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RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2019
Firm in NHS row over cystic fibrosis drug paid almost no UK tax
6 March 2019 - European division of Vertex made loss while paying large sum to profitable US owner. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2019
Drug companies and doctors battle over the future of faecal transplants
3 March 2019 - As pharmaceutical companies seek to profit from the curative wonders of human faeces, doctors worry about new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Mar 2019
No one knows the true cost of medicines, and blaming other countries won't help
3 March 2019 - It’s not often that the Trump administration and the anti-poverty NGO Oxfam find themselves singing from the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2019
Drug industry CEOs say the problem isn’t high prices, it’s how misunderstood they are
28 February 2019 - It’s been a good week for political theatre. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2019
“Repurposing” off-patent drugs offers big hopes of new treatments
28 February 2019 - Towards the end of 2014 a 66-year-old British man named Alistair had a seizure. A scan ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Feb 2019
Senator: big pharma is 'morally repugnant'
26 February 2019 - Seven executives of top pharmaceutical companies were grilled before a congressional panel Tuesday about the nation's ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Feb 2019
Pharma industry swamped with no-deal Brexit info, says BIA
27 February 2019 - Deluge comes just as prime minister hints at delay. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Feb 2019
Former Novartis executive wins $1.5 million after claiming she was fired for complaining about a study
26 February 2019 - Min Amy Guo, who had been executive director of the Health Economics and Outcomes Research Group, objected ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Feb 2019
How pharma lost its edge in Washington
25 February 2019 - Major drug company CEOs are about to appear before Congress to address drug pricing—for the first time ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Feb 2019
Hearings on 'sky-high' drug prices show how little has changed in 60 years
25 February 2019 - Kenneth Frazier, CEO of pharma giant Merck, is set to face senators Tuesday who say drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Feb 2019
'Getting away with murder' in drug pricing
24 February 2019 - President Donald J. Trump has made it a promise to lower drug prices for all Americans. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Feb 2019
It’s time for pharmaceutical companies to have their tobacco moment
24 February 2019 - Elected officials have made a lot of noise about the cost of prescription drugs. Now they must ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Feb 2019
Timely, consistent, transparent assessment of market access evidence: implementing tools based on the HTA Core Model in a pharmaceutical company
21 February 2019 - Evidence requirements and assessment methods access differ between health technology assessment agencies. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Feb 2019
High pharma margins squeeze health care systems
19 February 2019 - The WHO found that for every dollar invested in cancer research, pharmaceutical companies earned on average $14.50 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Feb 2019
The fighter, the saint, and the odd man out: the executives who will defend pharma before Congress
21 February 2019 - One’s a college dropout. One’s a self-proclaimed street fighter. And one survived a presidential tweetstorm. ...