Tag: Pharmaceutical Industry

"This bill is a pale imitation of the original bill. It overpromises and underdelivers," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on the Senate floor Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Democrats pile on criticism of Cures bill

Robert King · November 30, 2016 6:09 pm

The bill includes funding for President Obama's medical research initiatives, including $1.8 billion for the cancer moonshot, which seeks to conduct 10 years worth of cancer research in five. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House backs Cures bill

Robert King · November 30, 2016 2:12 am

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Tuesday he objected to a provision in a major medical research package that would have weakened the Sunshine Act, which discloses payments to doctors and healthcare companies. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Measure weakening transparency law dropped from Cures bill

Robert King · November 29, 2016 11:55 pm

Drugs have been carrying alarming costs, and health plans are increasingly asking people to shoulder a share of the price. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

How to combat soaring drug prices

Julia Michaloski · November 27, 2016 5:01 am

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s drug lobbyist passes back through the revolving door

Timothy P. Carney · November 17, 2016 12:50 am

Drug makers avoided a far-reaching set of proposals clamping down on the industry from Hillary Clinton.

Drug industry scores with Trump victory

Robert King · November 10, 2016 5:01 am

This morning several major drug makers saw single digit gains as the New York Stock Exchange opened. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Pharma company stocks go up after Trump win

Robert King · November 9, 2016 3:44 pm

Voters rejected a ballot referendum that would have capped drug prices for certain state programs. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

California voters strike down drug prices cap

Robert King · November 9, 2016 3:26 pm

Gilead Sciences, which got into hot water with Congress a few years ago after releasing a pricey hepatitis C cure, contributed $4 million to the campaign. (AP Photo)

Pharma’s $100 million West Coast battle

Robert King · November 7, 2016 5:01 am

Hospitalizations more than doubled from 1997 to 2012, mirroring an uptick in prescription painkiller use. (iStock photo)

More kids hospitalized for opioid poisoning

Robert King · October 31, 2016 6:30 pm

The nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation's findings showed that average annual out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs dropped from $167 in 2009 to $144 in 2014. (AP Photo)

Out-of-pocket drug spending falls

Robert King · October 28, 2016 3:29 pm

Former presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., sent a letter Thursday to Ariad Pharmaceuticals for answers about Iclusig, which treats a bone marrow cancer that makes too many white blood cells. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lawmakers target new high-priced drug

Robert King · October 20, 2016 6:27 pm