Dealing With Hospital Closure, Pioneer Kansas Town Asks: What Comes Next?
After depending on the local hospital for more than a century, Fort Scott residents now are trying to cope with life without it.
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Why The U.S. Remains The World’s Most Expensive Market For 鈥楤iologic鈥 Drugs
Biologic drugs, made from living organisms, are big moneymakers partly because they have little competition from 鈥渂iosimilars.鈥 It鈥檚 a very different story in Europe.
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For The Asking, A Check Is In The Mail To Help Pay For Costly Drugs
It鈥檚 a little-known secret that patients can get thousands of dollars directly from a drugmaker.
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Government Investigation Finds Flaws In the FDA鈥檚 Orphan Drug Program
A probe by the Government Accountability Office cites breakdowns in the Food and Drug Administration program that approves drugs for rare diseases.
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Trump Adds A Global Pricing Plan To Wide Attack On Drug Prices, But Doubts Persist
Over the past five months, the Trump administration has proposed a series of reforms to lower the cost of prescription drugs.
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TV Ads Must Trumpet Drug Prices, Trump Administration Says. Pharma Tries A Plan B.
Drug pricing is a top issue in the run-up to the midterm elections.
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Drugmakers Play The Patent Game To Lock In Prices, Block Competitors
Pharmaceutical companies like Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, often win patents for incremental changes with debatable value. Now there鈥檚 a twist involving an opioid treatment.
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Unwitting Patients, Copycat Comments Play Hidden Role In Federal Rule-Making
As HHS decided to cut $1.6 billion in drug payments to hospitals, it weighed thousands of comments generated by a pharmaceutical-funded advocacy group.
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Trump Administration Sinks Teeth Into Paring Down Drug Prices, On 5 Key Points
Instead of waiting for congressional action, federal regulators are looking at a series of actions to spur competition and drive down the cost of medicines.
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D茅j脿 Voodoo: Pharma鈥檚 Promises To Curb Drug Prices Have Been Heard Before
Several major drugmakers vow to contain drug prices, but similar pledges since the 1990s have not had much impact.
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Top Policy Expert鈥檚 Ties To Giant Drugmaker Often Go Unstated
Dr. Mark McClellan joined Johnson & Johnson鈥檚 board of directors after leaving the FDA, but the connection often isn鈥檛 mentioned in research papers or public events.
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Trump Vows (Again) To Lower Drug Prices But Skeptics Doubt Much Will Change
President Donald Trump鈥檚 much-awaited speech about slashing drug costs was long on rhetoric but short on specifics that will reduce prices.
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For The Babies Of The Opioid Crisis, The Best Care May Be Mom鈥檚 Recovery
Research is just beginning on infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome, and doctors are optimistic that normal development is possible. Monitoring the families and making sure parents are treated for addiction is key.
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Dissecting The Rhetoric Vs. Reality Of Trump鈥檚 Tough Talk On Drug Prices
President Donald Trump鈥檚 upcoming speech on drug prices comes after months of public comments and debate about tackling the issue.
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How A Drugmaker Turned The Abortion Pill Into A Rare-Disease Profit Machine
An abortion drug invented decades ago is being used to treat Cushing鈥檚 syndrome 鈥 and it鈥檚 bringing in tens of millions of dollars a year.
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FDA Head Vows To Tackle High Drug Prices And Drugmakers 鈥楪aming The System鈥
In an exclusive interview, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb describes what he鈥檚 doing to spur competition and bring down drug prices.
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Trump’s Budget Proposal Swings At Drug Prices With A Glancing Blow
The Trump administration rolled out a list of actions to attack drug prices, but most dance around the edges.
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FDA Chief Says He鈥檚 Open To Rethinking Incentives On Orphan Drugs
The FDA鈥檚 Scott Gottlieb says the agency is focused on the big picture, and he wants to know why pharma churns out drugs for some rare diseases but not for others.
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Experts Tell Congress How To Cut Drug Prices. We Give You Some Odds.
Some of the nation鈥檚 most influential scientists recommend eight steps to lower drug prices. KHN takes the political temperature and tells you the chances of Congress acting on them.
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Patients With Rare Diseases And Congress Square Off Over Orphan Drug Tax Credits
The House and Senate want to reduce or eliminate federal tax credits for 鈥渙rphan drugs鈥 used to treat rare diseases, but patients are fighting against the plan.
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