January 15, 2019 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. Memorial Sloan Kettering bars top executives from pharma boards Full story 2. GoodRx offers discounts to employees affected by government shutdown Full story 3. Physician assistant admits role in $1B Medicare fraud scheme…
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January 10, 2019 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. Amazon dominates pharma dinner talk, but no new morsels from host, JPMorgan CEO Full story 2. Why drug prices keep going up Full story 3. Massachusetts biotech proposes installment plan to buy its…
January 8, 2019 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. Hospital-owned drug company attracts 12 more health systems Full story 2. How nurses are becoming integral to pharma marketing: 7 notes Full story 3. Bristol-Myers to buy Celgene for $74B Full story 4.…
January 3, 2019 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. Class-action suit against Merck puts common drugmaker defense to Supreme Court test Full story 2. Cleveland Clinic fires physician over anti-Semitic comments Full story 3. January’s first drug price hikes average 6.3%: 5…
December 27, 2018 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. 28 pharma companies will hike prices in January after 2018 price freeze Full story 2. ‘Alarming’ levels of drug-resistant bacteria found in ICU patients, study says Full story 3. CHS to close 2…
December 20, 2018 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. Walgreens partners with Verily to cut healthcare costs Full story 2. Pharmacy owner gets prison time for role in $8.4M billing fraud scheme Full story 3. Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline to create powerhouse OTC drug…
December 18, 2018 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. Senate bill would let HHS block exorbitant hikes for prescription drugs Full story 2. Kroger launches discount program for out-of-pocket prescription drugs Full story 3. Massachusetts pharmacy owner guilty in tainted drug plot…
December 13, 2018 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. House passes drug-pricing bill targeting ‘big pharma’s games’ Full story 2. Target to pay $3M after allegedly refilling prescriptions without patient OK Full story 3. Pharmaceutical company files for bankruptcy, receives $200M takeover…
December 11, 2018 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. Probe of US generic drug ‘cartel’ grows to 16 companies, 47 states Full story 2. Amazon’s healthcare hiring spree: 4 things to know Full story 3. Glassdoor: 9 best hospitals to work for…
December 6, 2018 TODAY’S TOP STORIES 1. Walgreens launches next-day prescription delivery with FedEx Full story 2. Bipartisan drug pricing bill to crack down on ‘big pharma’s games’: 4 things to know Full story 3. Walmart, 3 pharma companies sued…