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CVS-AETNA DEAL TO CHANGE HOW BIG EMPLOYERS BUY HEALTH BENEFITS
In scale, CVS and Aetna offer a much bigger pharmacy benefits manager than UnitedHealth, which expanded its OptumRx business with the 13 billion purchase of Catamaran in 2015... READ MORE›
NEW, LONG-ACTING DRUGS CUT FREQUENCY OF MIGRAINE HEADACHES
NEW YORK - New, long-acting drugs may hold hope for millions of people who often suffer migraines... READ MORE›
CHENGDU KANGHONG INKS $47.62 MLN DEAL WITH ISRAELI OPTHALMIC FIRM
Chengdu Kanghong will obtain the Israeli firm's exclusive distribution rights of its IOPtiMate TM surgical system for the treatment of Glaucoma... READ MORE›
THIS SIMPLE LIQUID IS SUDDENLY IN SHORT SUPPLY
Pfizer says it's coordinating with ICU Medical to produce records for the Justice Department... READ MORE›
U.S. APPROVES DIGITAL PILL THAT TRACKS WHEN PATIENTS TAKE IT
U.S. regulators have approved the first digital pill with an embedded sensor to track if patients are taking their medication properly, marking a significa... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S HHS PICK RECENTLY WORKED FOR GROUPS SUING TO KEEP DRUG PRICING SECRET
In total, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, Eli Lilly has reported spending 5.7 million on lobbying efforts so far in 2017... READ MORE›
CVS DEAL FOR AETNA COULD HELP RETAILER FACE AMAZON ENTRY
Shares of Aetna, the third-largest U.S. health insurer, closed down 3 percent on Friday after closing 12 percent higher on Thursday on reports of the deal... READ MORE›
WHY OPIOIDS ARE SUCH AN AMERICAN PROBLEM
It found that Japanese doctors treated acute pain with opioids in 47 percent of cases... READ MORE›
AS HE CHAIRS TRUMP'S OPIOID COMMISSION, CHRISTIE CHAMPIONS HIS HOME-STATE DRUG COMPANIES
As he chairs Trump's opioid commission, Christie champions his home-state drug companies... READ MORE›
TRUMP ADDS WELFARE REFORM TO HIS ALREADY FULL PLATE
We are looking very, very strongly, therefore, at welfare reform, Trump said at the White House as he met with his cabinet... READ MORE›
DRUG CHAINS TUMBLE ON REPORTS AMAZON EYEING THEIR PIE
Amazon's entry into pharmaceuticals has been long rumored in the media... READ MORE›
NATIONWIDE DRUG, MEDICAL-DEVICE SHORTAGES FEARED AS PUERTO RICO STRUGGLES TO RECOVER
Pharmaceuticals and medical devices are the island's leading exports, and Puerto Rico has become one of the world's biggest centers for pharmaceutical manufacturing... READ MORE›
HURRICANE MARIA BRINGS DRUG MANUFACTURING TO A HALT IN PUERTO RICO
Hurricane Maria halts crucial drug manufacturing in Puerto Rico, may spur shortages... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Pharmacology
SHOPPERS DRUG MART FORMALLY APPLIES TO DISTRIBUTE MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Shoppers Drug Mart wants in on dispensing medical marijuana... READ MORE›
BERNIE SANDERS' DRUG PRICE BILL WOULD SAVE BILLIONS, CONGRESSIONAL ANALYSTS SAY
Spending millions on campaign donations and lobbying, the pharmaceutical industry has for years successfully fought off legislation to end the prohibition... READ MORE›
CITY URGING NYE PARTYGOERS TO PICK UP OVERDOSE KITS
Ottawa health officials are urging partygoers who recreationally use drugs to carry naloxone kits with them on New Year's Eve to prevent fentanyl deaths... READ MORE›
TRUMP POISED TO NOMINATE SCOTT GOTTLIEB TO HEAD FDA
Between 2005 and 2007 Gottlieb was FDA deputy commissioner for medical and scientific affairs... READ MORE›
CVS HEALTH IS SUED OVER 'CLAWBACKS' OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG CO-PAYS
And CVS Caremark, according to the suit filed Monday in federal court in Rhode Island... READ MORE›
6 HOSPITALIZED ONE OF THEM BRAIN-DEAD AFTER DRUG TRIAL IN FRANCE
Deaths or serious adverse reactions during Phase 1 clinical trials are rare... READ MORE›
PHARMACEUTICAL GIANT PLANNED TO DESTROY STOCKS OF CANCER DRUGS TO FORCE PRICE HIKE - REPORT
However, it was not an isolated example of such aggressive policy as Aspen also actively tried to impose higher prices on its cancer drugs throughout Europe... READ MORE›
CANNABIS DRUG CUTS SEIZURES IN CHILDREN WITH SEVERE EPILEPSY IN TRIAL
On average, the seizures experienced by the children were reduced by nearly 40 percent and 43 percent of those taking cannabidiol saw their seizures cut by half... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S VOW TO CONTROL DRUG COSTS ALERTS ANOTHER INDUSTRY
Representative Elijah Cummings, a Democrat from Maryland, has led his party's charge against high drug prices... READ MORE›
'TRUMP IS RIGHT': BERNIE SANDERS HOPES TO MAKE DRUG PRICING DEAL WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT
'Trump is right' Bernie Sanders hopes to make drug pricing deal with president-elect -- RT America... READ MORE›
BERNIE SANDERS TELLS BIG PHARMA: STOP MAKING AMERICANS PAY TWICE
In 1989, NIH was granted the right to review the introductory prices of drugs that were produced with government research, over the objections of the pharmaceutical industry... READ MORE›
TRUMP HAS PROMISED TO KILL OBAMACARE
What Will Health Care Look Like Under Donald Trump? one headline in the morning news wondered... READ MORE›
TRUMP SENDS PHARMA STOCKS DOWN WITH NEW TWEET ON DRUG PRICES
J J reversed earlier losses and was up 0.1 percent, and Merck dropped 0.5 percent... READ MORE›
ECSTASY SOLD IN US IS LESS PURE AND MORE DANGEROUS THAN IN EUROPE, EXPERTS WARN
People in the US have good prescription drugs, are moderate drinkers, smart cannabis users, but poorly discerning MDMA users, Winstock said... READ MORE›
HOW A PHARMACEUTICAL FIRM PRICED ITS LIFE-SAVING DRUG AT $500K A YEAR
How pharmaceutical company Alexion set the price of the world's most expensive drug... READ MORE›
INVESTIGATORS TO RELEASE RECORDER DATA FROM TRAIN CRASH ON THURSDAY
Poor African women are chosen because they are the high-risk group... READ MORE›
DISMAY AS ALZHEIMER'S DRUG FAILS IN CLINICAL TRIALS
The results, based on 2,000 patients with mild dementia, are a significant blow because there are currently no treatments to slow the effects of Alzheimer's... READ MORE›
A DECADE OF DEADLOCK OVER ALZHEIMER'S TREATMENT MAY BE DRAWING TO A CLOSE
When Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's he recalled his wife's relief that he hadn't got a brain tumour... READ MORE›
PAMPLONA CAPITAL TO TAKE PAREXEL PRIVATE FOR $4.5 BILLION
Pamplona will pay 88.10 per share in cash for Parexel, representing a 5 percent premium to the stock's Monday close... READ MORE›
PHARMACISTS SUSPENDED OVER MISTAKES THAT LED TO PATIENT DEATHS
Leanne forbes and alexandra wilson dispensed incorrect prescriptions to patients who later died... READ MORE›
WHY ARE DRUG PRICES GOING UP? DEMOCRATIC POWER PLAYERS HELP PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY IN CONNECTICUT BATTLE
That same law firm lobbies for Cigna and for the health insurance industry's trade association in the state... READ MORE›
'HIGH RISK OF BIAS': DOCTOR RAISES DOUBTS OVER STUDY INTO MORNING-SICKNESS DRUG
For women with high risk of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, the society recommends vitamin B6 or Diclectin... READ MORE›
$65M AT STAKE IN FRAUD TRIAL FOR 'PHARMA BRO' MARTIN SHKRELI
Drug firm CEO Martin Shkreli could lose 65M stake in company if convicted of securities fraud... READ MORE›
BIG PHARMA LIMITING ACCESS TO DRUGS IN DEVELOPING WORLD
Nevertheless, Forbes reports that the pharmaceutical industry's average profit margin is almost 20 percent, exceeding that of banks, the oil and gas industries, and the media... READ MORE›
TRUMP PRESIDENCY COULD PROVE A SALVE FOR PHARMA MERGER DEALS
The Nasdaq Biotech Index rallied around 9 percent on Wednesday on news that Trump had won the election... READ MORE›
BEIJING BUYERS CLUB? CHINA'S CANCER PATIENTS GAMBLE ON GRAY MARKET
The overall 5-year survival rate for cancer in China is just over 30 percent, less than half the level in the United States, according to Deutsche Bank... READ MORE›
TRUMP SINKS PHARMA STOCKS ON MEDICARE DRUG PRICE NEGOTIATION
The Standard Poor's 500 Health Care Sector Index was little changed... READ MORE›
DIY DIAGNOSIS OF ILLNESS IS DANGEROUS TREND, SAY PHARMACISTS
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency advises patients never to share with others drugs they have been prescribed... READ MORE›
NASH THE NEXT UNTAPPED PHARMA MARKET GIVES INVESTORS MANY OPTIONS
It presented promising data for its lead NASH candidate at the big European liver meeting in Amsterdam that ended on Sunday... READ MORE›
J&J RAISES ACTELION TAKEOVER PRESSURE WITH HIGHER PRICE
Actelion shares closed up 10 percent at 209 Swiss francs, just off a record high, following news of the higher offer... READ MORE›