Report: Pharmaceutical drug price hikes accelerating in 2016
All eyes may be on rising drug costs, but that doesn't mean pharma companies are backing away from price hikes. In recent days, analysts have spotlighted hundreds of increases, more than 100 of them at...
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View ArticleGavi commits $5m to Merck & Co's Ebola vaccine
Agreement will help prepare for future outbreaks and push vaccine towards regulatory approval Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and Merck Sharp & Dohme, a subsidiary of Merck & Co (known as MSD...
View ArticleZika virus on the march in the Americas, women cautioned from having children...
El Salvador has urged women to avoid getting pregnant until 2018 to avoid their children developing birth defects from the mosquito-borne Zika virus which has rampaged through the Americas. The Zika...
View ArticleGlobal drug makers call for action on superbugs
Drugmakers from across the world called Thursday for governments and industry to join forces to battle the fast-rising threat of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. In a declaration signed by 83 companies...
View ArticleDrug overdoses seen rising across America
The number of deaths from drug overdoses reached a new high in 2014, totaling 47,055 people, according to a CDC report released on Tuesday. The rise in overdose deaths is being driven largely by a...
View ArticleNeed To Know: What is the Zika Virus?
A rare tropical disease is spreading in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean. The mosquito-borne Zika virus usually causes a mild illness but is now suspected in an unusual birth defect and...
View Article"You shall not Pass!" - FDA tells Vertex on Kalydeco expansion
Vertex ($VRTX) has so far had a lot of success widening the patient pool for orphan drug Kalydeco. But in its latest quest for a label expansion, the FDA has stopped it in its tracks. Friday, the...
View ArticleValeant Pharmaceuticals at crossroads
In a note written after Valeant Pharmaceuticals announced a massive executive shake up, Piper Jaffray analysts basically gave up on the company. The note was called: 'Our Latest Thoughts: Circular...
View ArticleWaPo: Pharma drug price rebates are a...fraud.
As the drug-pricing debate intensified over the last 8 months, we've heard a common refrain from pharma: List prices are misleading. Real prices are lower, sometimes much lower, because of discounts...
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