Tag: Pharmaceutical Industry

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday. The biotech firm had ousted Martin Shkreli as its CEO earlier this month after he was arrested on federal charges of securities fraud. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Arrested drug exec involved in Ponzi-like scheme, feds say

Robert King · December 17, 2015 6:49 pm

‘Most hated man’ in healthcare arrested

‘Most hated man’ in healthcare arrested

Pete Kasperowicz · December 17, 2015 12:52 pm

Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli, who announced over the summer that his company would sell anti-malarial treatment Daraprim for 5,000 percent more after gaining its manufacturing license, is invited to testify. (Paul Taggart/Bloomberg)

Lawmakers invite controversial drug executives to testify

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 16, 2015 5:01 am

The biggest obstacle to congressional approval of TPP appears to be the deal's inadequate protection of intellectual property in "biologic" medicines. (Bloomberg News/Michael Fein)

TPP trade agreement undercuts biologic patents

John Graham · December 15, 2015 5:01 am

During the first Senate hearing on high drug prices last week, senators from both parties lauded a solution that would speed approval of certain generic drugs. (AP Photo)

Would speeding drug approvals knock down high prices?

Robert King · December 15, 2015 5:01 am

"We are looking at the House-passed bill, but we are also looking more broadly than that," she said. (Bloomberg/Andrew Harrer)

Congress may take on high drug prices next year

Robert King · December 10, 2015 12:10 am

"I don't believe we should cast all pharmaceutical companies in the same light," said Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., during a hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging on generic prices. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP defends industry at drug price hearing

Robert King · December 9, 2015 9:40 pm

Local governments need naloxone as an antidote to heroin overdoses, but the price is soaring. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

High drug prices collide with efforts to stop overdoses

Robert King · December 9, 2015 5:01 am

"Democrats are ready to take action to address this crisis, but House Republicans are continuing to pretend it does not exist." (AP File Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Partisan attacks mark Dem drug price hearing

Robert King · December 3, 2015 5:01 am

In a new analysis, Kaiser and Georgetown University looked at 12 specialty drugs used to treat four diseases: cancer, hepatitis C, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Seniors face high costs for pricey drugs

Robert King · December 2, 2015 6:20 pm

The drugs Harvoni and Sovaldi, made by Gilead, threw Medicare for a loop when they hit the market.

Drug maker not concerned with ‘headlines’ on pricey drug

Robert King · December 2, 2015 5:01 am

Turing Pharmaceuticals and its CEO Martin Shkreli created a massive public backlash earlier this fall when the company hiked the price of Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 a pill. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Pharma company cuts drug price after public backlash

Robert King · November 25, 2015 3:46 pm