.-Prevention Drugs 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Thursday’s report examined only research funded by the National Institutes of Health, deemed key to responding to public health emergencies — not drug company or other publicly or privately funded research with monkeys. Research monkey shortage undermines US readiness, panel says 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z With at least three monoclonal antibodies soon to be on the market, Mesulam worries that excitement around them will decrease drug companies’ enthusiasm for developing drugs for Alzheimer’s targets other than amyloid. Another New Alzheimer’s Drug: What Promising Trial Results Mean for Treatment 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Still, the report armed drug companies with a talking point that proved influential with Food and Drug Administration officials who oversaw opioid approvals. National Academies Members Demand Answers About Sacklers’ Donations 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Nothing stops a drug company from inundating Health and Human Services with evidence on all these points, many of which will weigh in favor of a higher price for Keytruda. Column: Merck says it's being 'coerced' into negotiating its drug prices with Medicare. That's nonsense 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Yeah, I mean, I think that’s exactly why drug companies are sitting up and taking notice and sending briefs. This 19th-Century Obscenity Law Is Still Restricting People's Reproductive Rights 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z If the FDA approval is withdrawn, the drug companies can no longer market the drug, said Vermont state Sen. Virginia Lyons, a Democrat. Vermont passes bills aimed at protecting abortion pills 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “It sounds like insanity to take money from principals of drug companies and then do reports related to opioids. I am really shocked.” Sacklers Gave Millions to Institution That Advises on Opioid Policy 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Kennedy points to such efforts as evidence that lawmakers and federal regulators are conspiring to protect drug companies, which he says lack incentives to focus on safety. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Soon to Announce White House Run, Sows Doubts About Vaccines 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z “The result is an untenable limbo, for Danco, for providers, for women and for health care systems all trying to navigate these uncharted waters,” the drug company argued in its filing. Abortion pill manufacturer asks Supreme Court to take up case, approve distribution 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z But then you also have drug companies—super capitalists—coming together with these groups that normally they’re not hanging out with. This 19th-Century Obscenity Law Is Still Restricting People's Reproductive Rights 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Hundreds of drug company executives condemned a judge’s ruling that invalidates an abortion pill’s F.D.A. approval. The Military’s Leaked Secrets 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Hundreds of drug company executives condemned a ruling invalidating the F.D.A.’s approval of an abortion pill. Your Tuesday Briefing 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Last fall, the FDA made it easier for drug companies to sell discounted naloxone to harm-reduction groups. Drug overdose antidote Narcan goes over-the-counter 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Some drug companies offer patient assistance programs based on income and health needs, says Chad Worz, chief executive of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. How to avoid sticker shock on prescriptions 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Reid Porter, a representative for PhRMA, the major trade group for drug companies, joined a Sanofi representative in pointing the finger at pharmacy benefit managers for, they said, not passing savings on to the consumer. California’s Plan for Cheaper Insulin Collides With Big Pharma’s Price Cuts 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z As lethal injection became the primary execution method in the 2000s, drug companies began barring use of their drugs, saying they were meant to save lives, not take them. Why are firing squads for U.S. executions being debated? 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z The FDA in August also made it easier for drug companies to sell discounted naloxone sprays to “public interest” customers, such as harm-reduction groups and state government agencies. Opioid antidote Narcan can save lives, but sticker shock may stymie over-the-counter sales 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Last week, a woman in Florida sued the drug company, claiming that an infection she suffered after using their product forced doctors to remove one of her eyes. Death, blindness and eyeballs removed after US eyedrops recall 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Doctors and drug companies are also warming to the medical possibilities of ceramides. Straight from the heart: Mysterious lipids may predict cardiac problems better than cholesterol 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Administration officials said that older Americans might see some savings in the future as drug companies keep prices lower to avoid having to pay the rebates. Biden Looks to Bolster Support Among Seniors With a Focus on Health Care 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services won’t send a bill to drug companies until 2025, but the federal agency has already started tracking drug prices. Biden drawing contrast to Republicans on lower drug costs 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Attorneys on the planning call with Kacsmaryk on Friday included representatives from the Alliance Defending Freedom, which filed the lawsuit; the Justice Department, which represents the FDA; and the drug company that makes mifepristone. Judge in abortion-pill lawsuit schedules hearing but delays announcing it 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z What is the responsibility of a drug company that receives very significant support — financial support, intellectual support for research and development — to the consumers of this country? "We ain’t gonna get it": Why Bernie Sanders says his "Medicare for All" dream must wait 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The research operation has aided drug companies and device makers that use the studies to test their products and promote them. She didn't need the risky surgery. County doctors talked her into it anyway, lawsuit says 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z In 1937, an American drug company introduced a new elixir to treat strep throat — and unwittingly set off a public health disaster. Could the Next Blockbuster Drug Be Lab-Rat Free? 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Powerful lobbies representing insurance companies, drug companies, doctor groups and others block meaningful reforms. Opinion: How has American healthcare gone so wrong? 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z The announcement comes at a time of mounting political pressure on drug companies to rein in what lawmakers and other critics view as the industry’s pattern of abusive profiteering. Eli Lilly Says It Will Cut the Price of Insulin 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z But among Republicans there seems to be more inclination to push on pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, as opposed to drug companies. "We ain’t gonna get it": Why Bernie Sanders says his "Medicare for All" dream must wait 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z “It costs drug companies just $10 a vial to make, but Big Pharma has been unfairly charging people hundreds of dollars — and making record profits,” Biden said. WA Legislature aims to lower insulin costs, amid federal inaction 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z It costs the drug companies roughly $10 a vial to make that insulin. Full Transcript of Biden’s State of the Union Address 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z When Ignasi Biosca-Reig heard there were shortages of amoxicillin in Spain, he quickly added shifts at his drug company's factories to boost production of the popular antibiotic. Morning Bid: The Powell Put 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z He went after big drug companies and big energy companies. Analysis | A combative Biden defends record and challenges Republicans with 2024 in view 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z I don't have to have some guy who makes seven figures a year telling me about problems of the drug companies. "We ain’t gonna get it": Why Bernie Sanders says his "Medicare for All" dream must wait 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z In theory, reaching patients in the developing world would bring in more revenue for a drug company. ‘Miracle’ Cystic Fibrosis Drug Kept Out of Reach in Developing Countries 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z If drug prices rise faster than inflation, drug companies are going to have to pay Medicare back the difference. Full Transcript of Biden’s State of the Union Address 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z But, he said, the burden on patients who cannot afford life changing new drugs weighs heavily on him and others who work for drug companies. The Medicine Is a Miracle, but Only if You Can Afford It 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z If we penalize them, when do we start taxing drug companies’ windfall profits? Column: Column: Newsom promised to punish "Big oil" for profiteering, but so far it's just talk 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z There has been no public accounting of how much drug companies have earned from canceled vaccines. Vaccine Makers Kept $1.4 Billion in Prepayments for Canceled Covid Shots for the World’s Poor 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Since the fight over access to H.I.V. treatment in sub-Saharan Africa in the early 2000s, some drug companies have agreed to sell their medicines at a profitable but significantly lower price in developing countries. ‘Miracle’ Cystic Fibrosis Drug Kept Out of Reach in Developing Countries 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z And some critics have said the FDA should have instructed drug companies to include only the newer strains of the virus in the shot. FDA experts are still puzzled over who should get which COVID shots and when 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Today’s ultraexpensive drugs include not just new medications, like Mavenclad, the multiple sclerosis drug that Ms. Crawford needs, but also older medications that drug companies have hiked the prices of in the last few decades. The Medicine Is a Miracle, but Only if You Can Afford It 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Typically, academic and government scientists strive to show an experimental drug is effective and then hand the research off to drug companies. Antibody drugs could target infectious diseases — if costs come down 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z A drug company made $114 billion by gaming the U.S. patent system at patients’ expense. Industry Gatekeepers 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z There is also compassionate use, through which drug companies supply products to desperate patients in places where they are unauthorized. ‘Miracle’ Cystic Fibrosis Drug Kept Out of Reach in Developing Countries 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z But drug companies have turned patents into weapons to thwart competition. How a Drug Company Made $114 Billion by Gaming the U.S. Patent System 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Such companies essentially act as middlemen for drug companies and major academic medical institutions. Start-Up Raises $200 Million to Speed Up Drug Trials 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Though the best approach to encourage drug companies to develop new antibiotics remains up for debate, there’s one indisputable way to combat antibiotic resistance: Use existing drugs more carefully. Opinion | Doctors are running out of antibiotics that work 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z California joined other states in suing major drug companies over the price of insulin. The Week in Business: The Debt Limit and Politics 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z That is a disincentive for drug companies to undertake expensive clinical trials to develop new medicines to treat them. Motion capture tech from Avatar films used in disease research 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z The reason that it has taken so long to get to this point is a case study in how drug companies artificially prop up prices on their best-selling drugs. How a Drug Company Made $114 Billion by Gaming the U.S. Patent System 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z In his previous job as chief innovation officer of Icon, a company that arranges clinical trials on behalf of big drug companies, he remained a vocal critic of the industry’s practices. Start-Up Raises $200 Million to Speed Up Drug Trials 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Other states that have sued some drug companies over insulin costs include Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota and Mississippi. California Joins Other States in Suing Companies Over Insulin Prices 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Two drug companies are seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration for gene therapies that may provide what amounts to a cure. Sickle Cell Cure Brings Mix of Anxiety and Hope 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Fang noted in Monday’s thread that “this massive push to censor and label covid misinfo never applied to drug companies.” Twitter Files: Big Pharma pressured platform to censor COVID-19 vaccine debate 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The CDC’s advice to patients includes asking a doctor for a generic version of insulin and contacting the drug companies about patient assistance programs. California Department of Justice suing pharmaceutical companies over high insulin costs 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Commissioner Robert M. Califf said “nobody’s in trouble” as a result but admitted the agency erred by failing to properly document its interactions with the drug company. Opinion | What happens when a regulator is too close to the regulated 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z That industry’s symbiotic business relationship with pharmaceutical companies, he said, gives drug companies the incentives “to forever raise the price” of insulin. California Joins Other States in Suing Companies Over Insulin Prices 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z He thinks he might like a job at a drug company that is developing sickle cell treatments, perhaps as a patient advocate if they are looking for such employees. Sickle Cell Cure Brings Mix of Anxiety and Hope 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Some drug companies have chafed at FDA’s animal testing requirement, arguing that animal studies cost them millions of dollars, slowing drug development and making the medicines that do reach the market far more expensive. FDA no longer needs to require animal tests before human drug trials 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The former law professor has become a social media sensation for her whiteboards and rapid-fire grilling of powerful bank and drug company executives over issues like compensation. Katie Porter sets sights on fellow Democrat Dianne Feinstein's U.S. Senate seat 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z To be sure, many private equity firms participate in the sector by just making venture capital-type investments in entire drug companies and allowing them to use the proceeds for their clinical trials. Private equity acquires a taste for drug development 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z In an e-mail to Scientific American, an FDA spokesperson said the agency is concerned as well, and it will work with drug companies on expedited development of preventive therapies for immunosuppressed patients. A Valuable COVID Drug Doesn’t Work against New Variants 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z The congressional report issued three recommendations the F.D.A. should adopt immediately, including proper documentation of its interactions with drug companies and clear protocols for when it can create joint presentations with them. Congressional Inquiry into Alzheimer’s Drug Faults Its Maker and F.D.A. 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z In recent years, most major drug companies have abandoned antibiotic development due to lackluster sales, and several smaller ones involved in the work have declared bankruptcy. Legislation to safeguard Americans against superbugs: Boondoggle or breakthrough? 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z The bill, a decade in the making, has bipartisan support and is widely backed by researchers, health care policy experts and drug company executives. Can a Federally Funded ‘Netflix Model’ Fix the Broken Market for Antibiotics? 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z State and local governments filed thousands of lawsuits against drug companies and wholesalers accused of fueling the crisis, resulting in a plethora of settlement deals. In rural America, deadly costs of opioids outweigh the dollars tagged to address them 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z The Competition and Markets Authority is now investigating the pricing of antibiotics by drug companies. Antibiotic supply gone from bad to worse, say pharmacists 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z They have benefited millions of people - and made potentially billions of dollars for the drug companies that use them to test their products. Cancer research victim's descendant leads medical campaign 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z If the world’s largest health economy limited drug companies to “fair” returns — as other countries try to — then few new drugs would be created. Opinion | In health care, America is the world’s indispensable nation 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Referring again to test results, Dr Gibbs said: "This isn't natural insulin. This is synthetic insulin made by a drug company." Lucy Letby: Insulin not ordered for any babies in unit, trial hears 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z Dr. Herold said he vividly remembered trips that he and Dr. Bluestone and a French researcher, Lucienne Chatenoud of Paris Descartes University, made to drug companies “begging them to pick this thing up.” F.D.A. Approves a Drug That Can Delay Type 1 Diabetes 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z States, counties, municipalities, and tribes filed thousands of lawsuits against drug companies and wholesalers that are accused of fueling the opioid crisis. You've heard of a life coach. What about an addiction recovery coach? 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z And secondly, developing-country governments and drug companies have a long history of threatening governments that issue compulsory licenses. The International Community Must Prioritize COVID Treatment and Test Access 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z A Treasury official said that Ms. Yellen was not suggesting that the United States would donate vaccines to China, but rather was noting Beijing’s refusal to import vaccines produced by U.S. drug companies. Yellen Encourages Vaccinations in China as Covid Restrictions Slow Growth 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z China has also made progress in drafting distribution agreements with foreign drug companies, and developing and acquiring Covid treatments, including a homegrown antiviral pill. China’s Great ‘Zero-Covid’ Guessing Game 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The drug company’s third-quarter earnings and revenue fell short of analysts’ forecasts. Lyft, TripAdvisor fall; Five9, Hims & Hers rise 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The state has reached a series of settlements with drug companies following an attorney general’s lawsuit in 2019 accusing them of deceptive marketing and failing to prevent the unlawful diversion of controlled substances. New York could get $524M under opioid settlements with Teva 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z In June, the two firebrands teamed up during a committee markup of legislation to reauthorize user fees that drug companies pay to the FDA. Rand Paul says U.S. botched covid. He could soon lead probes of it. 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z It also requires drug companies to pay rebates if the price of Medicare drugs rises faster than inflation, and it extends Affordable Care Act subsidies that Congress passed as part of the American Rescue Plan. The Most Urgent Science, Health and Climate Issues in the 2022 Midterm Elections 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z But traditional drug companies, he added, are not helping patients with thousands of rare, untreatable and rapidly progressing diseases that cause death and severe disabilities. Gene Treatment for Rare Epilepsy Causes Brain Side Effect in 2 Children 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z A number of them have also entered into partnerships with drug companies, which are seeking to patent new therapies — and share any future profits. With Promise of Legalization, Psychedelic Companies Joust Over Future Profits 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z "Check out the profits of the oil companies, the drug companies, the food companies," Sanders continued. Bernie Sanders: To boost turnout, Dems must attack GOP's "corporate agenda" 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Favre allegedly also urged the state to divert welfare funds to Prevacus, a drug company in which he was the largest individual investor. How ‘welfare reform’ steals from the poor 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Walmart said on Tuesday it would begin to help drug companies and research firms identify and recruit individuals to fill their clinical trials, pitting it against rivals Walgreens and CVS Health Group . Pink ribbon and Breast Cancer Campaign celebrate 30th anniversary 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Mittal said it’s the same assumption the drug companies make in their tests. Have you been taking pills wrong? Here’s what science says. Other drug company executives disputed the idea that patent filings were cynical attempts to gain a monopoly over existing drugs. With Promise of Legalization, Psychedelic Companies Joust Over Future Profits 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Impatience — among drug companies, investors, patients, and politicians — created the user fee agreements and accelerated-approval pathway, and that impatience, for profits and cures, fuels both programs. Pharma-funded FDA gets drugs out faster, but some work only ‘marginally’ and most are pricey 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z “But the system we have in this country relies on drug companies to develop our drugs, and private companies are not in the business of providing their products for free.” NIH to fund unproven ALS drugs under patient-backed law 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Also to be included is a five-year renewal of Food and Drug Administration user fees being collected from drug companies to review pharmaceuticals and determine whether they are safe and effective, according to congressional aides. U.S. Congress scrambles to pass stopgap bill to keep government funded 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Annual “performance reports” detail the F.D.A.’s efforts to make quick decisions, hold routine meetings with drug companies and approve products under fast-track pathways. F.D.A.’s Drug Industry Fees Fuel Concerns Over Influence 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Proal hopes the collaborative can soon begin clinical trials of such therapies, and that its scientists can nail down the kind of biomarkers drug companies crave. New private venture tackles the riddle of Long Covid—and aims to test treatments quickly 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z So, years ago, drug companies pivoted their focus to more profitable treatments for long-term illnesses, like cancer or heart disease. Family tragedy inspires Kenmore teen to spread word about health threat 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Starting next year, drug companies will also have to pay a rebate to Medicare if they raise the cost of a drug higher than the rate of inflation. EXPLAINER: Lower prescription prices to take time in new law 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z The US drug company is alleging that mRNA technology it developed before the pandemic was copied. Moderna suing Pfizer over Covid vaccine technology 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z The latest negotiation cycle over prescription drug user fees involved about 100 meetings between the F.D.A. and drug company representatives and six meetings with groups like Dr. Ramachandran’s. F.D.A.’s Drug Industry Fees Fuel Concerns Over Influence 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z So if the program could force drug companies to the table to negotiate prices, that could yield tremendous savings ... theoretically. Column: Everyone is thrilled that Medicare can finally negotiate drug prices. Prepare to be disappointed 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Why not “Congress finally moves to lower drug company prices”? Opinion | Readers critique The Post: She who boldly went 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Savings from allowing Medicare’s negotiations with the drug companies is expected to bring in $288 billion over 10 years, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. In Biden’s big bill: Climate, health care, deficit reduction 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z “Seems like a no-brainer but it’s been tough to get done because of the fight from the drug companies.” HHS Sec. Xavier Becerra uses swing-state stop to tout health wins in Biden bill 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z After somebody hits that cap, a combination of the federal government, private insurers and drug companies will pay the remaining bills. Overlooked Provisions 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z “There are tons of ways that we already know the drug companies are gaming the system to maximize profit,” says Simon F. Haeder, a healthcare expert at the Texas A&M School of Public Health. Column: Everyone is thrilled that Medicare can finally negotiate drug prices. Prepare to be disappointed 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z A dozen more drug companies are pursuing a cure than a decade ago, he said, and the organization this year plans to spend $100 million on cure research. The Long, Long Wait for a Diabetes Cure 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z It’s not surprising that big drug companies are less innovative than their smaller brethren. Opinion | Drug companies are warning that pricing reform spells doom. Don’t fall for it. 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z The legislation would also cap the out-of-pocket amount that Medicare patients can be asked to pay for prescription drugs at $2,000 each year and restrict how much drug companies can increase prices for Medicare. Here’s How Democrats’ Big Domestic Agenda Bill Has Shrunk 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z "I've heard from people in my state who risk their life and ration insulin to make ends meet, all the while drug companies are jacking up prices." Republicans block insulin price cap for private insurance in Inflation Reduction Act 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z It’s the provision allowing Medicare to negotiate pharmaceutical prices directly with drug companies for the first time. Column: Everyone is thrilled that Medicare can finally negotiate drug prices. Prepare to be disappointed 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The curb on the Democrats’ proposal to penalize drug companies who raise costs on private insurers beyond inflation reduces the $288 billion in long-term savings Democrats had touted as part of the bill. Prescription price controls chopped as Senate eyes weekend debate on tax and spending bill 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z But one of the authors of the serotonin paper, Prof Joanna Moncrieff, points out most research by drug companies is short-term, so little is known about how well people do after the first few months. Did we all believe a myth about depression? 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Under the legislation, drug companies beginning this year would have to provide rebates if they raise the price of any drug on the market faster than the rate of inflation. Biotech investors sound alarm on Senate drug-pricing bill 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z They are not included in the settlement announced Monday and plan to appeal the ruling that rejected most arguments made against the drug companies. WVa cities, counties reach $400M settlement with drug firms 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z There are tons of ways that we already know the drug companies are gaming the system to maximize profit. Column: Everyone is thrilled that Medicare can finally negotiate drug prices. Prepare to be disappointed 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Faced with dwindling returns, drug companies would lack incentives to seek new uses for approved drugs, Ubl said. Drug industry poised for rare political loss on prices 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The lower drug prices for seniors are paid for with savings from Medicare’s negotiations with the drug companies. What’s in, and out, of Democrats’ inflation-fighting package 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z The drug company considered it a new or reformulated drug and jacked the price way up. Prednisone speeds recovery from severe poison ivy reaction 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z "That makes anti-infectives a pretty tough investment from a drug company perspective," he added. As Big Pharma loses interest in new antibiotics, infections are only growing stronger 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z It would cap the out-of-pocket amount that Medicare patients can be asked to pay for prescription drugs at $2,000 each year and restrict how much drug companies can increase prices. Here’s How Democrats’ Big Domestic Agenda Bill Has Shrunk 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Democrats and Republicans, including former president Donald Trump, have railed against drug company behavior. Drug industry poised for rare political loss on prices 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z EY says it stands by the work it did for the drug company. The Big 4’s Tax Problem 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Hogenesch says he has personally raised the paper’s conclusions with executives from at least two major drug companies. The Quest by Circadian Medicine to Make the Most of Our Body Clocks 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Representatives of the drug companies cheered Faber’s ruling. Federal judge rules against hard-hit West Virginia community in opioid trial 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z “Senate Republicans are literally choosing to help China out compete the U.S. in order to protect big drug companies,” Jean-Pierre said. McConnell warns Dems of fallout for reviving Biden bill 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z After launch, drug companies would face financial penalties if they continue to raise prices faster than the rate of inflation. Drug industry poised for rare political loss on prices 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z And this morning, the Senate Finance Committee released its initial findings from a yearlong investigation into how drug companies have utilized subsidiaries in low-tax nations to exploit loopholes in a 2017 corporate tax reform law. The Big 4’s Tax Problem 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Drawing on an array of data — more than just a list of high prescribers, which had been the focus of Purdue and other drug companies — the consultants identified specific doctors to target. Behind the Scenes, McKinsey Guided Companies at the Center of the Opioid Crisis 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z He noted the committee has heard from multiple CEOs of drug companies, fossil fuel companies and other industry leaders testify in the past. Roger Goodell will testify, Daniel Snyder won’t at congressional hearing 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z His father Jamie said Finding Neuro - a charity that raises funds for clinical trials focusing on neurological conditions - had put the family in touch with the US drug company behind the trial following the diagnosis. Family's hopes for US brain tumour treatment trial 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z The state has had discussions with other companies, including celebrity investor Mark Cuban’s for-profit drug company, the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company. California wants to slash insulin prices by becoming a drugmaker. Can it succeed? 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z The administration is currently negotiating with drug companies that can produce a reliable supply of insulin under a no-bid contract, but no partnership has been formalized. California aims to slash insulin prices and challenge Big Pharma. Can it succeed? 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Fanto said in a brief interview with The Post that he was targeted as a prescriber by drug companies because of his expertise in the pain management field. Inside the sales machine of the ‘kingpin’ of opioid makers A retired scientist and lawyer who worked with drug companies, Wassermann is comfortable analyzing coronavirus data. How big is the latest U.S. coronavirus wave? No one really knows. 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said drug companies and officials are exploring whether the next round of boosters will include ingredients that specifically target omicron lineages. White House: Virus surge is ‘challenging’ but an uptick in Paxlovid use is stalling disease 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Law enforcement officials used it to investigate drug company marketing, drug companies looked up their competitors and doctors searched for themselves. New documents reveal how drug companies targeted doctors to increase opioid prescriptions 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z The state has had discussions with other companies, including celebrity investor Mark Cuban’s for-profit drug company, the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. California aims to slash insulin prices and challenge Big Pharma. Can it succeed? 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z DEA investigators also noticed that another wholesale drug company, KeySource Medical, operating out of Cincinnati, was pouring massive amounts of oxycodone into Florida. Inside the sales machine of the ‘kingpin’ of opioid makers While Dr. Olabisi is waiting to start his study, a drug company, Vertex, has forged ahead with its own research. Targeting the Uneven Burden of Kidney Disease on Black Americans 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z "Why don't you have the guts to take on the drug companies and the insurance companies and the fossil fuel industry?" Bernie Sanders: Manchin and Sinema “sabotaged” Democrats to help “wealthy campaign contributors” 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z A trove of recently released documents offers the public an unvarnished look inside those relationships from the perspective of drug companies themselves. New documents reveal how drug companies targeted doctors to increase opioid prescriptions 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z His oncologist made requests to the drug company anyway but was denied. Opinion | How Far Do You Go When the Alternative Is Death? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z For years, drug companies have argued they were simply filling orders written by medical professionals for legitimate patients. Inside the sales machine of the ‘kingpin’ of opioid makers Meanwhile, the big drug companies, having made a fortune from antipsychotic drugs, and ruthlessly marketing them while concealing their drawbacks, have abandoned any attempt to develop new and improved chemical remedies. Q&A: He's studied mental illness for 50 years. Here are all the things we're doing wrong 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z For people whose income meets certain thresholds, a drug company’s assistance program may supply drugs free, even to some people without insurance. How to save on prescription medications 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Back in 2010, we found that hundreds of doctors paid by drug companies to promote their drugs had been accused of professional misconduct, were disciplined by state boards or lacked credentials as researchers or specialists. New documents reveal how drug companies targeted doctors to increase opioid prescriptions 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z The head of the drug company must have received more than a hundred emails begging him to make an exception. Opinion | How Far Do You Go When the Alternative Is Death? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The FDA in 2019 ordered Aid Access, which uses an Indian drug company, to stop selling Americans pills that aren’t approved in the U.S. Washington doctor on leading edge of abortion rights turns to next frontier after Roe: Pills 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z The Democratic-backed legislation was once seen as likely to garner the support it needed because it sidestepped requiring drug companies to cut prices, which the pharmaceutical industry would have fought. U.S. elections may thwart Democratic effort to cap insulin cost 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The drug company will effectively give up on marketing Aduhelm, which comes with unproven benefits and serious safety risks. Biogen’s C.E.O. will step down after disastrous launch of Alzheimer’s drug. 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The document trove also shows firsthand how drug companies targeted doctors and used information purchased from data brokers to rank them and gain insight on how many of their drugs each doctor prescribed each week. New documents reveal how drug companies targeted doctors to increase opioid prescriptions 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Not long after, the drug company agreed to make an exception and allow Mr. Forbes to receive the drug through a single patient protocol, which is essentially a clinical trial written for one person. Opinion | How Far Do You Go When the Alternative Is Death? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Securities and Exchange Commission, several drug companies have adjusted their forecasts to include expenses from milestone payments and acquisitions. Pfizer keeps sales forecasts for COVID pill, vaccine unchanged 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Democrats fight drug companies to force them to lower insulin prices for sick kids. Opinion | Can Democrats knock Republicans off their two-faced midterm strategy? 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z But he raised his voice forcefully as he contrasted drug companies with their customers. ‘It’s unconscionable’: Biden attacks drug prices at speech at Green River College 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z This sick-care system, he stresses, was built by insurance companies and drug companies. Book review: An urgent plea for mental health care reform 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z A drug company decided that he could receive a new, unapproved drug for advanced lung cancer that might prolong his life. Opinion | How Far Do You Go When the Alternative Is Death? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “I cannot support siphoning off essential resources for rural communities, tribes and small businesses in Oregon and nationwide just to pad drug companies’ profits,” Mr. Wyden said in a statement. Pandemic Aid Bill Stalls Amid Dispute Over Immigration Restrictions 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Pharmacies and health systems have already ordered next season’s vaccine, and drug companies are committing their facilities now to meet the demand, said Michael Greenberg, a Sanofi vice president. Black and Hispanic seniors are left with a less powerful flu vaccine 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z He said drug companies that increase prices faster than the rate of inflation should “pay a steep tax.” ‘It’s unconscionable’: Biden attacks drug prices at speech at Green River College 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The bill would have allowed the federal government to negotiate prices for certain costly medicines and penalize drug companies that don't cooperate, among other provisions. Big Pharma pours drug industry money on Republican Senator Tim Scott 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Instead, often the main hurdles, as the Forbes family observed, are whether the drug company has an expanded-access program for a specific drug and, if it does, whether it approves the request. Opinion | How Far Do You Go When the Alternative Is Death? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z "The function of a rational healthcare system is to provide healthcare to all in a cost-effective way—not to allow private insurance companies and private drug companies to make obscene levels of profit," he added. Sanders still championing for universal Medicare 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Paxton is making the demand of these drug companies a month after he classified gender affirming medical treatments including blockers and hormone therapy as “child abuse” under state law. Texas investigates ‘off-label’ use of puberty blockers amid ongoing fight over transgender care 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z We don’t let electric and water utilities raise prices at will, Biden said, questioning why drug companies are able to do so. ‘It’s unconscionable’: Biden attacks drug prices at speech at Green River College 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Other Republican senators up for reelection didn't get nearly as much money from drug companies during the same period, KHN's analysis of Federal Election Commission data shows. Big Pharma pours drug industry money on Republican Senator Tim Scott 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z There is no requirement for companies to report how many requests they accept, though some larger drug companies make this information public. Opinion | How Far Do You Go When the Alternative Is Death? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z And as an increasing amount of medical research is funded by drug companies, it creates a perverse incentive to develop treatments that are profitable, rather than to "determine optimal care," he explains. Book review: A doctor’s impassioned critique of big pharma 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z And they fear grief will be seen as a growth market by drug companies that will try to persuade the public that they need medical treatment to emerge from mourning. How Long Should It Take to Grieve? Psychiatry Has Come Up With an Answer. 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Lobbyists for the pharma industry will say that any suspension of IP is theft because the knowledge of how to make the vaccines is private property that belongs uniquely to the drug companies. Big Pharma is dead set on preventing poorer countries from making their own vaccines 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The legislation's framework loosely aligns with ideas from the Association for Accessible Medicines, which lobbies for generic drug companies. Big Pharma pours drug industry money on Republican Senator Tim Scott 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Working with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a part of Johnson & Johnson, he heads an advisory committee of physicians, ethicists and community members who evaluate these requests and then develop a recommendation for the drug company. Opinion | How Far Do You Go When the Alternative Is Death? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z It's little wonder then that drug costs are out of control: The federal government is unable to negotiate lower prices, so drug companies can basically write themselves a blank check. Book review: A doctor’s impassioned critique of big pharma 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Some drug companies have backing from their shareholders. Analysis: Western companies wrestle with Russia 'half-exits' 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The disparity comes in part because researchers, drug companies, and regulators largely exclude pregnant people from clinical trials, and there’s little incentive to investigate how babies fare after exposure to approved medications. Which medicines can you take when pregnant? New efforts aim to crack a scientific black box 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Some people who developed arthritis following vaccination sued the drug company. What happened to the Lyme disease vaccine? 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z The exact amount would depend on how much they bring in by selling their international drug companies. OxyContin maker seeks approval for latest settlement plan 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z But "don't hold your breath waiting for the big drug companies to have an epiphany of social conscience, leading them to voluntarily cede their power and profitability to serve the greater good," Abramson concludes. Book review: A doctor’s impassioned critique of big pharma 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Moderna signed with Kenyan government officials to establish the drug company’s first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Africa. Live: Coronavirus daily news updates, March 8: What to know today about COVID-19 in the Seattle area, Washington state and the world 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Thanks to patents and exclusivity rights granted by the FDA, drug companies get to sell new products for about 12 to 16 years without competition from generic versions. Mark Cuban’s new pharmacy business and the future of drug pricing 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Thousands of communities have fought drug companies in courthouses across the country, including in sprawling national litigation. Sackler family members to contribute up to $6 billion in latest agreement to resolve opioid claims 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z “The drug company and all the advertising says this is a great new drug,” Hoffman said. The FDA is approving more drugs that haven’t been shown to work. Are patients being harmed? 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z But drug companies charge families like Joshua and his dad up to 30 times that amount. Full transcript of Biden’s State of the Union address 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z “It’s huge,” said Joe Rice, a lead lawyer for the plaintiffs suing drug companies. Major drug distributors and J&J finalize opioid settlement, launching nationwide funding 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z We were known as a crew of hard-core skeptics of claims by drug companies and scientists, but the data clearly showed these drugs were revolutionary. Opinion | The Moral Danger of Declaring the Pandemic Over Too Soon 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The last of the money would not be paid out for 18 years, and the exact amount would depend on how much the family would make from selling its international drug companies. Mediator: Sacklers willing to pay more in Purdue settlement 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Some investors in a Seattle-based drug company claim leaders misled investors ahead of its initial public offering, and are pursing a class-action lawsuit against the fledgling company. Shareholders accuse Seattle health startup of ‘misleading investors’ after IPO 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z And drug companies will do very, very well — their profit margins. Full transcript of Biden’s State of the Union address 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Trials are scheduled for the coming months against drug companies, including Teva, Endo and Par Pharmaceuticals in California and West Virginia. Major drug distributors and J&J finalize opioid settlement, launching nationwide funding 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Some will blame low vaccination rates on the hesitancy of those nations’ residents rather than drug companies withholding their vaccine technology to allow for global scale-up. Opinion | The Moral Danger of Declaring the Pandemic Over Too Soon 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The institute, one of the largest academic clinical trial operations in the world, works closely with drug companies to conduct research and test products. Califf narrowly confirmed for FDA commissioner, providing beleaguered agency with its first permanent chief in 13 months 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z And drug companies rely on that funding to develop drugs, even if they don't take the money directly from the NIH. There's already a law on the books that could lower prescription drug prices — but no one's using it 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z “We are saying to drug companies, ‘You are finally going to become accountable when you raise prices on the American people.’” Abigail Spanberger embraces President Biden in Virginia, bets the reward outweighs the risk 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Biden wants the federal government to be allowed to negotiate prices for a set number of prescription drugs and require drug companies to pay rebates if they increase costs faster than inflation. Biden calls on Democrats to pass drug negotiation, extend Obamacare subsidies 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z The drug companies that acquired the manufacturing license, including Pfizer and the Tokyo firm Astellas Pharma, have also raked in billions in sales. Column: The government could cut the price of this prostate cancer drug by as much as 80%. Why hasn't it acted? 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Califf allies have argued that he conducted himself with integrity while working with drug companies and that his expertise on scientific data and clinical trials would prove valuable to the FDA. Califf narrowly confirmed for FDA commissioner, providing beleaguered agency with its first permanent chief in 13 months 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The drug company then performs the finishing touches of the last phases of clinical trials and then packages up the medicine and sells it to Americans at stupid prices. There's already a law on the books that could lower prescription drug prices — but no one's using it 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Other drug companies he controlled in the 1990s and early 2000s faced foreclosure, shareholder lawsuits and boardroom battles. Review | How opioid maker Insys brazenly flouted the law 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z The investigation also found that drug companies "aggressively raise prices" to hit revenue targets and incentives for executives and have targeted the U.S. market for higher prices while keeping costs lower overseas. Vulnerable Democrats worried stalled pharma bill will cost them seats as companies raise drug prices 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Native American tribes have agreed a landmark settlement with major drug companies over the devastation caused by opioid addiction. Native American tribes reach major opioid settlement 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Stolen data includes source codes from U.S. software companies, testing data and chemical designs from drug companies and engineering designs from manufacturers. FBI chief Wray: China still engaged in large-scale hacking operations targeting U.S. tech 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z The pharma industry, unsurprisingly, is against using march-in orders because it claims that any state intervention would create uncertainty and make drug companies reluctant to invest in early-stage government funded research. There's already a law on the books that could lower prescription drug prices — but no one's using it 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z These include the hospitals and drug companies that charge ridiculous amounts for healthcare. Column: In this, my final column, one last consumer problem to be solved 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z The report also concluded that drug companies "abuse the patent system" to suppress competition and maintain monopoly pricing. Vulnerable Democrats worried stalled pharma bill will cost them seats as companies raise drug prices 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The Medicines Patent Pool said the deals would allow drug companies to make both the raw ingredients for molnupiravir and the finished product itself. More than 2 dozen drugmakers to make Merck’s COVID-19 pill 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Still, the drug companies will maintain control over supply to upper- and upper-middle-income countries not covered by the MPP license, including many in Latin America. In the wake of unequal vaccine rollouts, countries face a ‘Wild West’ scramble for covid pills 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z According to the drafters, the only thing required of drug companies is that the inventions developed with public funding are later commercialized in the US regardless of the price tag on offer. There's already a law on the books that could lower prescription drug prices — but no one's using it 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The proposal’s sponsors say that the state is uniquely well-positioned to extract the billions in savings by negotiating with drug companies, hospitals and physician groups. Column: Single-payer healthcare is the right system. Can California build it on its own? 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Some Democrats in Congress have called on drug companies to open up their technology to vaccine manufacturers in the developing world to speed up global access. Pfizer plans to manufacture up to 100 million doses of omicron-specific vaccine by spring 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z According to a document seen by Reuters, Pfizer believes that doctors and other healthcare professionals will want around half of their interactions with drug companies to be remote in the future. EXCLUSIVE Pfizer to cut U.S. sales staff as meetings with healthcare providers move to virtual 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Evidence presented at the trial also showed that Holmes lied about purported deals that Theranos had reached with big drug companies such as Pfizer and the U.S. military. What will Silicon Valley learn from Holmes’ conviction? 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z "March-in orders would give the US government the means to keep drug companies from dictating exorbitant prices for taxpayer funded prescription drugs," said Sachs. There's already a law on the books that could lower prescription drug prices — but no one's using it 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Early on, problems such as toxicity and lack of potency stymied progress, and many drug companies lost interest. Genetic Therapies for Brain Diseases 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z Large drug companies “are ready to come to the table,” he told Congress, “but they do not want some humongous government facility that is going to compete against them.” Beneath a Covid Vaccine Debacle, 30 Years of Government Culpability 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z She allowed people from drug companies and academic institutions to scrutinize her company’s tech. The story of Elizabeth Holmes now belongs to the jury 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The massive public health crisis resulted in sprawling litigation against major drug companies. Judge overturns deal giving Purdue Pharma’s Sackler family civil immunity from opioid claims 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z An emergency law invoked by the U.S. government provides legal immunity for drug companies for side effects from their COVID-19 vaccines used in the country. Refugees lack COVID shots because drugmakers fear lawsuits - documents 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z At least two drug companies want to apply to the F.D.A. to make the switch to an over-the-counter version, and have been in communication with the agency about their plans. Firms Push to Make Birth-Control Pills Available Without Prescriptions 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z He worked closely with drug companies, which footed part of the bill for the research center. FDA nominee Califf promises opioid review if confirmed 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Sen. Bernard Sanders signaled he is skeptical of Dr. Califf’s research work alongside drug companies and his stock holdings. FDA pick Robert Califf pledges to make COVID-19 task ‘No. 1’ 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z At Duke, Califf worked closely with drug companies, who footed part of the bill for the research center. Former FDA commissioners endorse Califf as head of agency, citing urgency of addressing omicron 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z For drug companies, accepting potential liability runs counter to standard practice. Refugees lack COVID shots because drugmakers fear lawsuits - documents 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z They are manufactured by a variety of drug companies, including Pfizer Inc. and Bayer AG. Firms Push to Make Birth-Control Pills Available Without Prescriptions 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who built his $7.1 billion fortune by selling two drug companies, oversees an array of businesses that have produced tax losses, including the Los Angeles Times, which he bought in 2018. How billionaires use hobbies to slash their tax bills 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z She’s working for a drug company while she waits to learn whether she got into medical school. Friendship forged after emergency delivery continues to grow 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Holmes said she put the drug companies’ logos on documents she gave to investors and business partners to represent the partnership — not to fool anyone. Elizabeth Holmes was always in control 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z She added the logos of pharmaceutical companies to validation reports that she sent to investors, which led them to believe the drug companies had endorsed Theranos’ technology. Elizabeth Holmes rests her case in fraud trial 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z “I’m committed to using every tool I have to lower prescription drug costs for Americans consistent with the drug companies getting a fair return on their investment,” he added. Biden touts savings on insulin and other drugs for Americans 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z When it comes to stopping the drug companies from being able to charge outrageous prices for the lifesaving medicine people need in this country: "Gotta keep the government out of people's lives." Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren demand end to filibuster to save abortion rights 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z A key difficulty in administering vaccines is community skepticism, sometimes driven by religious belief and mistrust of Western drug companies and their own governments. COVID shots are finally arriving, but Africa can't get them all into arms 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Biotech executives from around the world flew into Boston for the annual leadership meeting of the drug company Biogen. Friends who attended anime convention with man who contracted omicron have tested positive for coronavirus, health official says 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z They’ve also had to narrow the scope of price negotiations with drug companies, although coverage for hearing aids stayed in the bill. Sanders to Biden: Cut back looming Medicare premium hike 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Those include the cap on out-of-pocket costs for seniors and penalties on drug companies that raise prices faster than inflation. Biden touts savings on insulin and other drugs for Americans 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Today, we were shown excerpts of Theranos’ contracts with drug companies that expressly forbid use of their logos without prior written permission. Elizabeth Holmes admits that she was CEO of Theranos, the company she founded 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z In theory, they play a vital role in preventing drug companies from charging whatever they please for prescription meds. Column: Soaring insulin prices reveal clout, and greed, of healthcare middlemen 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z But drug companies and the European Union oppose such a move because they say it could discourage pharmaceutical investment, and the United States has done little to push negotiations forward. The Omicron coronavirus variant is a clarion call to vaccinate the globe 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Earlier this year when vaccines were still in short supply, the EU introduced a mechanism to keep some of the jabs it secured from AstraZeneca, the Anglo-Swedish drug company, from being diverted elsewhere. EU eases its controls on COVID-19 vaccine exports 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z In a concession to one of the prosecution’s biggest pieces of evidence, Holmes admitted that she had personally added the logos of drug companies to Theranos’ validation reports without their permission. Elizabeth Holmes points fingers at others and says she was a believer 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z One document she sent out did come from a drug company — it was an analysis from GlaxoSmithKline. Elizabeth Holmes admits that she was CEO of Theranos, the company she founded 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z In just under two hours of testimony, Ms. Holmes pushed back against accusations that she had lied about Theranos’s work with drug companies. Elizabeth Holmes Hones Her Defense in Day 2 of Testimony 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The issue with drug companies has been the “validation” reports that Theranos produced about its own technology in those partnerships. Elizabeth Holmes tells the jury that at least some of Theranos was real 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z That provision would require drug companies to pay rebates to Medicare if they increase prices above the rate of inflation. Cap on drug price hikes for privately insured sparks battle 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z During that time, the business plan was to work with drug companies on their clinical trials. In her Theranos fraud case, Elizabeth Holmes is speaking for herself 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z There have been few new antibiotics in drug company pipelines as they tend to be much less profitable than other medicines and their use must be limited to remain effective. Misuse of antibiotics in pandemic building resistant bacteria, health agency warns 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z But the point of Monday’s testimony was to show that Theranos did work with drug companies rather than not at all. Elizabeth Holmes Hones Her Defense in Day 2 of Testimony 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z They thought that meant the drug companies and the Defense Department had co-signed the technology, using it on clinical trials and in Afghanistan — a lie journalist Roger Parloff heard, too. Elizabeth Holmes tells the jury that at least some of Theranos was real 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The goal is to deter drug companies from extravagant price increases. Cap on drug price hikes for privately insured sparks battle 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z And when he heard that Theranos’ tests were used by drug companies to validate experimental products, that dazzled him too. Theranos drained $96 million from an experienced investor — plus some blood 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z For example, while a Brazilian drug company could get a license to make the pill for export to other countries, the medicine could not be made generically for use in Brazil. Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its COVID-19 pill 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The campaign to allow Medicare to negotiate with drug companies over pricing is directed chiefly at Part D prescriptions, though proposals on the table would also cover some Part B drugs. Column: How the FDA's lousy judgment and a greedy drug company combined to hit Medicare members hard 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z The “completed successes,” in Theranos’ parlance, were almost all preliminary drug company studies. Elizabeth Holmes tells the jury that at least some of Theranos was real 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The trial comes after Ferguson in July rejected the state’s proposed part of a $26 billion settlement with the three drug companies as well as Johnson & Johnson related to the opioid addiction and overdose crisis. Washington state’s trial against 3 major opioid distributors opens Monday in Seattle 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z “To my knowledge those relationships have been fully discussed and widely debated in the academic and political arena,” Campbell said, adding that many academic trials are underwritten by drug companies. Biden nominates Robert Califf, former Obama FDA chief, as agency commissioner 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The drug company’s third-quarter profit and revenue fell short of Wall Street forecasts. Perrigo, Wendy’s fall; RingCentral, Newmont rise 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Letting Medicare negotiate with drug companies isn’t the panacea you think it is. Column: How the FDA's lousy judgment and a greedy drug company combined to hit Medicare members hard 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z The outlines of the work with many drug companies were largely the same. Elizabeth Holmes tells the jury that at least some of Theranos was real 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Behind the scenes, Medicare’s prescription benefit design will get an overhaul to create more incentives for insurers to bargain with drug companies over expensive drugs. Real Medicare drug savings in Dems’ bill — but not overnight 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Since 2014, he has received more than $93,000 in consulting fees and travel and lodging expenses from drug companies, according to the federal government’s Open Payments database. Biden nominates Robert Califf, former Obama FDA chief, as agency commissioner 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z About a year ago, he co-founded a drug company, called Kate Therapeutics, that will focus on gene therapy for muscle diseases and will move there for the next phase of his career. He can’t cure his dad. But a scientist’s research may help everyone else 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Plainly, no one in America can escape the burden of unregulated pricing by drug companies, even for a product of doubtful efficacy and even for consumers who aren’t taking the drug in question. Column: How the FDA's lousy judgment and a greedy drug company combined to hit Medicare members hard 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z A big drug company would do preliminary work with Theranos, which Holmes would typically characterize as successful. Elizabeth Holmes tells the jury that at least some of Theranos was real 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Seniors would see the first fruits of Medicare’s negotiations with drug companies, for no more than 10 medications to start with, but no numerical limit on negotiated prices for insulins. Real Medicare drug savings in Dems’ bill — but not overnight 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z That would mean drug companies could still charge enormous prices for new drugs, but they could do so only for so long. Democrats Choosing Less Risky Path on Drug Prices 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z The vaccine was developed by Bharat Biotech, an Indian drug company, and the Indian Council of Medical Research, a government body, and is the eighth coronavirus vaccine to receive the global health body’s green light. The W.H.O. grants Covaxin, a Covid vaccine developed in India, emergency authorization. 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z “For the first time, the U.S. Congress is looking the drug companies in the eye and saying, ‘We are done with the abuses.’ Watershed or watered down? Democrats’ drug-price deal leaves some unsatisfied. 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z It is possible to believe that all these drug companies looked into Theranos’ device and chose not to move forward for unrelated reasons — but that’s a big stretch. Elizabeth Holmes tells the jury that at least some of Theranos was real 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z In 2023, the bill would impose penalties on drug companies that raise the prices of established medications above the rate of inflation, a common pattern most years. Real Medicare drug savings in Dems’ bill — but not overnight 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Early stage drug companies are funded, in part, because America’s high drug prices mean that a successful drug will be worth a huge jackpot. Democrats Choosing Less Risky Path on Drug Prices 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z That would have yielded one-time levies on drug companies in the billions of dollars. Democrats Add Drug Cost Curbs to Social Policy Plan, Pushing for Vote 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z And their deal further includes “anti-price gouging penalties,” which Wyden explained as money paid back to the U.S. government when drug companies raise prices more than inflation. Democrats announce deal on prescription drug pricing as another part of spending plan comes into focus 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Americans have an enduring — and endearing — faith that one method of bringing down drug prices is superior to all others: Allowing Medicare to negotiate with drug companies. Column: Letting Medicare negotiate drug prices won't help as much as price controls 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Language authorizing the government to negotiate prices with drug companies was scrapped. Democrats’ Bill Would Cover Poor Uninsured Adults, Up to a Point 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Then last week, drug pricing fell out of the bill altogether and it looked as if the drug companies had won again. Democrats Choosing Less Risky Path on Drug Prices 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z “It violates the basic principle of granting these exclusivity licenses through patents, and has been abused by many of the big drug companies and needs to come to a halt.” Democrats Add Drug Cost Curbs to Social Policy Plan, Pushing for Vote 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The proposal would require drug companies to negotiate lower prices with Medicare and then offer those same rates to people with private insurance. Vulnerable Democrats worry about no deal on drug costs 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Even the most aggressive proposals in the congressional hopper to allow Medicare negotiations could be gamed by drug companies. Column: Letting Medicare negotiate drug prices won't help as much as price controls 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Workers at the drug company and at distribution centers began the process of preparing and packing 15 million doses, said Zients. COVID vaccine for younger kids already being packed, shipped 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Even the drug companies want to limit how much patients can be asked to pay, in part because it would increase the market for their drugs by making sure more patients filled their prescriptions. This May Be Democrats’ Best Chance to Lower Drug Prices 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z By the time I turned in the manuscript, there were three lawsuits against these drug companies. The journalist who foretold the opioid epidemic sounds the alarm on the next wave 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Some Democrats worried the idea would cut into drug company profits that to toward developing new cures. Vulnerable Democrats worry about no deal on drug costs 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z That prevents Medicare from taking the most effective step to win negotiations with drug companies — the threat to walk away from the table. Column: Letting Medicare negotiate drug prices won't help as much as price controls 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z "At this moment, they are working for the drug companies. They're not working for their constituents." Industry-aligned Democrats sink bill to lower drug costs. “What did they get for that” from Pharma? 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Several Democratic lawmakers remain skeptical of policies that might hurt the drug companies or stymie future drug development. This May Be Democrats’ Best Chance to Lower Drug Prices 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Democrats had proposed to require drug companies to negotiate down prices they charge Medicare. Progressives back Biden’s $1.75 trillion compromise ‘in principal’ 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z However, a proposal to require drug companies to reduce the prices they charge Medicare and to require the same prices be charged to people on private insurance is being opposed by moderates. Sanders accuses moderates of ‘sabotage’ as Democrats struggle to finalize social welfare package 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z But it gives drug companies more latitude to raise prices in general than reform advocates wish. Column: Letting Medicare negotiate drug prices won't help as much as price controls 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z That came when members of his party allied with Big Pharma orchestrated a daring late-night coup in 2003, ramming through a bill written by industry lobbyists that would shower hundreds of billions on drug companies. Industry-aligned Democrats sink bill to lower drug costs. “What did they get for that” from Pharma? 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The drug companies argue that their high profits enable them to invest in research into new treatments and cures that can be financially risky to develop. This May Be Democrats’ Best Chance to Lower Drug Prices 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z However, drug companies lobbied heavily against the bill saying it would reduce the amount of money they have to develop new cures. Progressives back Biden’s $1.75 trillion compromise ‘in principal’ 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z A legal immunity protection offered to drug companies during the Trump administration has also made it nearly impossible to sue drug manufacturers for any side affects suffered from vaccination until 2024. Covid vaccines: FDA panel approves Pfizer jabs for children 5 and up 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z At least 10 states are pondering a radical approach to putting a leash on soaring drug prices: force drug companies to explain how they arrived at the price of their costliest new drugs. Column: Letting Medicare negotiate drug prices won't help as much as price controls 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z After months of negotiations, Tauzin and Republican leaders backed by the drug companies dropped the 1,000-page bill in the middle of the night and gave members just hours to vote on it. Industry-aligned Democrats sink bill to lower drug costs. “What did they get for that” from Pharma? 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Moderates have balked at a proposal to lower the cost of prescription medicines by allowing Medicare to negotiate with drug companies on prices, prompting negotiators to look at narrower versions of that approach. Biden and Democrats Push for Budget Deal This Week as Rifts Remain 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Moderate Democrats in the Senate and House, many of whom have received contributions from drug companies, have echoed those concerns. Far-left fears Democratic leaders’ drug-pricing compromise is a ‘sham’ to benefit Big Pharma 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Advanced countries with fixed government purchase prices have seen access to medicines constrained, either by drug companies or by governments that choose their preferred medications. A 30-Year Campaign to Control Drug Prices Faces Yet Another Failure 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z What Medicare can’t do is “interfere” in Part D negotiations between health plans and drug companies. Column: Letting Medicare negotiate drug prices won't help as much as price controls 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Lawmakers allied with the industry claim that cutting into drug companies' profits will hurt innovation. Industry-aligned Democrats sink bill to lower drug costs. “What did they get for that” from Pharma? 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z This is largely due to the fact that Medicare is blocked from aggressive drug price negotiation, allowing drug companies to charge whatever they want, and bill it to the taxpayer. What do "centrists" want? Cutting back Biden's agenda isn't moderate — it's reckless 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Suppose drug companies do develop a so-called magic bullet analgesic: a compound that specifically and effectively eliminates the activity of one of the pain-transducing molecules on nociceptors. Toward Better Pain Control 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z With the good will the industry has accrued with its coronavirus vaccines and treatments, drug companies have pressed their case with key lawmakers, and roped in the larger business community. A 30-Year Campaign to Control Drug Prices Faces Yet Another Failure 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z HR 3 does have a provision that might keep the drug companies at the negotiation table. Column: Letting Medicare negotiate drug prices won't help as much as price controls 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z He said he continues to be “blown away” by how the processes his students work on can be put to use by drug companies in a matter of days and applied to any disease. Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to duo who made a tool to build molecules in an environmentally friendly way 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z “If we just wrote a huge check to drug companies, would they do more research?” Ban on negotiating Medicare drug prices under pressure 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z NIH also has worked with drug companies to develop therapeutics and at-home testing after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention initially botched the rollout of the U.S. coronavirus testing program. NIH Director Francis S. Collins will step down by year’s end 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The drug company reached a settlement over a tax dispute with the Irish government. Perrigo, Virgin Galactic rise; CarMax, Devon Energy fall 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Without some form of pressure on drug companies, the CBO has said, the gains would be “negligible.” Column: Letting Medicare negotiate drug prices won't help as much as price controls 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The crux of the Democratic plan is to allow Medicare to bargain prices with drug companies, and even the holdouts say they support some level of negotiation. Democrats promised to slash drug prices. Now internal clashes are standing in the way. 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z One allegation prosecutor Robert Leach made in his opening statement was that Holmes had deceived Walgreens about its relationship with drug companies. A grueling day in Elizabeth Holmes’ trial ended with evidence that Theranos tests sucked 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z The House Judiciary Committee voted on Wednesday to enable the Federal Trade Commission to ban sham citizen petitions, in which drug companies petition the U.S. U.S. House panel approves three bills aimed at tackling high drug prices 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z As it has for the older age groups, the drug company will ask the agency for emergency use authorization. When will kids under 12 be approved for the COVID vaccine? What parents need to know 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The talk about Medicare negotiating with drug companies is just a symptom of lawmakers’ unwillingness to take a strong stand. Column: Letting Medicare negotiate drug prices won't help as much as price controls 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z But drug companies had an additional incentive: Over there, F.D.A. inspectors didn’t drop in on factories unannounced. Opinion | How Much Can You Trust That Generic Drug You’re Taking? 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z The drug companies will still have enormous incentive to develop new drugs because their profits will still be enormous. Opinion | Let Medicare negotiate drug prices. Big Pharma will be fine. 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z In August, Kaiser Health News reported that two members of a National Academies panel that studied waste of pharmaceuticals, as well as the National Academy of Sciences itself, had received money from drug companies. Former surgeon resigns from National Academies panel on transplant reform 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z In their letter to Congress, the drug companies call their industry “the envy of the world.” Column: Drug makers see disaster in Medicare negotiating prices. Don't listen to them 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z But it’s risky to bet against the drug companies. Democrats’ Stumble on Drug Prices Shows Power of Industry 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z In 2007, it became the first American drug company to buy a publicly traded Indian company, shifting some of its production to the western city of Nashik. Opinion | How Much Can You Trust That Generic Drug You’re Taking? 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z The legislation that would allow Medicare to force drug companies to negotiate prices was caught in a tug of war between moderate and far-left elements of the House Democratic Caucus. Moderates, far-left Democrats clash over Pelosi’s plan to lower Medicare drug prices 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z The pay-for dilemma came into sharper focus Wednesday when two House committees split on a proposal requiring drug companies to lower the prices they charge Medicare. House Democrats advance plan for bigger Obamacare with subsidies for all 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z This is what happens when drug companies are allowed to charge as much as they want for life-saving medications, and when the single largest purchaser of pharmaceuticals — Medicare — has to pay whatever the industry demands. Column: Drug makers see disaster in Medicare negotiating prices. Don't listen to them 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z As with measures that might reduce payments to hospitals, doctors and insurance companies, the House’s attempt to take a bite out of drug companies has generated a backlash. Democrats’ Stumble on Drug Prices Shows Power of Industry 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z “The drug companies are one of the wealthiest industries in the world. They spend more lobbying than any other industry.” Three Democrats say they’ll oppose party’s drug-price plan, creating roadblock for larger package 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z To reach that goal, the NIH is working with the Gates Foundation, along with researchers, several small biotechs and the drug company Novartis, which has experience bringing drugs to market. Pioneering gene therapy freed her of sickle cell. Is a cure at hand? 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The three major U.S. drug companies making vaccines are at different stages when it comes to children’s trials. Parents of Young Children Desperately Seek Vaccine Trials 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z “We cannot and will not support policies that hurt patient access,” declared Dave Ricks, chief executive of Eli Lilly, one of three drug companies that have kept insulin prices at obscenely high levels for years. Column: Drug makers see disaster in Medicare negotiating prices. Don't listen to them 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z He also said it was unfair that drug companies alone were being asked to shoulder the costs of such a large health care expansion. Democrats’ Stumble on Drug Prices Shows Power of Industry 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Last year, though, the industry teamed up with drug companies and others to push Congress and federal regulators to broaden the list of conditions under which antipsychotics don’t need to be publicly disclosed. Phony Diagnoses Hide High Rates of Drugging at Nursing Homes 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Most commercial health plans negotiate with drug companies for discounts below their advertised prices, but their success varies depending on the type of drug and the number of choices on the market. Biden Administration Goes Bigger on Cutting Drug Prices 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z She gave investors “exemplary reports” from pharmaceutical companies, including one from Pfizer that the drug company had not authorized despite the report’s use of its logo, Leach alleged. Elizabeth Holmes’s defense says mistakes, not malice, led to collapse of Theranos 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z He acknowledged, though, that drug companies are correct to worry that less revenue could mean less research into new products. Column: Drug makers see disaster in Medicare negotiating prices. Don't listen to them 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Worse, things with its pharma partners weren’t going so well — Pfizer and Schering-Plough, two huge drug companies, had cut it loose. Fraud, or just a failure? Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’s trial opening arguments 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The lobbying was financed by drug companies including Avanir Pharmaceuticals and Acadia Pharmaceuticals. Phony Diagnoses Hide High Rates of Drugging at Nursing Homes 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z A key part of the plan is saving billions of dollars by giving Medicare power to force drug companies to negotiate lower prices. Drug companies say Dems’ plan will wipe them ‘off the face of the earth’ 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Acuity’s policy with Masters requires it to defend lawsuits alleging “damages because of bodily injury,” lawyers for the drug company argued in a court filing earlier this year. Court weighs drug distributor’s insurance coverage fight 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z A high priority for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, is to empower Medicare to strong-arm drug companies into lowering the prices for seniors. Dems split over fed health help for elderly or poor in $3.5 trillion bill 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z That was followed by U.S. drug company OtiTopic, which is developing an aerosolized drug to treat heart attacks. Philip Morris International cigarettes can cause lung disease. Now the company wants to sell medicine to treat it. 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z As such, it illustrates the good things that can happen when the profit motive is put to work in the service of public health — and it refutes the stereotype about greedy “drug companies.” Opinion | The Purdue Pharma opioid settlement is a retrospective punishment that can’t possibly fit the crime 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z They said drug companies will be able to deal with the loss of money by cutting the billions of dollars it spends on marketing and bonuses for executives. Drug companies say Dems’ plan will wipe them ‘off the face of the earth’ 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The pharmaceutical industry is also intensely lobbying Democrats to stop a key piece of the plan that would push drug companies to lower the prices for Medicare patients, which supports say would save $456 billion. Democrats hit with ‘historic’ lobbying frenzy over $3.5 trillion social-welfare spending bill 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Those payments, and the profits of a new drug company rising from Purdue’s ashes with no ties to the Sackler family, will mainly go to addiction treatment and prevention programs across the country. Purdue Pharma Is Dissolved and Sacklers Pay $4.5 Billion to Settle Opioid Claims 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Incentivize drug companies to make cures instead of maintenance drugs. Health care: Innovate a new system 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The zoo in suburban Detroit said its gorillas, chimpanzees, tigers and lions are getting a vaccine developed by Zoetis, a veterinary drug company, and authorized by the U.S. Detroit Zoo animals given COVID-19 vaccine 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z The closing of the Kmart in Desert Hot Springs, Calif., in 2019 presented an opening for a drug company looking for space. When Kmart Moved Out, Churches and Flea Markets Moved In 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Thirteen of the 20 largest drug companies, and hundreds of smaller biotechnology companies, are headquartered in New Jersey, representing billions in research and development spending. Biden, accusing drugmakers of ‘jacking up prices,’ calls for action 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z In 1994, the FDA approached a Minnesota drug company called Orphan Medical to investigate GHB as a treatment for narcolepsy. FDA approves GHB, a ‘date rape’ drug, for rare sleeping disorder 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z If a drug company raises a price faster than inflation, they would pay a penalty, Mr. Biden said. Biden urges Congress to let Medicare negotiate drug prices 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Some of the revenue proposals include repealing the 2017 tax cuts, forcing drug companies to lower the prices they charge Medicare, and raising corporate and international taxes as well as rates for high-income earners. Warren calls for eliminating corporate tax breaks to help pay for Dems’ massive spending package 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Yet a further argument against temporary waivers for COVID-19 vaccines is that drug companies own the products of their labor. Who owns COVID-19 vaccines? 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z The plant was formerly operated by the generic drug company Mylan, which merged with Upjohn last year to form the new company. Pharmaceutical plant idled despite effort to save jobs 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z HHS regulators allow the practice because the drug companies are not involved in deciding which patients and which drugs are subsidized. Pfizer court fight could legalize Medicare copays and unleash ‘gold rush’ in sales 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z This is largely the result of "evergreening," a legal strategy in which drug companies make minuscule tweaks to existing drugs in order to renew their patents. This Democrat got big money from Big Pharma — and turned against lower drug prices 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z He was convicted of those charges, as well as scheming to prop up the stock price of Retrophin, the drug company he founded in 2011. US sells unique Wu-Tang Clan album seized from 'pharma bro' Martin Shkreli 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Now, he’s worried drug companies will double down on an approach he thinks is a dead end. The controversial approval of an Alzheimer’s drug reignites the battle over the underlying cause of the disease 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, a separate group of 10 centrist Democrats wrote Mrs. Pelosi in May concerned that forcing drug companies to charge less would reduce how much they can spend to develop new cures. Poison pill? Vulnerable House Dems demand Medicare drug price power in reconciliation bill 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z The drug company also announced it would begin testing a booster shot specifically programmed to combat the delta variant in August. Pfizer expected to brief U.S. officials in coming days on the need for a booster shot 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z While it is not unusual for drug company executives to meet frequently with F.D.A. officials, it is unusual to present data that would be part of an F.D.A. application outside a formal setting. F.D.A. Seeks Investigation of Its Own Alzheimer’s Drug Approval 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z The decision, the statement said, will be only partly informed by data from drug companies. Pfizer suggests booster shots will be needed this year, but government officials say science will dictate the timing 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z On Friday, President Biden took aim at how businesses from cable TV firms to airlines to drug companies to cellphone makers push the little guy around. Column: Biden takes aim at the multitude of ways that businesses can make your life miserable 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Medicare would have strong leverage to set the prices because drug companies would face penalties if they do not accept the government’s offer. Poison pill? Vulnerable House Dems demand Medicare drug price power in reconciliation bill 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z For drug companies, they also created blockbuster marketing opportunities. Review | How medicine sought to control women’s bodies while ignoring their symptoms 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z In September 2020, the House Oversight Committee invited several drug company CEOs to answer questions about prices. How patent extensions keep some drug costs high 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z “We’ve gained a lot of momentum. Taking on the insurance industry and the drug companies and the whole medical establishment is not easy, but we’re making progress and we are going to win.” Supreme Court’s pro-ACA decision spurs both parties to new strategies 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z That success led to a boost in popularity for the drug companies. Pharma is winning the big business popularity contest 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z Many of the current heads of big drug companies were in positions of power at these firms throughout the deadliest years of the opioid crisis. Drug distributor McKesson docked CEO’s pay over the opioid crisis. He still made $15 million. 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Walensky, a widely respected infectious disease expert known for her battles with drug companies over prohibitive prices, seemed ideally suited. The CDC’s new leader follows the science. Is that enough? 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z The E.U. last week offered a counterproposal that would preserve drug companies’ intellectual property in most cases, setting up a showdown with the United States. Biden’s global vaccine strategy draws scrutiny ahead of G-7 pandemic talks 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z No drug company or research lab got into that race without an expectation of a massive payday down the road. Column: High cost of hearing aids shows (yet again) the insanity of medical pricing 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z “This is a request from the U.S. government to a drug company to help answer a critical question,” Gray says. A ‘landmark’ trial to test mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 in Africa can’t get the coveted shots 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Over and over, Alexander illustrates contradictions: Hospitals need money, and they need partnerships with insurance companies and drug companies. A ground-level look at America’s health care system 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z “There are a host of difficult issues to address … but the biggest by far is determining how much doctors, hospitals, and drug companies get paid,” Levitt added. Leading Dems seek input on ‘public option’ health care plan 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z He also supports less controversial measures with bipartisan support such as stopping drug companies from using patent laws to keep cheaper generic competitors off the market. EXCLUSIVE: Centrist Democrats signal disaster for Pelosi’s drug plan 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z The drug companies have also promised more support for poorer nations. What Would It Take to Vaccinate the World Against Covid? 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z She also has posted attacks on the nation's top infectious disease adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, as well as drug companies and other doctors. Trump spawned a new group of mega-donors who now hold sway over the GOP’s future 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z The drop was largely tied to the news from the White House, as shares of other drug companies fell, including Pfizer, which dropped 1%. Asian shares mostly rise on US rally; eyes on jobs data 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Rajec said Biden’s support for a waiver "pushes the drug companies to be more open to partnerships, and other licensing on favorable terms, in a way that perhaps they otherwise wouldn’t be." Analysis: U.S. move to loosen vaccine patents will draw drug companies to bargain -lawyers 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z He fears the bill, which requires Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, would bring about government price-fixing and reduce the amount of money drug companies spend on discovering new medications. EXCLUSIVE: Centrist Democrats signal disaster for Pelosi’s drug plan 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Even in that era, drug companies continued to innovate. What Would It Take to Vaccinate the World Against Covid? 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z In the meantime, billions of dollars in vaccine sales will continue to be logged by the big drug companies in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan and other wealthy nations. Drug companies dig in for global patent fight amid flow of billions in vaccine revenue 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The Medicare prescription drug program prohibits the federal government from negotiating discounts with drug companies on behalf of Medicare recipients. Opinion | The cost of Big Pharma’s clout 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z While the tech icon says protecting the shots’ recipes will ensure incentives for research and development, critics say that mentality hampers supply in favor of drug company profits. What will Bill and Melinda Gates' divorce mean for their foundation? 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z The proposal would also require drug companies to offer the price they negotiate with the federal healthcare program to private insurance companies. EXCLUSIVE: Centrist Democrats signal disaster for Pelosi’s drug plan 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z |
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