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Airing frustrations with pharma, a Republican FTC commissioner just endorsed Medicare negotiation
16 January 2020 - A Republican member of the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday expressed support for allowing Medicare to ...
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 15 Jan 2020
Reform at the FDA—in need of reform
14 January 2020 - On 23 December 2016, the US FDA announced the approval of nusinersen, the first drug for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jan 2020
Democrats zero in on high drug prices in Iowa debate
14 January 2020 - Until Tuesday, nearly every single Democratic primary debate has focused on the same health care issue: ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jan 2020
FDA approval and regulation of pharmaceuticals, 1983-2018
14 January 2020 - How has the regulation of prescription drugs evolved from the 1980s to 2018, and what trends have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2020
FDA approves drugs faster than ever but relies on weaker evidence, researchers find
14 January 2020 - The FDA has gotten faster at approving new prescription drugs over the past four decades, but ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2020
Basket cases: how real-world testing for drugs approved based on basket trials might lead to false diagnoses, patient risks, and squandered resources
14 January 2020 - Basket trials, studies designed to assess the safety and efficacy of therapeutics targeted to a specific molecular ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2020
TGA - 2019 in review
14 January 2020 - According to the TGA, it approved 34 new chemical entities in 2019. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jan 2020
The Tories must learn from the Orkambi victory and keep drug-pricing off the table
12 January 2020 - To match its rhetoric on the NHS, the government has to legally commit to preventing drug-pricing being ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jan 2020
The FDA is in trouble. Here’s how to fix it.
11 January 2020 - Some New Year’s resolutions for the incoming boss. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jan 2020
Start-up proposes ‘third way’ to cut US drug prices
12 January 2020 - Alexis Borisy secures $200 million funding for venture aiming to use ‘fast follow’ treatments. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jan 2020
Lies, damn lies, and drug price increases
9 January 2020 - As each new year begins, drug manufacturers announce their changes to the list price of drugs. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jan 2020
Defending transparency at European drug regulator
8 January 2020 - Forthcoming judgment must uphold public access to clinical data ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2020
FDA real world evidence to be made available on Google Cloud
8 January 2020 - The company is making the agency's open-source MyStudies platform available, enabling for easier access to data for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2020
California plan would upend drug prices, though obstacles abound
9 January 2020 - Newsom wants to create state-run wholesaler, pool buying power. ...