Tag: Pharmaceutical Industry

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., (pictured) and Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, have unveiled a right-to-try bill in the House of Representatives on Saturday morning. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House panel unveils right-to-try bill

Robert King · March 10, 2018 3:11 pm

Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, has been found guilty of wire fraud and securities fraud. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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The ‘Pharma Bro’ is a cautionary tale

Becket Adams · March 10, 2018 5:01 am

Martin Shkreli gained notoriety when his company Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of the anti-malarial drug Daraprim from $13.50 a pill to $750. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli sentenced to 7 years in prison

Robert King · March 9, 2018 7:00 pm

U-God from the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan had choice words for convicted hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli and the fate of the Wu-Tang Clan's double-album "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin." (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

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U-God of Wu-Tang Clan: Martin Shkreli is a ‘cocky motherf—ker’

Siraj Hashmi · March 9, 2018 6:40 pm

President Trump is expected to announce a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum this week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Republicans will let tariffs ruin the economy, because they are afraid of angering Trump

Philip Wegmann · March 8, 2018 6:46 pm

Express Scripts is one of the biggest pharmacy benefit managers in the country. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Cigna makes bid to buy drug plan middle man Express Scripts

Robert King · March 8, 2018 12:46 pm

The two largest providers of prescription medication programs have nearly tripled the number of medications that insurance companies will no longer cover, according to a new study by the Doctor-Patient Rights Project. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Insurers’ exclusion of disease treatments increases costs

Seth Ginsberg · March 8, 2018 5:01 am

Supporters of two Obamacare stabilization bills are looking into adding protections that prevent the money from funding abortions into a must-pass, two-year spending bill Congress is expected to take up this month. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said, "Hyde language needs to be in whatever we do." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Republicans seek anti-abortion protections in Obamacare stabilization bills

Robert King · March 8, 2018 12:27 am

The Right to Try Act allows terminally ill patients who have exhausted all other options to try medications that have passed basic Food and Drug Administration safety protocols but not completed the full, multiyear approval process. Such legislation has received overwhelming support nationally, becoming law in 38 states. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Andy Biggs and Brian Fitzpatrick: America needs the Right to Try, before it’s too late

Andy Biggs, brian-fitzpatrick · March 7, 2018 9:56 pm

"While gun control is not the answer, the best and most effective path forward, I believe, is one that safeguards our schools from becoming "soft targets," or areas with little to stand in the way of someone with bad intentions," said Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Mark Meadows proposes $1.5B to boost school safety after Florida shooting

Anna Giaritelli · March 7, 2018 6:52 pm

Scott Gottlieb said consolidation and contracting schemes discourages the development of new biosimilars. (AP Photo/Kathy Young)

FDA chief criticizes health insurers, drug plans for ‘shell games’ over pricing

Kimberly Leonard · March 7, 2018 4:06 pm

"I'd hope that everyone involved or associated with the company takes note that they're dealing with an entity that's stonewalling a Senate investigation examining a national public health crisis," Sen. Claire McCaskill said Tuesday about Teva Pharmaceuticals. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Claire McCaskill accuses drugmaker of stonewalling opioid probe

Robert King · March 6, 2018 3:39 pm