Tag: Pharmaceutical Industry

President Trump signed into law the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 on Friday. It reauthorizes a program in which drug and device makers pay the FDA a fee for every new product application, and the agency uses that money to hire more people and speed up approvals. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FDA reveals drugmakers that game the system

Robert King · May 17, 2018 3:35 pm

"We need someone who is steady and secure in his principles, someone who can cut through the noise and make a compelling case for conservatism. Mike Pence is that man," Paul Ryan said. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The major immigration battle brewing in the House

Susan Ferrechio · May 17, 2018 4:00 am

Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar looks on as President Donald Trump speaks during an event about prescription drug prices in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 11, 2018, in Washington.

Cancer groups approach drug price overhaul with caution

Robert King · May 16, 2018 10:48 pm

Capt. Paul Kamphaus of the Clermont County Sheriff's Office handles a box of naloxone during a 2017 interview in Batavia, Ohio.

Why we support increasing access to naloxone

Marcelo Bigal · May 16, 2018 9:28 pm

Vermont law allows patients to buy cheaper drugs from Canada

Kimberly Leonard · May 16, 2018 5:22 pm

Attorney Michael Cohen walks down the sidewalk in New York on Wednesday. Federal agents who raided the office of President Trump's personal attorney, were looking for information about payments to a former Playboy playmate and a porn actress who claim to have had affairs with Trump, two people familiar with the investigation said.

Top lawyer for Novartis retires following contract with Michael Cohen

Melissa Quinn · May 16, 2018 4:42 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., confer at the Capitol on May 10, 2018.

Trump tries to break America’s addiction to high drug prices

Washington Examiner · May 16, 2018 4:29 pm

Alex Azar is a former health official at HHS, where he served as deputy secretary under former President George W. Bush. He also is a former top executive for pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Alex Azar calls Democratic reforms to lower drug prices ‘gimmicks’ and ineffective

Robert King · May 16, 2018 2:16 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during an event about prescription drug prices with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 11, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Trump tackles soaring prescription drug prices

Hadley Heath Manning · May 15, 2018 9:45 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 5, 2017, file photo, Dr. Scott Gottlieb speaks during his confirmation hearing before a Senate committee, in Washington, as President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has issued new warnings about the danger of patients on medication for opioid addiction taking popular drugs such as Ambien and Xanax that also depress breathing and brain activity. "Careful management of the patient and coordination of care is recommended," rather than denying use of methadone or buprenorphine, FDA Commissioner Gottlieb wrote in a statement issued with the warning.

FDA to call out brand name drug companies that block generics

Robert King · May 15, 2018 3:14 pm

Health worker wearing protective clothing and equipment. Ebola cases have been confirmed in 10 African countries, including Congo where the disease was first reported in 1976.

Experimental Ebola vaccine heads to Congo as death toll reaches 19

Kimberly Leonard · May 14, 2018 6:27 pm

Alex Azar fires back at critics of drug pricing plan: ‘The president is doing exactly what he said’

Kimberly Leonard · May 14, 2018 2:36 pm