Tag: Pharmaceutical Industry

In short, many of these pharmacies are outright scams. (iStock)

Importing drugs from Canada is a dangerous game

Charlie Cichon · April 12, 2017 11:00 am

President Trump's pick to lead the FDA dodged a key question on whether he will adopt reforms Trump touted on the campaign trail to lower high drug prices. (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price)

FDA pick Scott Gottlieb dodges key question on drug pricing

Robert King · April 5, 2017 4:21 pm

Susan Sarandon narrates the Tylenol's television advertisements and is paid by parent company Johnson & Johnson. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Anti-lobbying Susan Sarandon works for Big Pharma

Emily Jashinsky · March 22, 2017 7:02 pm

5 drug policy positions held by Trump’s FDA pick, Dr. Scott Gottlieb

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 20, 2017 12:01 am

Other countries don't care to operate with transparent prices sending signals to markets. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

Beltway Confidential

In the Obamacare debate, drug ‘importation’ is another way of saying ‘government price controls’

Ryan Ellis · March 15, 2017 12:00 am

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said he is planning to meet with President Trump to discuss how to fight high drug prices.

Top House Oversight Democrat to meet with Trump Wednesday

Gabby Morrongiello · March 7, 2017 5:05 pm

President Trump promised the next phases of the Republican healthcare plan would make it legal for healthcare to be sold across state lines. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump promises more healthcare proposals to make insurance cheaper

Kyle Feldscher · March 7, 2017 2:01 pm

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)

Trump aims to take on ‘slow’ FDA

Robert King · March 1, 2017 2:40 am

Drug re-importation isn't a new issue, but has gained steam again since Trump said that he wanted to lower prices. (Wikimedia Commons)

Democrats call on Trump to support drug re-import bill

Robert King · February 28, 2017 6:29 pm

—œThe states need friends in Congress and the Cannabis Caucus is here to help.—? (AP Photo/Jennifer Peltz, File)

Lawmakers form bipartisan caucus to let states legalize pot

Nicole Duran · February 17, 2017 12:13 am

"Of course, Sen. Schumer never told me to skip a meeting with the president," Elijah Cummings said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cummings: ‘No idea’ why Trump would ‘make up a story about me’

Robert King · February 16, 2017 8:47 pm

oto, Seema Verma, President Trump's nominee to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, refused to endorse giving Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci File)

CMS pick won’t commit to Medicare drug price negotiations

Robert King · February 16, 2017 4:59 pm