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Valeant's CEO is heading for a grilling, but it looks like Congress isn't discouraging drug-price hikes
Leaked testimony ahead of the hearing shows Pearson will say he regrets raising the prices of the h…
Lydia Ramsey
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Everybody is talking about the high cost of prescription drugs. Here's who's actually responsible for the prices you pay.
On Tuesday, CEOs and executives from seven pharmaceutical companies are testifying at a Senate hear…
Lydia Ramsey,Skye Gould
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Dispensed: Pharma middlemen get their day in the hot seat, life at Flatiron Health a year after acquisition, and almost $1 billion invested in clinical trial startups
With that, I'll let you head into your weekend with the knowledge that Kate McKinnon and Jennifer L…
Lydia Ramsey
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Congress just painted a seriously confusing picture about prescription drugs - here's what they got wrong
It's a complicated system - one that's easy to get upset about - and the four-hour-plus hearing is …
Lydia Ramsey
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Dispensed: Pharma CEOs on Capitol Hill, the exploding CBD market, and treating kids with new models of primary care
I had the scoop on Parsley Health's expansion into pediatrics. It was interesting to understand how…
Lydia Ramsey
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Hospitals say Valeant may be blowing off the government more than we thought
"The drugmaker's chief executive officer says the discounts are available to all. Yet according to …
Linette Lopez
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Elizabeth Warren had one question for the maker of EpiPen, and the CEO couldn't answer it at all
In Mylan's case, Warren wants a breakdown of: how many people have used Mylan's coupons and program…
Linette Lopez
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Notorious former pharma CEO Martin Shkreli plans to say absolutely nothing if he goes before Congress
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), ranking member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sa…
Lydia Ramsey,Reuters
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Congressman: Shkreli claims to want to explain himself, now he'll get his chance
"I have been trying for the better part of a year to get information from Martin Shkreli about his …
Lydia Ramsey
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Congress just gave the maker of EpiPen another nasty deadline
"Failing to disclose tax assumptions that formed the basis for the $100 profit per pack claim, desp…
Linette Lopez
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CONGRESSMAN: Drug companies should be 'screaming at the top of their lungs' against price hikes
We've got some legislation out there, but I think the public is going to have a phenomenal impact o…
Lydia Ramsey
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These powerful but little-known companies that have been blamed for high drug prices are now coming out of the shadows for a congressional interrogation
Those companies are pharmacy-benefit managers (PBMs), and their very role is to negotiate drug pric…
Emma Court
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Pharma companies want the government to do something about high drug prices, so long as it's not forcing them to lower their drug prices
On other issues, such as on proposals to let the government negotiate lower prices directly through…
Lydia Ramsey
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Valeant's CEO was clueless when analysts asked about a specialty pharmacy his company deals with
"We have not heard anything from Valeant about Direct Success Pharmacy since. As we are interested …
Linette Lopez
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A frightening new book on the safety of generic drugs could send India’s pharma industry into an even deeper pit
Drug makers in India have relied on Americans to buy a big chunk their produce for a long time now…
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Martin Shkreli blasted members of Congress right after refusing to answer their questions
Shkreli, the former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, became infamous when, as CEO, he raised the pric…
Julia La Roche
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US prescription drug prices are set to climb higher, after drugmakers put them on pause in response to Trump's tweet-shaming
Drugmakers have put price hikes on a low simmer since July, when President Donald Trump publicly sh…
Emma Court
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Martin Shkreli is still refusing to answer to the US government for jacking up the price of a critical drug, and he's not alone
Already, Valeant, run by J. Michael Pearson, and Turing, run by Martin Shkreli, have rebuffed reque…
Lydia Ramsey
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Congress just fired a shot against its next drug-pricing target - and its shares took a hit
Xtandi was developed by California-based biopharmaceutical company Medivation and Japan's Astellas …
Lydia Ramsey
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SHKRELI'S LAWYER: My client 'is a hero'
Shkreli argued that if he spoke, he could say something that would incriminate him in an unrelated …