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How much difference will Eli Lilly’s half-price insulin make?
Lilly’s move on Humalog could put pressure on the other two big makers of insulin to act.
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Delaying antibiotics in elderly with UTI linked to higher sepsis, death rates
Older patients who were prescribed antibiotics immediately after a UTI diagnosis had the best outcomes in a large study.
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Big pharma says it can’t drop drug list prices alone
The problem, they say, is the financial structure of drug delivery that ties list prices and their associated rebates to formulary placement.
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Antidepressants may be best add-on to antipsychotics in schizophrenia
“The possibility that adjunctive use of gabapentin is associated with increased risk of death raises a serious concern.”
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McAneny: Transparency needed for meaningful talk on drug pricing
WASHINGTON – Transparency in marketing needs to be achieved in a way that does not hinder development of life-saving therapies, says AMA President...
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CMS proposes coverage of CAR T-cell therapy in trials
A final decision on the proposal is expected by May 2019.
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HHS to target step therapy, Stark Law in 2019
HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar II said that these approaches are currently “penny-wise and pound-foolish” in a value-based care environment.
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Cloud of inconsistency hangs over cannabis data
Number of medical cannabis users is up more than 10-fold since 2009, available data show.
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Antidepressants for chronic pain
Certain agents may mitigate pain associated with neuropathy, fibromyalgia, headache, and IBS.