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Trump just dropped a big hint to the pharmaceutical industry
14 November 2016 - A single sentence in President-elect Donald Trump's health-care platform sends a strong hint to the drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2016
What could be worse than repealing all of Obamacare?
14 November 2016 - Donald J. Trump made headlines on Friday by saying he would like to keep two components ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2016
Eagle Pharmaceuticals initiates rolling submission of NDA for Ryanodex in exertional heat stroke
11 November 2016 - Eagle Pharmaceuticals today announced that the Company has initiated the rolling submission of its new drug application ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2016
Pharma's not off the hook for high drug prices
15 November 2016 - Drug makers and insurers hold talks to come up with solutions. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2016
Novartis drug PKC412 (midostaurin) granted FDA priority review for newly-diagnosed FLT3-mutated AML and advanced systemic mastocytosis
14 November 2016 - The AML treatment strategy has remained unchanged for more than 25 years and PKC412 (midostaurin) may ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2016
A precision medicine approach to clinical trials
14 November 2016 - Five or 6 years ago, only 5% to 10% of patients at David Hong's clinic arrived with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2016
Knowing when and how to use medical products: a shared responsibility for the FDA and CMS
7 November 2016 - Before a medical product can be widely used in the United States, it generally must first be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2016
U.S. FDA approves Gilead’s Vemlidy (tenofovir alafenamide fumarate) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus infection
10 November 2016 - Vemlidy is a once-daily treatment that demonstrated similar efficacy with improved renal and bone laboratory safety ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2016
Donald Trump says he may keep parts of Obama Health Care Act
11 November 2016 - Just days after a national campaign in which he vowed repeatedly to repeal President Obama’s signature ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2016
HHS watchdog office steps up focus on drug pricing
10 November 2016 - Seeking to address rising concerns about prescription medicines, the watchdog arm of the US Department of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Nov 2016
Tesaro announces submission of niraparib new drug application for platinum-sensitive, recurrent ovarian cancer
1 November 2016 - Teasro today announced that it has completed the niraparib rolling new drug application submission to the U.S. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Nov 2016
Health reform and the changing safety net in the United States
2 November 2016 - The authors describe the implications of the Affordable Care Act for safety-net health systems and how hospital-based ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Nov 2016
California’s Proposition 61: will direct democracy impact prescription-drug pricing?
1 November 2016 - Even in this unconventional election season, California politics has generated little national interest. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Nov 2016
Costs keep women from taking drugs to prevent cancer’s return
1 November 2016 - Poverty and higher out-of-pocket drug costs may be the main reason that some women don’t stick ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Nov 2016
Generic drug backlog at the FDA: a dive into the confusing numbers
2 November 2016 - As the debate over skyrocketing drug prices continues, at least one solution has cropped up in ...