David Dayen reports in the American Prospect on new developments at the White House regarding...
Drugs and technology
Pharma spends more on stock buybacks than research
A new House Oversight Committee report finds that the biggest pharmaceutical companies spend more...
Medicare to decide when new Alzheimer’s drug is covered
As a rule, Medicare covers all federally approved treatments and medicines. But, there are always...
Medical device company gouges hospitals that use its surgical...
Intuitive Surgical, a medical device company, has profited handsomely from the sale of its surgical...
Government drug price-setting could save millions of lives and...
In an opinion piece for Stat, James Glassman, a former undersecretary of state for public...
Senator Wyden sets forth principles for drug price reform
Jonathan Cohn reports for The Huffington Post that Senate Finance Committee Chair, Ron Wyden, just...
Drug ads drive up drug spending
A new Government Accountability Office analysis suggests that pharmaceutical companies benefit...
Medicare stops covering costly brain-cancer drug
Kate Gibson reports for CBS Money Watch that Medicare is no longer covering a costly brain-cancer...
Retail prices for brand name drugs rise at more than twice rate...
Leigh Purvis and Dr. Stephen W. Schondelmeyer’s 2021 Rx Price Watch report finds that retail...
Will Congressional Democrats agree on a way to lower drug prices?
The Wall Street Journal reports that Congressional Democrats are trying to find a path to lowering...