Tag: Pharmaceutical Industry

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., sent a letter to the House on Thursday asking for a "full retroactive" repeal of Obamacare's individual mandate. Meadows is concerned that Americans may not realize that they still face penalties if they don't have health insurance in 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Mark Meadows wants ‘retroactive’ repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate this tax season

Daniel Chaitin · March 2, 2018 12:49 am

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Monday that ongoing efforts are needed to collect potentially dangerous opioids that are sitting in people's medicine cabinets. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

HHS Secretary Alex Azar invites more states to seek Medicaid waivers to fight opioids

Kimberly Leonard · March 1, 2018 7:14 pm

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., introduced a bill Thursday that would eliminate the ability of drug manufacturers to fully deduct the cost of advertising their products from taxes. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Claire McCaskill takes on tax breaks for drug advertising

Robert King · March 1, 2018 4:12 pm

American trade negotiators ought to make strengthening IP rights their top priority. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A new NAFTA deal must halt intellectual property theft

Peter J. Pitts · March 1, 2018 5:01 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Tuesday that the Justice Department's inspector general will investigate alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a move condemned by President Trump on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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13 Republicans ask Jeff Sessions to appoint second special counsel to investigate FBI, DOJ

Daniel Chaitin · February 28, 2018 11:13 pm

Lawmakers seek to add measure on drug prices to massive spending deal

Robert King · February 28, 2018 9:45 pm

Justice Department will back lawsuits against drug makers for contributing to opioid epidemic

Kelly Cohen · February 27, 2018 2:26 pm

Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, (pictured center) is cosponsoring a bill with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and more than a dozen other senators from both parties. The bill would improve the nation's background check system used for scrutinizing most firearms purchases. However, House Republicans are likely to oppose it unless they can add language allowing concealed carry permit holders to legally bring their weapons to other states. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Trump and Congress move on guns after Florida

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Condoleezza Rice said she doesn't want guns present in her classroom and called it a "sad thing" that a discussion is being held about needing guards to protect schools in the wake of the shooting in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

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Condoleezza Rice: ‘I don’t really like the idea of a gun in my classroom’

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 7:56 pm

"Every church that I know of has that same kind of policy," Rep. Jim Jordan said. "There are parishioners each Sunday who've had the training — maybe they're retired law enforcement, retired military ... they have a policy in place." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Freedom Caucus leaders support arming teachers, oppose Trump’s other gun ideas

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 5:50 pm

A report released Thursday by the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute said the Food and Drug Administration approved a record number of generic drugs and products to treat rare diseases in 2017. (iStock)

FDA reduces regulations, approves record number of new generics

Robert King · February 22, 2018 11:00 am

In this 2005 file photo, Danielle Holland reacts as she is given a FluMist influenza vaccination in St. Leonard, Md. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, voted 12-2 Wednesday to recommend that doctors administer the flu vaccine via nasal spray. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)

Nasal flu vaccine to make a comeback

Kimberly Leonard · February 21, 2018 7:32 pm