Congress

Chuck Grassley 3/2020
Politics

Lawmakers’ coronavirus response means delays for drug pricing legislation

By Lev Facher

cvs pharmacy aisle
Politics

Congress set to overhaul the way the U.S. regulates over-the-counter drugs

By Nicholas Florko

Martin Shkreli
Pharmalot

Preventing other Shkreli-like debacles may not save the government much money

By Ed Silverman

Pharmalot

A quarantined Ted Cruz proposes to speed approvals for coronavirus drugs and vaccines

By Ed Silverman

Washington Monument silhouette
Politics

Washington, the world’s handshake capital, adjusts to life in the coronavirus era

By Lev Facher

doctor's waiting room
Politics

Private equity firms are increasingly buying up doctors’ offices. What does that mean for doctors — or for patients?

By Lev Facher

Off The Charts CBD Market
Politics

Congress asked the FDA to explain its rules on CBD — but its new report offers little clarity

By Nicholas Florko

Jan Schakowsky_coronavirus
Politics

Progressives push Trump administration to ensure a future coronavirus vaccine is affordable

By Nicholas Florko

Zika funding 2016
Politics

Partisan bickering delayed Zika funding for months. With coronavirus, experts worry history will repeat itself

By Nicholas Florko

Alex Azar_2/26
The Pharmalot View

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

By Ed Silverman

Pharmalot

Senators threaten to subpoena Express Scripts for failing to produce insulin documents

By Ed Silverman

Chuck Grassley
Politics

Sen. Chuck Grassley takes your questions on drug prices, insulin, and innovation

By STAT staff

Ash tray
Politics

Trump doesn’t want the FDA to regulate tobacco

By Nicholas Florko

Antoine Blonde/vaping hearing feb 2020
Politics

Juul and other e-cig makers to Congress: FDA, not you, should regulate us

By Nicholas Florko

State of the Union
Politics

Democrats interrupted Trump’s State of the Union to chant about their drug pricing bill

By Lev Facher and Nicholas Florko

Sen. Warren Attends Iowa Caucus
Politics

A bright spot amid the Iowa chaos: People with disabilities get an accessible caucus location

By Mark Satter and Chiara Vercellone

Wide shot insulin protest Cambridge
Politics

More than a dozen Democrats are bringing people with sky-high insulin bills to the State of the Union

By Nicholas Florko

D. Trump
Politics

Sensing an advantage, Democrats dare Trump to talk drug prices during State of the Union

By Lev Facher and Nicholas Florko

drug pricing
Politics

Employers shoulder plenty of drug costs, but haven’t lobbied much to lower them — until now

By Nicholas Florko

Pile of receipts
Politics

Want to know how contentious drug pricing is in Washington? Check the receipts

By Nicholas Florko

vape manufacturers/juul
Health

Congress calls Juul, four other vape companies to testify about youth vaping

By Nicholas Florko

Rep. Chris Collins January 2020
Biotech

Former Rep. Chris Collins sentenced to 26 months in prison in biotech insider trading scheme

By Damian Garde and Lev Facher

Alex Brandon/AP
Politics

Airing frustrations with pharma, a Republican FTC commissioner just endorsed Medicare negotiation

By Lev Facher

des moines debate
Politics

Democrats zero in on high drug prices in Iowa debate

By Lev Facher

California drug prices
Pharmalot

California plans to sell its own generic drugs in hopes of lowering costs

By Ed Silverman

Chuck Grassley Feb. 2019
Politics

Trump should do more to bolster Senate drug pricing effort, Grassley says

By Lev Facher

Pharmalot

Pharmalittle: Execs vow to place patients ahead of profits; conservatives like Republican drug pricing bill

By Ed Silverman

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First Opinion

Medicare policy on antirejection drugs imperils kidney transplants

By Matthew Cooper

American Action Network ad
Politics

Conservative group with pharma ties makes clear there are drug pricing reforms they can support

By Nicholas Florko

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