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Trump tells Congress to repeal and replace Health Care law ‘very quickly’
11 January 2017 - President-elect Donald J. Trump demanded on Tuesday that Congress immediately repeal the Affordable Care Act and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jan 2017
AbbVie vows to keep drug price increases below 10%
11 January 2017 - AbbVie Chief Executive Richard Gonzalez on Wednesday promised to keep all drug price increases in 2017 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jan 2017
Drug stocks plunge as Trump threatens to force price bidding
11 January 2017 - ‘We’re going to save billions,’ Trump says of bidding plans. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jan 2017
Johnson & Johnson to reveal average drug price increases
10 January 2017 - Johnson & Johnson plans next month to disclose price increases of its prescription drugs as the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jan 2017
Merck receives FDA acceptance of supplemental biologics license application for Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination with chemotherapy for first-line treatment of metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer
10 January 2017 - Submission based on data from KEYNOTE-021 trial, cohort G, which enrolled patients regardless of PD-L1 expression. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jan 2017
ViraCyte granted U.S. FDA fast track designation for Viralym-C
10 January 2017 - ViraCyte today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation for Viralym-C, ViraCyte’s T cell ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jan 2017
Biden vows to push pharmaceutical companies to ‘ensure patients can afford treatments’
9 January 2017 - Vice President Joe Biden on Monday told a packed ballroom of biopharma investors and executives that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jan 2017
Muted response from health lobby as Affordable Care Act faces repeal
9 January 2017 - The speed of Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act has stunned health industry lobbyists, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jan 2017
HHS Secretary: give Medicare authority to negotiate drug prices
9 January 2017 - Giving Medicare authority to negotiate drug prices is the best way to keep those spiraling costs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jan 2017
Egalet receives FDA approval for Arymo ER (morphine sulphate) C-II, an extended release morphine product formulated with abuse deterrent properties for treatment of chronic pain
9 January 2017 - Egalet Corporation today announced that the U.S. FDA has approved Arymo ER (morphine sulphate) extended-release (ER) tablets ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2017
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell: we will replace Obamacare ‘very rapidly’ after repeal
8 January 2017 - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday wouldn’t commit to a firm timetable for replacing Obamacare, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2017
FDA grants Roche’s cancer immunotherapy Tecentriq (atezolizumab) priority review in additional type of advanced bladder cancer
9 January 2017 - Second priority review granted for Tecentriq in advanced bladder cancer. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2017
Senate looks to move fast on Trump administration hearings, health law
8 January 2017 - Republican-controlled chamber has at least nine confirmation hearings this week. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jan 2017
Don’t thank big government for medical breakthroughs
5 January 2017 - New cures come from private research, not cash dumped into the National Institutes of Health. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2017
The politics of TrumpCare
4 January 2017 - Admit it or not, the GOP will soon own the health insurance market. ...