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First Opinion / Pharma

Opinion: Even with lawsuits and copay caps, will insulin ever be affordable?

20.01.2023

In an attempt to tackle the root causes of the inflated cost of insulin, the state of California filed a lawsuit last week accusing drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers …

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First Opinion / Pharma

Opinion: Stop blaming Biogen for putting profit at the expense of patients. Blame the systems that enabled it

17.01.2023

Two congressional committees recently released damning results of an 18-month investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Biogen’s controversial Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm. The systems that enabled Biogen’s actions, …

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Pharma

Lawmakers again urge the Biden administration to use federal law to widen access to a cancer drug

11.01.2023

For the third time in less than a year, a group of lawmakers is urging the Biden administration to use a controversial provision of federal law to widen access to …

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Biotech / Health / Pharma

FDA approves Alzheimer’s drug shown to moderately slow cognitive decline in early stages of the disease

06.01.2023

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new Alzheimer’s disease treatment that moderately slows cognitive decline in people with early-stage disease. The drug, called Leqembi, was developed by …

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Biotech / Pharma

FDA, Biogen, and an Alzheimer’s drug approval: 8 key takeaways from congressional investigation

29.12.2022

Congressional investigators sorted through more than 500,000 pages of documents from the Food and Drug Administration and Biogen to chronicle how a controversial Alzheimer’s disease drug was approved, and how …

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First Opinion / Pharma

Opinion: Fixing price instability can improve access to affordable prescription drugs

15.12.2022

The high cost of prescription drugs is a very real problem in the United States. The average American spends approximately $1,300 per year on prescription drugs, more than residents of …

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Coronavirus

In a Republican-led House, probing science agencies tops the agenda

17.11.2022

WASHINGTON — The Covid-19 investigations are coming. When Republicans take control of the House of Representatives in January, as the AP projected Wednesday, they’ve made it clear that probing President Biden’s …

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Pharma

Health and science are on the ballot this election. Here’s what we’re watching

07.11.2022

WASHINGTON — The midterm elections this year are centered on weighty topics: the economy looms large, as does the existential future of democracy. But there are plenty of health and …

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First Opinion

Opinion: After 30 years of 340B, it’s time for data and an honest conversation

26.10.2022

The 340B Drug Discount Program turns 30 on Nov. 4. This once-obscure drug access program began modestly, but has grown to be the second-largest federal prescription drug program, behind Medicare …

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