Category: prescription drug

LIVE NOW: Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Prescription Drug Supply Chain

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing on Pharmacy Benefit Managers and the Prescription Drug Supply Chain: Impact on Patients and Taxpayers at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 30.   …


Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Prescription Drug Supply Chain

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing on Pharmacy Benefit Managers and the Prescription Drug Supply Chain: Impact on Patients and Taxpayers at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 30.   …


Opioids @ Work: Hidden Scourge Sapping the Economy

Strung out on drugs half her life, Brandi Edwards, 29, said the longest she held a job before getting sober four years ago was “about two and a half months.” “I worked at an AT&T call center, a day-care center for a month, fast food places, but I had to take drugs to get out…


Texas Pharma Company Inflated Prices Over 400 Times Above Cost to Claim Fraudulent Reimbursements: DOJ

The Department of Justice has filed a complaint against a Houston-based company for falsely inflating pharmaceutical ingredient prices to over 400 times the actual cost for the purposes of defrauding TRICARE, a federal health care program. According to a press release on Nov. 8, the DOJ filed the complaint under the False Claims Act against…


Biden Urges Congress To Let Medicare Negotiate Cost Of Prescription Drugs

President Joe Biden on Thursday detailed his administration’s plans to lower the cost of prescription drugs while calling on Congress to help tackle the issue by reducing high prices of life-saving medication. Speaking from the East Room of the White House, Biden said he aims to help lower prescription drug costs nationwide as part of the…


Biden Urges Congress to Let Medicare Negotiate Cost of Prescription Drugs in Efforts to Reduce High Prices

President Joe Biden on Thursday detailed his administration’s plans to lower the cost of prescription drugs while calling on Congress to help tackle the issue by reducing high prices of life-saving medication. Speaking from the East Room of the White House, Biden said he aims to help lower prescription drug costs nationwide as part of the…