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Few people actually benefit from ‘breakthrough’ cancer immunotherapy
8 March 2017 - People with cancer face many challenges, including the symptoms of the disease, the toxicity of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2017
Health groups denounce G.O.P. bill as its backers scramble
8 March 2017 - Influential groups representing hospitals and nurses came out on Wednesday against a Republican bill to repeal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2017
American Medical Association opposes Republican health plan
8 March 2017 - The American Medical Association, a powerful lobbying group representing the nation’s doctors, announced on Wednesday that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2017
Amending Obamacare could break parts of the health insurance market
10 March 2017 - It is far from clear that the Republican plan will work. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2017
Trump meets with Democrats at White House on drug prices
9 March 2017 - Democrats presented Trump with plan for Medicare negotiations. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2017
Despite discounts for hepatitis C drugs, coverage denials continue to rise
8 March 2017 - After pricey new hepatitis C treatments emerged a few years ago, public and private payers restricted ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2017
PolyPid announces receipt of qualified infectious disease product designation from FDA for D-Plex in post-cardiac surgery sternal infection
8 March 2017 - Company intends to seek regulatory approvals in U.S. and Europe in coming year to conduct Phase ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2017
PTC Therapeutics announces FDA acknowledgment of new drug application filing for Translarna for the treatment of nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy
6 March 2017 - FDA has assigned a PDUFA date of 24 October 2017. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2017
No wonder the republicans hid the health bill
7 March 2017 - Republican House leaders have spent months dodging questions about how they would replace the Affordable Care ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2017
Insurers, drug companies testify against drug pricing bill
7 March 2017 - Health insurers, the state's Insurance Department and pharmaceutical companies with major operations in Connecticut testified against ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2017
FDA accepts supplemental new drug application for Vraylar (cariprazine)
8 March 2017 - Application seeks to expand Vraylar label to include phase 3 clinical data for the maintenance treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2017
Lower $1,000 pill price? We'd love it, says Express Scripts
8 March 2017 - Pharmacy manager sends letter to Gilead asking for price cut. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2017
High U.S. drug prices cannot be explained by R&D spending alone
7 March 2017 - Pharmaceutical companies often cite research and development spending to justify high drug prices in the U.S. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2017
G.O.P. health bill faces revolt from conservative forces
7 March 2017 - After seven years of waiting longingly to annul President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, Republican ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2017
FDA grants fast track designation for Mesoblast's cell therapy in children with acute graft versus host disease
7 March 2017 - Mesoblast today announced that the US FDA has granted a fast track designation for the use of ...