After a roller coaster ride entailing months of on again-off again negotiations with US president Donald Trump over drug prices, the country’s pharmaceutical industry is...
14.11.2017
- US president, Donald Trump, has chosen Alex Azar, a former US president of drugmaker Eli Lilly, as his new Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Azar will replace Tom Price...
28.01.2016
- The pharmaceutical industry has often been accused of trying to keep affordable generic drugs off the market, with the addition – for example – of new indications or product...
24.06.2015
- Americans are far more likely to blame pharmaceutical companies for high prescription medication costs than their health insurers, a recent poll has found. Of the 1,200 adults...
11.05.2013
- The world's biggest drug makers have for years enjoyed rich premiums for their medicines in the U.S. market. Those days may be coming to an end. Companies like Pfizer and...
07.05.2013
- Slower growth in the pace of U.S. healthcare spending reflects a fundamental change in the use of medical services that could save the country nearly $800 billion in the next...
24.04.2013
- The U.S. government filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Novartis on Tuesday, accusing a unit of the Swiss drug maker of causing the Medicare and Medicaid programs to pay tens of...
05.03.2013
- Cheaper generic drugs in 2012 brought down spending on treatments for common diseases like high cholesterol for the first time in 20 years, according to a report from the largest...
