by Jordana Choucair | May 25, 2022 | Life Sciences
Senators Maria Cantwell and Chuck Grassley introduced legislation that would prohibit certain pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from engaging in unfair pricing tactics such as “spread pricing” or deceptive claw back payments made to pharmacies. The “Pharmacy Benefit...
by Jordana Choucair | May 25, 2022 | Life Sciences
Pfizer Inc. said it will sell 23 of its patent-protected drugs and vaccines at not-for-profit prices to 45 low-income countries beginning later this year, including treatments for cancer, heart conditions, and autoimmune diseases. In 2020, sales to developing...
by Jordana Choucair | May 25, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Trust for America’s Health and Well Being Trust released data indicating that there was a 20 percent year-over-year increase in deaths connected with alcohol, drugs, and suicide in 2020. There was a total of 186,763 substance misuse deaths – the highest number...
by Jordana Choucair | May 25, 2022 | Payers
A new analysis found that the No Surprises Act prevented more than two million potential surprise medical bills across all commercially insured patients in the first two months of 2022. It further estimated that, should the trend hold true, more than 12 million...
by Jordana Choucair | May 25, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
A shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas killed 19 students and two adults, marking the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade since 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.The gunman was killed by law...
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