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Veterans Affairs to be first major insurer to cover Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi
13 March 2023 - Roughly 168,000 veterans receiving care have Alzheimer’s dementia. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
Senate considers pegging Medicare drug prices to deeply discounted Veterans Affairs rates
9 September 2021 - Senate lawmakers are actively considering pegging the prices Medicare pays for drugs to those drug makers ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2021
Veterans Affairs declines to cover Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug over effectiveness, safety concerns
11 August 2021 - The Department of Veterans Affairs has decided not to cover a new Alzheimer’s drug from Biogen, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jun 2020
VA and ICER at three years: critics' concerns answered
15 June 2020 - As part of its national formulary management process, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Pharmacy Benefits ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jun 2019
Veterans Agency to offer new depression drug, despite cost and safety concerns
21 June 2019 - Confronted by a rising rate of suicides in some groups of veterans., the Department of Veterans ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jun 2019
Trump picks show over substance with drug price for veterans
14 June 2019 - His offer to help negotiate the price of a new J&J depression treatment is narrow in scope ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2019
V.A. seeks to redirect billions of dollars into private care
12 January 2019 - The Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing to shift billions of dollars from government-run veterans’ hospitals ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Oct 2018
Merck acknowledges the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for adopting biosimilar medicines to increase treatment options for veterans
4 October 2018 - Merck acknowledged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for adopting biosimilar medicines as a means of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jun 2017
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review to collaborate with the Department of Veterans Affairs' Pharmacy Benefits Management Services Office
27 June 2017 - ICER drug assessment reports to support VA drug coverage and price negotiation with pharmaceutical companies to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jan 2017
Donald Trump mulls ‘public-private’ care for veterans
2 January 2017 - Donald Trump could propose restructuring the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow veterans to purchase private ...