The Latest Breaking News from Prescription Drug

Mark Cuban, the billionaire “Shark Tank” celebrity and Dallas Mavericks owner, is getting attention again — this time for his Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co., which seeks to reduce prescription drug prices for Americans. A new study finds that Medicare could have saved $3.6 billion in 2020 if it…

AstraZeneca Plc (NASDAQ:AZN) announced high-level results from a planned interim analysis of the AEGEAN Phase 3 trial of Imfinzi (durvalumab) combined with neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The data showed that Imfinzi plus neoadjuvant chemo before surgery demonstrated a statistically significant and meaningful improvement in pathologic complete…

BOSTON — A new study out of Brigham and Women’s Hospital shows how newly marketed brand-name drugs in the U.S. are driving up health care spending, resulting in “detrimental effects for patient access and affordability.”

The Federal Trade Commission is starting an inquiry into the operations of pharmacy benefit managers who control access to prescription drugs for millions of Americans

The FDA signaled in briefing documents released that it may approve Bluebird bio Inc's (NASDAQ:BLUE) beti-cel gene therapy to treat β-thalassemia for those who require regular blood transfusions. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal dates for beti-cel and eli-cel are August 19 and September 16. Bluebird bio's blood disorder treatment demonstrates "clinically meaningful"…

Yellen says president’s proposed spending legislation could help lower costs for Americans, including for prescription drugs and clean energy initiatives

Not long ago, Republicans in the Missouri Legislature were citing the need to protect patient privacy as the justification for blocking a statewide prescription drug database to address opioid addiction. Pro-privacy Republicans are suddenly in short supply now that patients’ rights are under direct attack in the abortion debate.

Something strange happened between the time Linda Griffith signed up for a new Medicare prescription drug plan during last fall’s enrollment period and when she tried to fill her first prescription in January.

Frontline workers are encountering more people using heroin, benzodiazepines and other tranquillising prescription drugs in Western Australia after the state's border closure.