FDA approves $84,000 a treatment hepatitis C drug
By Associated Press Posted: December 7, 2013 – 9:30 am ET Tags: Associated Press (AP), Pharmaceuticals, Physicians, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) U.S. health officials have approved a highly anticipated hepatitis C drug from Gilead Sciences that is expected to offer a faster, more palatable cure to millions of people infected with the liver-destroying virus. The Food and…
Improved medication use could have saved $200 billion, IMS study shows
By Jaimy Lee Posted: June 19, 2013 – 8:00 am ET An estimated $200 billion could have been saved last year if patients and clinicians improved the way they use medications, according to a new study from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.Medication nonadherence, misuse of antibiotics and other so-called “avoidable costs” lead to millions of unnecessary…
FDA panel favors easing safety limits on Avandia
By Associated Press Posted: June 6, 2013 – 5:00 pm ET Federal health experts are recommending changes to safety restrictions on former blockbuster diabetes pill Avandia, in light of a new analysis suggesting that the drug may not increase the risk of heart attack as much as previously thought. A majority on a Food and Drug…
Painful side effects
Painful side effects Drug-abuse problems evade paltry anti-fraud efforts in Medicare Part D Modern Healthcare By Joe Carlson Posted: April 12, 2013 – 12:01 am ET Tags: Fraud, Legal, Medicare, Pharmaceuticals, Regular Feature The abuse of prescription painkillers causes more fatalities than heroin and cocaine use combined—more than 40 deaths every day. Yet programs that could stop the types of…