Cigna CEO Says Ending Benefits Manager Rebates Won’t Harm Commercial Market February 4, 2019 By Saumya Joseph and Tamara Mathias The U.S. government’s proposal to eliminate rebates that pharmacy benefit managers receive from drugmakers will not have a meaningful impact...
Eli Lilly Posts Drug Price on Website But Not in TV Ads January 11, 2019 By Linda A. Johnson Drugmaker Eli Lilly has started posting price information online for drugs advertised on TV. On Jan. 8, the company began...
California Governor Signs Order to Tackle Drug Prices in First Act January 8, 2019 By Sharon Bernstein Hours into his new job, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Monday that could dramatically reshape the...
Drug Ads on TV Would Show Prices Under Trump Administration Proposal October 16, 2018 The U.S. government, in an effort to increase pressure on drugmakers to lower costs for U.S. consumers, said on Monday...
Why Patent ‘Shenanigans’ Share Blame for High Cost of Drugs December 29, 2017 By Robert Langreth and Cynthia Koons Bob Kelsey can’t afford a cancer drug that could save his life. The retired firefighter, 53, needs Revlimid to stay...
Clinton Targets High Drug Prices, Consumer Marketing September 23, 2015 By Amanda Becker U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposed on Tuesday a $250 monthly cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs and other...
Prescription Benefit Managers Excluding More High-Priced Drugs November 26, 2014 By Robert Langreth Steve Miller is waging war on high- priced medicine, guiding decisions to ban drugs from the health plans of millions...