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Lawmakers slam new $89,000 price tag on rare disease treatment: ‘unconscionable’
13 February 2017 - Politicians are, once again, concerned that a drug company that plans to sell an old medicine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Feb 2017
An open letter to the Duchenne community
13 February 2017 - We are pausing our commercialisation efforts in order to meet with Duchenne community leaders and explain our ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2017
Marathon dystrophy drug’s approval sends cost sky high
13 February 2017 - A drug to treat muscular dystrophy will hit the US market with a price tag of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Feb 2017
An old drug gets a new price to fight a rare disease: $89,000 a year
10 February 2017 - An old steroid treatment, long available outside the United States, received approval this week for a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jan 2017
Biopharma needs to stop getting blindsided by Donald Trump
11 January 2017 - The day after Donald Trump won the US presidential election, pharma and biotech investors seemed to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Dec 2016
20 states accuse generic drug companies of price fixing
15 December 2016 - A wide-ranging investigation into generic drug prices took its most significant turn yet on Thursday, as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Dec 2016
The most expensive drugs of 2016
16 December 2016 - Prescription drug prices have gotten out of control for many Americans and many insurers. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Dec 2016
US states sue Mylan, Teva, others for allegedly fixing drug prices
15 December 2016 - One day after federal prosecutors unsealed a criminal information against the former CEO of Heritage Pharmaceuticals, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2016
Two executives charged in generic drug price-fixing federal investigation
14 December 2016 - The U.S. filed its first charges in a generic drug price-fixing probe on Wednesday. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Dec 2016
We need to tame the price of new cancer drugs
13 December 2016 - Last week Dr. Peter Bach, a physician and cancer drug pricing theorist, gave a plenary lecture ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2016
Big price hikes seen in drug that prevents overdose deaths
9 December 2016 - Two of the largest suppliers of the life-saving drug naloxone have dramatically increased their prices in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Dec 2016
Merck CEO says drug maker is ‘restrained’ on price increases
1 December 2016 - CEO isn’t interested in big mergers, seeks value in the labs. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2016
Trump may be more ‘vicious’ on drug prices, pharma CEO says
1 December 2016 - Drugmakers have ‘false sense of relief’ over Trump win. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2016
Japan drug-pricing reform to get blueprint by year-end
26 November 2016 - The Japanese government will draw up an outline for a comprehensive revision of the country's prescription ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2016
Drug makers find competition doesn’t keep a lid on prices
27 November 2016 - Makers of Viagra, Cialis show how rivals tend to raise prices in tandem, a reason for the ...