Gen Z’s expensive drug habit: More want brand-name meds that are 79% more expensive
Most Americans would prefer brand-name drugs—but end up buying generic versions because of the cost, new consumer research ...
Medicare Drug Coverage Is Often Inadequate—Here’s Why
She learned that she would have to try, and "fail," on two other drugs before Medicare would cover the new one.
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Seeking fruitful Lenmeldy launch, Orchard names commercial chief to oversee world’s most expensive drug
Orchard Therapeutics has tasked Robin Kenselaar with accelerating growth of Lenmeldy, the world’s most expensive drug, ...
Biogen beats estimates on cost cuts and new drugs like Leqembi, but profit outlook falls short
Biogen expects Leqembi and new rare disease and depression treatments to help offset revenue lost from multiple sclerosis ...
Super Bowl ad for Hims & Hers' weight loss drug sparks backlash
The ad goes on to tout Hims & Hers' weight loss drugs as less expensive alternatives to medications like Ozempic and Wegovy, ...
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A new, non-opioid pain drug is here. Getting it to patients could be agony.
After decades of research, Vertex Pharmaceuticals now has an approved pain medication. Can one of the world’s most powerful ...
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Mintz IRA Update — The Future of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and pharmaceutical drug manufacturers are gearing up for the second ...
Senator Baldwin Introduces Bill to Cap Prescription Drug Costs
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined a group of her colleagues in introducing the Capping Prescription Costs Act, ...
How much longer you might live without assistance on new Alzheimer’s drugs
New drugs for early Alzheimer’s disease may allow people to live without help for up to 39 additional months, a new study estimates. But experts urge caution.
Diet drug boom weighs heavily on state budgets
The potential market for the drugs is massive — more than 40 percent of adults in the U.S. are obese — and has seen explosive growth. The number of Americans taking GLP-1s for weight loss rose more ...