Tag: Pharmaceutical Industry

The House provision would allow a pharmacist to make a small amount of a drug in preparation for getting a prescription from a doctor, a practice called "office use" compounding. (Sean Meyers/CVS Health via AP Images)

Big Pharma duels with pharmacies in funding fight

Robert King · April 27, 2016 4:01 am

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX).

House Dem: Obama not doing enough to fight drug prices

Robert King · April 26, 2016 6:06 pm

Coalition of groups wants Congress to boost funding for evaluating the value of pharmaceuticals. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Prescription for lowering high drug prices: More money

Robert King · April 25, 2016 3:47 pm

Driving much of the increase is spending on specialty drugs that treat serious ailments. (iStock photo)

Drug spending rises in 2015

Robert King · April 14, 2016 3:30 pm

The agency said it approved or issued a tentative approval for more than 700 drugs last year. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A., File)

FDA cleared most generic drugs ever in 2015

Robert King · April 13, 2016 6:07 pm

Valeant Pharmaceuticals CEO J. Michael Pearson is still under subpoena to appear before the committee for an April 27 hearing. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

CEO tied to high drug prices agrees to go to Senate

Robert King · April 13, 2016 2:58 pm

"Nothing has to change for current beneficiaries. I'm against anything that's bad for my mother."Â (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Analysis doubts solution to fight high drug prices

Robert King · April 11, 2016 7:31 pm

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc. chief Michael Pearson skipped a deposition with the Senate Special Committee on Aging. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Pharmaceutical CEO in Senate’s crosshairs

Robert King · April 11, 2016 4:29 pm

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D- Md., the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, has pushed his panel to conduct hearings about high prices. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Lawmakers limit their probes into drug prices

Robert King · April 11, 2016 4:01 am

Pfizer-Allergan merger called off in wake of Treasury rule

Pfizer-Allergan merger called off in wake of Treasury rule

Joseph Lawler · April 6, 2016 11:34 am

Obama to Congress: Crack down on ‘insidious’ tax inversions

Obama to Congress: Crack down on ‘insidious’ tax inversions

Joseph Lawler · April 5, 2016 4:33 pm

The price for the top-selling U.S. drug, arthritis treatment Humira, was raised 126 percent from 2011 to 2014, Reuters found. (AP Photo)

Analysis: Prices of top drugs spike

Robert King · April 4, 2016 4:56 pm