What Would a ‘Hard Brexit’ Mean for the United States?
If the British fail to negotiate a soft exit from the E.U. American car manufacturers, drugmakers, and banks could all suffer.
Browsing Tag
Pharmaceutical
10 posts
Trump Complains the FDA Is Slow, but It’s Already Faster to Approve Drugs Than Its Counterpart
The issue of whether the Food and Drug Administration approves new medicines fast enough has taken on a…
What You Don’t Know About the Cost of Grandma’s Prescription
Trump wants to drive down the costs of prescription drugs in the United States, which are much higher…
Spending on Medicare’s Drug Program Is Out of Control
Forty-one health providers prescribed more than $5 million in drugs in 2011. Last year, that jumped to 514.…
Why Big Pharma’s Argument for Its High Drug Prices Doesn’t Make Sense
America is only middle-of-the-road when it comes to innovation for dollar spent. By Francie Diep (Photo: hopkinsii/Flickr) Drug…
Science Explains Why Prescription Drugs Cost So Much in America
And what we can do about it. By Francie Diep (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Why do prescription drugs…
The Senate Approved a Huge Opioid Bill, but Will It Work?
The Senate approved a sweeping bill last week aimed at combating opioid addiction in the United States. The…
Co-Pay Coupons Might Save You Money Now, but They’re Used to Keep Drug Prices High
Consumers love saving money using drug copay coupons. But by upending the benefit structure of health insurers, these…
One Nice Meal Can Change a Doctor’s Prescribing Habits
Big pharma’s hidden path to doctors’ pens: through their stomachs. By Francie Diep (Photo: Benjamin Horn/Flickr) Sometimes, it’s…
Big Pharma Reveals a Biomedical Replication Crisis
The replication crisis extends well beyond the social sciences. Who will save the biomedical scientists? By Kate Wheeling…