Americans take way more generic prescriptions than brand-name drugs. But, all in, we spend a lot...
Drugs and technology
If Merck knew that Fosamax causes bone fractures and kept...
How would you feel if you were harmed by a medicine you took as prescribed and then learned that...
Which medical sources can you trust?
A new Pro Publica and New York Times investigative report reveals that many of the country’s...
Democrats in Congress looking to end drug company patent abuses
One big way to bring down the cost of prescription drugs is through changing the way the patent...
Sanders drug bill makes it easier for patients to afford their...
At my pediatric clinic, I often hear how my patients and their families struggle at pharmacies...
US and European patients at risk without medical device registry
The BBC reports on findings of the Royal College of Surgeons that the rules for approving medical...
Sanders introduces market-based plan to rein in drug prices
Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) have announced legislation, the...
Will Pharma’s campaign contributions to House Democrats...
For the last ten years, the pharmaceutical industry has donated most of its Congressional campaign...
What Trump will do about Part B drug prices
A new report by ASPE (Assistant Secretary for Evaluation and Planning), a research arm of the US...
Pharma is undermining the discovery of new drugs
Mariana Mazzucato’s op-ed in the Washington Post offers yet another reason why the federal...