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Turing Chief Arrested for Securities Fraud

22.12.2015 - Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharma, which made headlines by raising the price of the 62-year-old drug, Daraprim (pyrimethamine) from $13.50 to $700 a tablet shortly after...

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Express Scripts to List Dariprim Alternative for $1

02.12.2015 - Express Scripts Holding, the biggest pharmacy benefits manager in the US, said it plans to list Imprimis Pharmaceuticals’ cheaper alternative to the toxoplasmosis treatment...

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Valeant Cutting Ties With Philidor

03.11.2015 - Canadian drugmaker Valeant has said it will sever ties with Philidor, the specialty pharmacy it has been accused of using to falsify sales and drive selling prices. The company’s...

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US Insurer Aetna to Reimburse Gilead Hepatitis Drug

19.01.2015 - The largest US health insurer, Aetna, has negotiated a discount for Gilead Sciences' hepatitis C treatment regime and said it plans to offer this as a preferred choice for its...

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Express Scripts to Reimburse AbbVie Hepatitis C Drug

23.12.2014 - The largest pharmacy benefit manager in the US, Express Scripts, has negotiated a cheaper price from AbbVie for its Viekira Pak hepatitis C treatment approved by the US Food and...

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Generics Brought Down Common Drug Prices in 2012

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...