Novartis, Merck and Allergan join those raising U.S. drug prices for 2020
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Novartis AG, Merck & Co Inc and Allergan Plc were among companies that raised U.S. prices on more than 100 prescription medicines on Friday, bringing the…
CVS drug coverage plan based on outside pricing review is off to a slow start
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) health plan that uses an outside drug pricing group to help it decide whether to cover certain new medicines has gained…
Trump administration to appeal ruling blocking price disclosure for drug ads
FILE PHOTO: Bottles of drugs sit on the shelf at the Rock Canyon Pharmacy, in Provo, Utah, U.S., May 9, 2019. REUTERS/GEORGE FREY (Reuters) – The Trump administration is appealing…
Trump firms up plan to import medicines; pharma companies resist
(Reuters) – The Trump administration took a step Wednesday toward allowing importation of medicines from Canada, an action the president has advocated as a way to bring cheaper prescription drugs…
Exclusive: White House preparing order that would cut drug prices for Medicare: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a sweeping executive order that would cut prices on virtually all branded prescription drugs sold to Medicare and other government…
Senators announce bipartisan proposal to lower drug prices
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The top Republican and Democrat on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee announced a proposal to lower prescription drug prices on Tuesday that could save $100 billion…
Senators announce bipartisan proposal to lower drug prices
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The top Republican and Democrat on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee announced a proposal to lower prescription drug prices on Tuesday that could save $100 billion…
U.S. judge strikes down Trump administration rule requiring drug prices in TV ads
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday dealt a blow to the Trump administration by striking down a new rule that would have forced pharmaceutical companies to include the wholesale…
U.S. drugmakers file lawsuit against requiring drug prices in TV ads
FILE PHOTO: Used blister packets that contained medicines, tablets and pills are seen, in this picture illustration taken June 30, 2018. REUTERS/Russell Boyce/Illustration (Reuters) – U.S. drugmakers filed a lawsuit…
The obscure advisory committees at the heart of the U.S. drug pricing debate
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Expectations were high last year for three new migraine drugs hitting the market from Amgen Inc, Eli Lilly and Co and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. Amgen’s migraine treatment,…