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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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More than two-thirds of Congress cashed a pharma campaign check in 2020, new STAT analysis shows

09.06.2021

STAT’s tool allows users to visualize individual drug companies’ corporate PAC spending, mapped geographically based on each company’s U.S. headquarters, as listed on its website. WASHINGTON — Seventy-two senators and …

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Pharma funded more than 2,400 state lawmaker campaigns in 2020, new STAT analysis finds

09.06.2021

Major pharmaceutical companies and trade groups helped fund the campaigns of more than 2,400 state legislators nationwide in the 2020 election. Lawmakers who don’t appear on the map did not …

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Opinion: Discarded drugs: a wasteful and costly problem that requires whole-of-government approaches

25.02.2021

Controlling the rising costs of pharmaceuticals, particularly those administered by physicians, has been a top health care priority for policymakers, with recent actions in both Congress and the executive branch. …

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Opinion: Eliminating buprenorphine training for doctors won’t solve the overdose epidemic

19.02.2021

Before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the U.S. was making some headway in fighting the drug overdose epidemic. But as the nation directs scarce public health resources to combatting Covid-19, the …

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