FTC Approves Bristol-Myers Squibb and Celgene Merger, Two FTC Commissioners Issue Strong Dissents
Last Friday, November 15th, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its approval of the merger of the two drug companies...
Legal Challenges to State PBM Laws
This year many state legislatures have enacted laws to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and require increased transparency and...
American College of Physicians Calls for Transparency From Pharmacy Benefit Managers
In a new position paper, the American College of Physicians (a national organization with over 154,000 members) called for sweeping...
New Report Finds That Employers Are Increasingly Making Employees Pay Higher Prices for Drugs
The Kaiser Family Foundation just released their 2019 Employer Health Benefits Survey, and it contains disturbing news. It concludes that...
At Axios Forum, Secretaries and Legislators Push for Measures to Lower Drug Prices
This morning, Axios held a forum in downtown Washington D.C. and prescription drug costs and the latest legislation. During the hour long...
Department of Health and Human Services Sues Gilead for Patent Infringement and Ripping Off Taxpayer
A lot of prescription drug research, development, and innovation is funded by taxpayers through the National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
Florida's Plan to Import More Affordable Drugs Is Moving Forward
This week, Florida legislators heard that plans are moving forward to import more affordable prescription drugs from Canada, and that...
