Kaiser Health News reports that last week, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a major drug...
Drugs and technology
Gene therapy can offer a cure, but at what price?
Pharmaceutical companies are coming up with cures for a range of diseases and disabilities...
Smart tattoos with biosensitive ink
A story in the Harvard Gazette reports that researchers at Harvard and MIT have come up with a...
Reining in drug costs remains public’s top priority
A new Harvard-Politico poll shows that reining in drug costs remains the public’s top...
How effective are the drugs Pharma promotes most heavily?
A new study by Joel Lexchin in the Canadian Medical Association Journal finds that the...
How Pharma keeps generics off the market
Brand-name drug manufacturers appreciate the value of their patents, which give them virtually...
R and D costs do not justify high drug prices
Prescription drugs are increasingly unaffordable largely because Congress has effectively granted...
Allergan transfers patents to Native American tribe to quash a...
Drug companies seem always to be coming up with new ways to drive profits. This time, according to...
Pharma opera? Drug promotion on TV shows
In the category of “what will pharmaceutical companies think of next to market their...
New leukemia drug will cost $475,000
The cost of cancer care now averages over $100,000. That’s more than twice the cost...