Tag: Robert King

A tablet of flibanserin sits on a brochure for Sprout Pharmaceuticals.Â Valeant Pharmaceuticals will acquire Sprout Pharmaceuticals for about $1 billion.Â (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Female libido drug maker to be sold

Robert King · August 20, 2015 12:14 pm

Grumblings from insurers indicate that part of the healthcare law is collapsing. (AP Photo/David Mercer)

Study: Millions not getting Obamacare subsidies

Robert King · August 19, 2015 3:51 pm

Sprout Pharmaceuticals CEO Cindy Whitehead holds a bottle for the female sex-drive drug Addyi. After two rejections, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave approval Tuesday for the drug as a treatment for hypoactive sexual desire disorder, a first for women. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Female libido drug won’t be marketed on TV

Robert King · August 19, 2015 3:11 pm

A recent survey found that six in 10 uninsured adults cited the high costs of healthcare coverage as a reason they still don't have coverage. (AP Photo)Â

Affordability problems dog Obamacare

Robert King · August 19, 2015 4:01 am

Women with reduced sexual desire would benefit from a libido-enhancing drug, the FDA wrote, but then stressed that benefits must outweigh side effects before it will approve flibanserin. (AP Photo)Â

FDA approves female ‘Viagra’

Robert King · August 18, 2015 11:17 pm

A majority of uninsured people live in states that did not expand Medicaid, according to a new survey. (AP Photo)

Most uninsured live in Medicaid holdout states

Robert King · August 18, 2015 6:11 pm

Women with reduced sexual desire would benefit from a libido-enhancing drug, the FDA wrote, but then stressed that benefits must outweigh side effects before it will approve flibanserin. (AP Photo)Â

FDA to rule on female ‘Viagra’

Robert King · August 18, 2015 4:01 am

David Nabarro, UN Special Envoy on Ebola, speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of the World Health Organization, WHO, in Geneva, Switzerland. (Sandro Campardo/Keystone via AP)

Sierra Leone sees progress in Ebola fight

Robert King · August 17, 2015 1:57 pm

A survey of 140 large corporations with 100,000 or more employees gave insight into the toll of high drug prices.Â (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Will companies start paying for employee drugs on installment?

Robert King · August 16, 2015 4:01 am

In the second released undercover video, Dr. Mary Gatter, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America's Medical Directors Council, haggles over the price of body parts of aborted babies.

Firm in Planned Parenthood video cuts ties with abortion provider

Robert King · August 14, 2015 10:29 pm

The states' actions mirror similar desires among Republicans on Capitol Hill to defund Planned Parenthood after the first videos surfaced last month.Â (Photo by Olivier Douliery/Getty Images)

Arkansas strips Planned Parenthood funding

Robert King · August 14, 2015 9:57 pm

AP reports that a federal judge on Friday halted an Alabama regulation that could have permanently shut down a popular abortion clinic.Â (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Alabama abortion clinic reopens after ruling

Robert King · August 14, 2015 9:36 pm