Kaiser Health News reports on Pharma’s full court press to block a state law requiring...
Drugs and technology
Hospitals plan to launch drug manufacturing business
A group of hospitals are stepping into the drug manufacturing business as a way to combat high drug...
New cancer drugs cause serious side effects
Laurie McGinley at the Washington Post reports on new cancer drugs–checkpoint...
GAO: Drug prices continue to skyrocket
At the request of Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressman Elijah Cummings, the Government...
Cellphones may cause cancer
California just issued public safety guidelines for cellphones because evidence suggests that...
CVS plans to buy Aetna: Will consumers pay more?
CVS Health, a chain of retail pharmacies, plans to buy Aetna for $69 billion in an effort to...
FDA approves first digital pill
The New York Times reports that the FDA has approved the first digital pill, a pill that allows...
One in four insured Americans go without care, struggle to pay...
A new Kaiser Family Foundation report finds that fewer than half of single people have the money to...
Trump’s pick to head HHS drove up insulin prices at Eli...
Caitlyn McClure of the Other 98 reports that Alex Azar, President Trump’s pick to head the US...
Pharma profits from patenting OTC drugs
Given that taxpayers contribute significantly to both the development of drugs and drug spending...