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How Much Difference Will Eli Lilly's Half-Price Insulin Make?
Between 2009 and 2017 the wholesale price of a single vial of Humalog, the Eli Lilly and Co.-manufactured insulin, nearly...
Strategy
Big Pharma Gave Money To Patient Advocacy Groups Opposing Medicare Changes
KHN's Pre$cription for Power database now includes nearly 14,000 transactions, totaling $163 million in donations from 26 drugmakers to 650...
Finance
4 Takeaways From Pharma Testimony at Senate Drug Pricing Hearing
Major industry leaders defended themselves against accusations of immoral price hikes, telling senators that they intend to provide patients with...
Strategy
Sackler Embraced Plan to Conceal OxyContin's Strength From Doctors, Sealed Testimony Shows
As OxyContin addiction spurred a national nightmare, a member of the family that has reaped billions of dollars from the...
Finance
Health Spending Growth to Average 5.5% Annually Through 2027
An aging demographic, a strong economy driving a tight job market, and increases in the costs of medical goods and...
Finance
Commercial Pharmacy Spending Rate Eclipses Five-Year Average
Medicare per-member-per-month spending more than doubled its five-year average while Medicaid actually declined by 2%.
Trump Highlights Health Agenda with Vow to Lower 'Unfair' Drug Prices
The president laid out a series of health-related goals, including some that even Democrats indicated could be areas of bipartisan...
Finance
HHS Proposal Could Kill PBM Rebates: Some Pleased, Others Concerned
The proposal would end safe-harbor protections for the rebates drug manufacturers pay to PBMs and add safe-harbor protections for drug...
Finance
Q4 Earnings Strong for Celgene Ahead of Bristol-Myers Squibb Deal
The Summit, New Jersey-based biotech giant released its Q4 2018 earnings report weeks after Bristol-Myers Squibb announced a $74 billion...
Congress Wades Into Emotional Debate Over High-Cost Prescription Drugs
In a blow to the pharmaceutical industry, Republicans and Democrats in Congress, and President Donald Trump, appeared to be largely...
Trump Targets Surprise Medical Bills in Chat with Patients, Experts
The White House this week launched an investigation into surprise medical bills after President Trump met with patients who'd been...
Clinical Care
Healthcare Marketing Expenditures Increase $12.2 Billion Over Past Two Decades
Pharmaceutical company marketing to healthcare professionals accounted for the largest portion of spending, set at $20.3 billion in 2016.