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Potential coronavirus drugs may cost as little as $1, study says
10 April 2020 - Treatments being studied sell for hundreds of times their cost. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2020
Pharmaceutical profits and public health are not incompatible
8 April 2020 - We need the capital and creativity of the private sector to take on the coronavirus. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Mar 2020
Intra-Cellular prices schizophrenia drug at $1,320 per month
23 March 2020 - Intra-Cellular Therapies said on Monday its lead drug to treat schizophrenia was now available at U.S. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Mar 2020
U.S. pharma that makes potential coronavirus drug touted by Donald Trump doubled price to $19.88 a pill
20 March 2020 - Company calls hike in January during China outbreak coincidental and said it restored old price. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2020
Drug shortages in the United States. Are some prices too low?
3 March 2020 - The US public identified lowering prescription drug prices as the top health priority for Congress in 2019. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2020
After a new version of a decades-old drug gets orphan status, the price suddenly skyrockets
12 February 2020 - For years, hospitals and clinics have used an injectable medicine called dehydrated alcohol to treat such ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2020
Sick of high drug prices, insurers join hospitals to make their own generic medications
23 January 2020 - Everyone complains about high drug prices. But hospitals — and now insurers — are trying to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jan 2020
BioMarin explores pricing experimental gene therapy at $2 million to $3 million
16 January 2020 - Valrox would be first gene therapy approved in U.S. for inherited type of haemophilia. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
U.S. targets drug pricing, no-poach deals for anti-trust action in 2020
15 January 2020 - Justice Department antitrust chief also promises decision on music licensing, criticizes states’ lawsuit against T-Mobile and Sprint. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2020
Roche aims to 'underwhelm' on SMA drug price to challenge rivals
14 January 2020 - Swiss drug maker Roche plans to price its oral spinal muscular atrophy drug risdiplam aggressively to challenge ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jan 2020
Why Humira’s price keeps rising despite FDA approval of generic competition
8 January 2020 - The FDA has approved five generic versions of Humira — the world’s biggest-selling drug with global ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Dec 2019
North America trade pact deals rare setback to big pharma
19 December 2019 - A revamped North American trade deal nearing passage in Congress gives both the White House and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2019
Trump Administration takes historic steps to lower U.S. prescription drug prices
18 December 2019 - Proposed rule could allow certain prescription drugs to be imported from Canada; draft guidance explains how manufacturers ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2019
FDA issues new analysis linking greater generic competition and lower generic drug prices
13 December 2019 - Greater competition among generic drug makers is associated with lower generic drug prices, according to a new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Nov 2019
Teva, drug makers in talks with U.S. to end generics probes
26 November 2019 - Deferred prosecution agreements among resolutions discussed. ...