Pharmaceutical Industry

Sen. Chuck Grassley wants information about a spike in spending in Medicare's catastrophic prescription drug program. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Healthcare

Grassley presses administration on high drug spending

July 27, 2016 6:26 pm

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America announced Friday that Teva Pharmaceuticals would join the group. (Eddie Gerald/Bloomberg News)

Healthcare

Pharma lobbying group lets in generic rival

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July 15, 2016 5:33 pm

Democrats want to add $920 million to legislation that was created by a committee of Senate and House lawmakers to address the opioid crisis and have indicated they wouldn't support the legislation without it. (Simon Dawson/Bloomberg, File)

Healthcare

Democrats push for opioid funding

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July 6, 2016 3:30 pm

The platform does not mention Bernie Sanders' policy to expand Medicare to all people and to abolish private insurance through a single-payer program where all healthcare is paid by the government. (AP Photo)

Healthcare

In blow to Sanders, Dems ignore single-payer in party platform

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July 1, 2016 9:13 pm

Robert Califf received $365 from pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline for lodging and food expenses, according to a database of payments made by drug companies to doctors and teaching hospitals. (AP Photo)

Healthcare

FDA chief disputing record showing pharma payment

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July 1, 2016 7:37 pm

A new reports shows that Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, running for reelection, is the most productive senator when it comes to getting legislation passed. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Healthcare

Dispute over helping the terminally ill

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June 27, 2016 4:01 am

AIDS advocates participate in a rolling protest caravan in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., on June 8, targeting Gilead Sciences over its drug pricing and policies during the drug giant's presentation at Goldman Sachs' Annual Healthcare Conference at the exclusive Terranea Resort. The protest followed a Los Angeles Times article that revealed Gilead's patent manipulation in order to maximize profits on its drugs containing tenofovir, a key HIV/AIDS drug. (AIDS Healthcare Foundation via AP)

Healthcare

Drug makers fight Calif. price caps

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June 13, 2016 4:01 am

Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., wrote to five manufacturers of naloxone on Friday to ask what the drug companies are doing to preserve access to the generic product. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Healthcare

Senators want cheap prices for overdose antidote

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June 6, 2016 9:02 pm

Shkreli was hit on Friday with a new indictment that included a new conspiracy charge. The charges are related to allegations that Shkreli and his former attorney Evan Greebel took stock from one company to prop up another. (Pete Marovich/Bloomberg, File)

Healthcare

‘Pharma bro’ pleads not guilty to new charges

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June 6, 2016 7:32 pm

Benjamin Brafman, right, attorney for pharmaceutical chief Martin Shkreli, foreground, speaks on Capitol Hill on Feb. 4 during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on rising drug prices. Shkreli refused to testify before U.S. lawmakers who excoriated him over severe hikes for a drug sold by a company that he acquired. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Healthcare

Lawmakers feel the pain over drug prices

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June 6, 2016 4:01 am

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Tag: Pharmaceutical Industry

Grassley presses administration on high drug spending

Pharma lobbying group lets in generic rival

Democrats push for opioid funding

In blow to Sanders, Dems ignore single-payer in party platform

FDA chief disputing record showing pharma payment

Dispute over helping the terminally ill

Drug makers fight Calif. price caps

Senators want cheap prices for overdose antidote

‘Pharma bro’ pleads not guilty to new charges

Lawmakers feel the pain over drug prices

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