#drug pricing

Insurance companies can no longer implement harmful co-pay accumulator policies.

In fact, antiviral drugs account for nearly 14 percent of total drug costs in the program.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.

If the price is lowered with a generic version of PrEP, activists say, “we could end the HIV epidemic without a vaccine.”

A look at the 2019 State of the Union address

Older drugs, many on the market for years, are rising in cost much faster than inflation.

A new study examines the clinical and economic impact of new direct-acting antivirals.

Stocks of drug companies are rising—and that’s not a good sign for consumers.

The FDA commissioner wants drugmakers to “end the shenanigans.”

He’ll oversee the FDA, Medicare and Medicaid at a time when soaring drug prices remain a contentious political topic.

U.S. lawmakers say appointing Azar is like putting “the pharmaceutical fox in charge of the health care henhouse.”

Last week, the president announced that biosimilar drugs would no longer get special incentives on state Medicaid markets.

Outlined in a Health Affairs Blog post, the recommendations come from the Treatment Action Group and the Fair Pricing Coalition.

Over the last three years, the price of the drug delivery device has shot up more than 500 percent.

He also told pharma leaders: “We have to get prices down. We have no choice.”

Tom Price now faces a Senate confirmation hearing.