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By  Ed Silverman
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Azar has a ‘tin ear’ when it comes to pricing a potential coronavirus treatment

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Scott Gottlieb
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The FDA commissioner sweepstakes: Is Azar yearning to get out of Gottlieb’s shadow?

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Vasant "Vas" Narasimhan
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Memo to the Novartis CEO: When in doubt, give the FDA a heads-up

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Medicine
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Trump proposes importing medicines, but he’s really seeking a quick political hit

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Retro television
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Grandstanding, not real change: Why drug prices in TV ads will be confusing and irrelevant

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John Kapoor
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Kapoor certainly deserves to go to jail, but so do some other pharma execs

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Street lights
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If the states don’t treat pharma as a utility, it may be ‘lights out’ for too many patients

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Earth's City Lights at Night
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Forget about an international pricing index for drugs. Cost-effectiveness is a better bargain

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Gottlieb vote
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Tweet this: Gottlieb’s leaving, and so is FDA’s highly effective communicator

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The capitol at sunrise
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Prepare for grilling: 7 questions for 7 pharma execs who’ll testify before Congress about prices

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New Opioid Approved - Dsuvia
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The military pushed it for the battlefield. The FDA went along. Is the newest opioid any better?

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Trump drug prices
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The list price is not right: Trump’s plan to force pharma to advertise prices is misguided

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GSK - best exterior
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One of the world’s largest drug makers is paying docs again — and patients are the worse off

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Alex Gorsky
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From zero to hero: J&J CEO praises Trump one year after chastising him

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A photo of Pascal Soriot.
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When modest is actually excessive: AstraZeneca spins its price hikes

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President Trump Delivers Remarks On Lowering Drug Prices In Rose Garden
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He can shame Pfizer and others, but Trump doesn’t have a practical way to lower drug prices

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Novartis’ tone-deaf response to Michael Cohen: troubling, but not surprising

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Dengvaxia
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Sanofi scandal in the Philippines could spread dangerous mistrust of vaccines

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Soldiers silhouette
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The Pentagon wants to approve drugs for the battlefield. Here’s why that’s dangerous

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Jerry Brown
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California just passed a law to rein in drug prices. Here’s why it’s unlikely to make much difference

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Dollars
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Here’s how a loophole in a transparency law can distort medical practices

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This pharma CEO won praise for his ‘social contract’ with the public. But his latest move could shred that pledge

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Novartis campus
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At $475,000, new cancer drug raises thorny questions about drug pricing — and value

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Drug makers deserve to be publicly shamed for thwarting competition from generics

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Handshake
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The art of the deal? Why a money-back guarantee for drugs is a bad idea

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Donald Trump
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If drug companies are really ‘getting away with murder,’ Trump may be about to grant them a pardon

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Supplements
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It’s time to make it legal for Americans to order prescription drugs from abroad

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Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
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US taxpayers are funding a Zika vaccine. Let’s make sure US patients can afford it

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Hepatitis C protest
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The Trump administration could bring down drug prices. But it would take guts

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