drug prices

Pharmalot

Pharmalittle: Judge orders pause in suits against Purdue and Sacklers; Teva must face opioid trial

By Ed Silverman

A photo of rifampin pills used to treat Tuberculosis.

Pharmalot

Doctors Without Borders demands drug makers lower their prices for TB treatments

By Ed Silverman

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IV for Ketamine

Pharmalot

A drug maker replaces an old treatment and boosts the price by 1,300%

By Ed Silverman

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Compounding Pharmacy

Pharmalot

A compounder loses a battle with the FDA over using bulk substances

By Ed Silverman

Wyden Grassley

Politics

Senate committee unveils ambitious plan to cap drug price hikes, out-of-pocket expenses

By Lev Facher and Nicholas Florko

2018 Senate McCaskill

Politics

Former pharma hawk McCaskill: Drug pricing system is a ‘stinking stew of a mess’

Pharmalot

Pharmalittle: Opioid companies failed to halt suspicious orders; U.K. diabetics are rationing insulin

By Ed Silverman

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U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris

Politics

Kamala Harris becomes the latest Democratic candidate to zero in on drug prices

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Pharmalot

Pharmalittle: Roche hits milestone with personalized cancer drug; data on a fountain of youth drug

By Ed Silverman

Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Pharmalot

AIDS groups criticize Express Scripts for excluding several HIV medicines

By Ed Silverman

JOHNSON & JOHNSON HEADQUARTERS

Pharmalot

Baltimore sues a J&J unit over ‘sham’ patent litigation to extend its monopoly on a cancer drug

By Ed Silverman

Pharmalot

Generic drug price-fixing suit is akin to earlier case, but ‘on steroids,’ Conn. prosecutor says

By Ed Silverman

Antibiotics Pharmacy

Pharmalot

Seeking to contain drug costs, CMS may have ‘killed’ a PBM billing practice

By Ed Silverman

Stark medication bottle

First Opinion

John Arnold: Trump administration’s good effort on drug rebates is bad policy

By John Arnold

Pharmalot

Pharmalittle: A Pfizer and Lilly painkiller misses study goals; LA County joins statewide effort to lower drug prices

By Ed Silverman

Eli Lilly insulin

Pharmalot

Lilly discloses pricing data on insulin in response to political pressure

By Ed Silverman

Jeffrey Leiden

Pharmalot

Vertex CEO says he will bring ‘new ideas’ to break a stalemate in the U.K. over a cystic fibrosis drug

By Ed Silverman

Hep C San Fran

Pharmalot

The ‘Netflix’ model for hepatitis C drugs is saving Australia a lot of money

By Ed Silverman

Racial bias Pain Management

Pharmalot

Lawmakers ask FDA to explain steps to contain contaminants in blood pressure drugs

By Ed Silverman

Vertex

Pharmalot

U.K. lawmaker challenges the government to issue a compulsory license for Vertex drug

By Ed Silverman

Jeffrey Leiden

Pharmalot

Vertex faces more pressure over pricing, but one analyst does not expect any movement

By Ed Silverman

Pharmalot

Pharmalittle: AstraZeneca chief medical officer is leaving; a venture capital firm bids farewell to J.P. Morgan

By Ed Silverman

Len Schleifer

Pharma

Regeneron CEO: ‘We need a carrot-and-stick system’ to balance pricing and innovation

By Ed Silverman and Matthew Herper

FDA Generic

Pharmalot

Canada ends a probe into three big drug makers accused of thwarting generic competition

By Ed Silverman

Drug costs

Pharmalot

Trump administration report would preclude reclaiming patents as a way to lower drug prices

By Ed Silverman

Pill illo

Pharmalot

As pharma seeks more orphan drug designations, FDA fails to assess important needed info

By Ed Silverman

Pharmalot

Pharmalittle: Merck boosts prices on a few drugs; former Insys execs pleads guilty in Subsys conspiracy

By Ed Silverman

Generic epinephrine

Pharmalot

FDA promised a ‘lower-cost option’ to EpiPen, but the price isn’t any lower

By Ed Silverman

Pharmalot

Pharmalittle: AbbVie sues U.K. over hepatitis C drug program; pharma braces for pricing proposals from Democrats

By Ed Silverman