The week in prescription drug pricing: what moved, what it means for patients, and what comes next.
In New York, a panel makes a play to lower the cost of a charity-funded Vertex drug. Big Pharma’s shirt buttons pop off after it gorges itself on prescription drug price increases.
News Apr 23, 2018Happy Sunday! Big Pharma pours more money into lobbying than ever before. Scrappy Illinois legislators have come out swinging with a bill to stop price gouging aptly named, PHARMABRO.
News Apr 13, 2018A patient speaks in Connecticut. Big Pharma helps itself to the spoils of a tax windfall. And one drug company CEO makes a strong play to be the next Martin Shkreli.
News Mar 24, 2018The week in drug pricing has been marked with dormant dashboards, broken promises and bloated CEO salaries.
News Mar 17, 2018Shkreli begs for minimum security. Pharma lobbies Congress to sweeten the donut hole. And the Catholic health community gets a call for help.
News Mar 13, 2018Big Pharma is lobbying Congress to repeal a rule that requires drug corporations to pay a higher share of prescription costs for people on Medicare.
News Mar 13, 2018Patients For Affordable Drugs Now Campaigns Director Janice Rottenberg issued the following statement after Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed HB 4005 into law today.
