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Read MoreViewpoints: Lessons On Supporting FDA As Its Importance Grows Stronger; Starting Up A Public Option Doesn’t Come Easily Either
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Read MoreAs The Coronavirus Spreads, Americans Lose Ground Against Other Health Threats
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Read MoreAn Alzheimer’s Treatment Seems Like White Whale Of Health Field. But Some Say We’re Further Along Than We Think.
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Esperion’s drug, called Nexletol, lowers low-density lipoprotein, colloquially known as “bad cholesterol,” by 17% over the course of 12 weeks
Read MoreCongressional Candidates Go Head-To-Head On Health Care — Again
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Read MoreScalpels Out: Democrats Make Slashing Attacks On Health Care Plans
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Read MoreGeorgia Senate Bill Aims To Regulate Pharmacy Middlemen To Achieve Lower Medication Prices
But pharmacy benefit managers argued at hearings this week that measure SB 313 will only increase profits for independent pharmacy.
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Read MoreAfter Drug Is Granted Orphan Status, Hospitals Can Be Left Paying Millions For Treatment That Was Cheap, Attainable
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Read MoreTo Fight Chinese Outbreak, Doctors Deploy Drugs Targeting HIV, Malaria And Ebola
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). As the scientific community scrambles to find a drug
Read MoreViewpoints: Maternal Death Rate Is Inexcusable In U.S. Of All Places; Lessons On Preventing Tragic Loss Of Life Among Elderly
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Read MoreMassachusetts Says It’s Worth It To Pay For Uber-Pricey Drugs … But Only If They Work
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Read MoreMerck To Create Company To Sell Its Older, Slower Growth Products Focusing Heavily On Women’s Health Drugs
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A closer look at 2020 hopeful and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s plan to curb high drug prices reveals progressive
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Pharmacists at companies like CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens described in interviews with The New York Times understaffed and chaotic
Read MoreDrug Prices Will See More Moderate Increase But Specialty Million-Dollar Therapies Still Driving Costs Higher
“Hospitals and patients are still getting killed by new million-dollar drugs that won’t see any competition for decades,” said Dan
Read MoreA Guide To Following The Health Debate In The 2020 Elections
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Read MoreTrump’s Latest Health Care Challenge: Gaining Voters’ Trust
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Information technology company Practice Fusion admits to soliciting and receiving kickbacks of nearly $1 million from a “major opioid company.”
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