Medicines

STAT Plus: Vertex strikes a deal with Scotland for its cystic fibrosis medicines, but will England be next?

After protracted haggling, Vertex Pharmaceuticals struck a five-year deal with the Scottish government to provide its cystic fibrosis treatments at a “confidential discount,” a notable win for the drug maker...

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Improved Pharma to teach at upcoming Sustainable Medicines in Africa Program

West Lafayette, IN (PRWEB) August 29, 2019 Prof. Stephen R. Byrn travels to Africa several times a year to teach in the Sustainable Medicines in Africa program, which includes a...

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STAT Plus: Nuclear pharmacies sue a key supplier of radiology medicines for pursuing an ‘illegal monopoly’

The largest association of independent nuclear pharmacies in the U.S. has filed a lawsuit accusing Jubilant DraxImage, a big supplier of radiology medicines, with a range of anticompetitive practices that...

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Join Penn Medicine’s 2019 Philadelphia Heart Walk Team

Join the Penn Medicine community, American Heart Association (AHA) and people of all ages at the 2019 Philadelphia Heart Walk Saturday, November 2nd at Citizen's Bank Park to support the...

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DUEXIS (Ibuprofen And Famotidine) Tablet, Coated [Horizon Medicines LLC]

Updated Date: Aug 9, 2019 EST Source link

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Medicare Spending on Essential Medicines Up 116 Percent From 2011 to 2015

22 percent of increased total spending due to higher per-unit cost of existing drugs Source link

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STAT Plus: Colombian regulator fines Pfizer for inflating prices on several medicines

A Colombian regulatory agency fined Pfizer (PFE) nearly $25,000 for breaching the maximum prices for which the company agreed to sell several medicines in the country. In all, the drug...

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Trump proposes importing medicines, but he’s really seeking a quick political hit

The new White House plan to import medicines from Canada is being billed as historic, but you better gas up if you think the proposal will save you from making...

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People with intellectual disabilities are often not told about their medicines and their potential side effects

The 1.5m people in the UK with an intellectual disability experience significant health inequality. Research shows that they are more likely to develop health problems than the general population, they...

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Brand-brand competition is unlikely to reduce list prices of medicines

Greater brand-brand competition alone will likely not lower list prices of brand-name drugs in the US, according to a study published July 30 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by...

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STAT Plus: As Bernie Sanders neared, Canadian officials were urged not to allow U.S. to import medicines

As more federal and state lawmakers propose bills to allow Americans to import medicines from Canada, several Canadian organizations representing hospitals, pharmacies, distributors, physicians, and patients late last week asked...

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Abiraterone acetate included in World Health Organisation’s Essential Medicines List for prostate cancer treatment

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson is delighted with the recent announcement from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to include abiraterone acetate (ZYTIGA®) for the treatment of metastatic...

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STAT Plus: 5 names to know in digital therapeutics: the people behind apps that work like medicines

No one really knew what digital therapeutics were 10 years ago. Today, there’s still no good definition. At its simplest, the field includes apps intended to be used like medicine...

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VIDEO: BLU-667, avapritinib highlight Blueprint Medicines pipeline

CHICAGO — Anthony “Andy” Boral, MD, PhD, chief medical officer at Blueprint Medicines, spoke with HemOnc Today at ASCO Annual Meeting about key study results the company presented and the...

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STAT Plus: Facing progressive pressure, Pelosi could expand her drug pricing plan to negotiate prices for $118 billion worth of medicines

WASHINGTON — Progressive lawmakers this week exacted a major concession from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: a pledge for the federal government to negotiate prices for a far larger group of...

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STAT Plus: AIDS groups criticize Express Scripts for excluding several HIV medicines

A recent decision by one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the U.S. to exclude several HIV medicines from its list of drugs eligible for insurance coverage has angered...

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STAT Plus: What competition? Prices for dozens of best-selling medicines skyrocketed in recent years

Over a recent six-year period, all but one of the best-selling prescription drugs in the U.S. experienced “substantial” increases in cost, regardless of how long the medicines had been on...

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People with stroke can take common medicines without raising risk of another stroke

People who suffer a stroke caused by bleeding in the brain - known as brain hemorrhage - can take common medicines without raising their risk of another stroke, a major...

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STAT Plus: To the moon: Out-of-pocket costs for multiple sclerosis medicines have skyrocketed

[ad_1] Amid rising prices for multiple sclerosis medicines, a new study finds that out-of-pocket costs rose substantially in recent years, especially for people with high-deductible plans. And the findings add...

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Menstrual Cramps Medicines: Drugs You Can Take To Relieve Period Pain

[ad_1] Contraceptive pills and ibuprofen are among the drugs that help alleviate menstrual cramps. Source link [ad_2]

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