Tag: drug

Brainstorm Health: Civica Rx Headquarters, Lilly Pfizer Pain Drug, Flu Season

Apr 20 2019- POSTED BY Loknath Das

Last year, a coalition of major health systems banded together on an ambitious project to create a nonprofit generic drug company. […]

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Big Pharma’s Go-To Defense of Soaring Drug Prices Doesn’t Add Up

Mar 24 2019- POSTED BY Loknath Das

How is it that pharmaceutical companies can charge patients $100,000, $200,000, or even $500,000 a year for drugs—many of which […]

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It Will Take More Than Transparency To Reduce Drug Prices, Economists Say

Mar 23 2019- POSTED BY Loknath Das

One of the Trump administration’s proposals would change the prices Medicare pays for certain prescription drugs by factoring in the […]

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Another promising Alzheimer’s drug trial ends in failure: ‘This one hurts’

Mar 22 2019- POSTED BY Loknath Das

It’s another devastating blow in the search for a treatment for patients living with Alzheimer’s disease. Pharmaceutical giant Biogen and […]

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Lilly Korea to test rheumatoid arthritis drug for hair loss treatment

Mar 09 2019- POSTED BY Loknath Das

Lilly Korea is to conduct a clinical trial on rheumatoid arthritis drug Olumiant (ingredient: baricitinib) to check whether it will […]

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Big Pharma CEOs tell senators they won’t reduce drug costs without other reforms

Feb 27 2019- POSTED BY Loknath Das

WASHINGTON – Senators challenged top executives of seven pharmaceutical companies on the spiraling costs of prescription drugs. The CEOs of Pfizer, Merck, […]

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Drug price regulator’s wings clipped

Jan 22 2019- POSTED BY Loknath Das

NEW DELHI: The Union government on Monday formed a committee housed in its think tank NITI Aayog to recommend medicines for […]

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FDA-Approved Skin Care Drug Found to Reverse Severe Hair Loss

Dec 08 2018- POSTED BY Loknath Das

FDA-Approved Skin Care Drug Found to Reverse Severe Hair Loss Julie Ricevuto , Digital Beauty Editor | October 17, 2018 […]

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It melts plastic and can kill – so why is club drug GHB on the rise?

Nov 25 2018- POSTED BY Loknath Das

It was known as a date rape drug, then linked to chemsex parties. How did a spray or two of […]

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