The Pharmalot View

By  Ed Silverman
Proposition 61 - pharmalot
The Pharmalot View

Californians can sock it to ‘greedy’ pharma. But will ballot vote bring down drug prices?

By Ed Silverman

The Pharmalot View

Health officials should reject latest gambit by EpiPen maker to feed at the public trough

By Ed Silverman

Heather Bresch
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Behind the grandstanding, Congress may have taken a key step to clarifying drug prices

By Ed Silverman

Brent Saunders
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Allergan CEO looks smart for pledging to rein in prices. But will it make a difference?

By Ed Silverman

IV Chemo
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The secretive system for vetting cancer drug use needs an urgent overhaul

By Ed Silverman

Heather Bresch
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An open letter to Mylan CEO Heather Bresch about EpiPen pricing

By Ed Silverman

Peter Shumlin
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Laws to shed light on drug pricing strategies probably won’t work

By Ed Silverman

Medical Textbook
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Pharma should not be allowed a loophole for reporting financial ties to docs

By Ed Silverman

Pharmacy Benefit Managers
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The ‘gouge factor’: Big companies want transparency in drug price negotiations

By Ed Silverman

Rising drug cost
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Pharma trade group says price gougers are outliers, but then accepts two more

By Ed Silverman

Pfizer
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Pfizer wins big in opioid deal with Chicago. But what does the city get?

By Ed Silverman

Aspen FDA
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Independence would be good for the FDA and the public

By Ed Silverman

Drug Industry Overstates Patents
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Drug industry overstates impact of patent reviews on innovation

By Ed Silverman

Novartis Colombia
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Novartis, Colombia face off over cancer drug cost

By Ed Silverman

DNA Money
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To get over sticker shock, new payment models are needed for gene therapies

By Ed Silverman

Antibiotics Pharmacy
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Cash prizes for pharma are needed to fight superbugs

By Ed Silverman

Lamar Alexander
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Why we shouldn’t trade a weakened FDA for more medical research funds

By Ed Silverman

Cash back
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Big drug maker presses for money-back guarantee that its science will work

By Ed Silverman

Drug Take Back
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Who should pay for disposing unused drugs? Pharma says: not us

By Ed Silverman

Generic medication
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Generic drug labels don’t always list known side effects. It’s time to change that

By Ed Silverman

Steven Pearson drug prices
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This nonprofit is playing a valuable role in framing the drug price discussion

By Ed Silverman

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What Valeant’s fall from grace can teach the drug industry

By Ed Silverman

Pills drug pricing
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How much should that drug cost? Depends what disease it treats

By Ed Silverman

Syringes
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Obama’s Medicare drug payment overhaul is unproven. But it’s worth a shot

By Ed Silverman

Medication
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Could financing health care like a home hold down drug costs?

By Ed Silverman

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