Patients feel entitled to drug discount programs when they're prescribed an expensive medication, according to a recent study.
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Many pharmaceutical company executives are concerned over Brexit's impact on the European drug market, but Joe Jimenez, CEO Switzerland-based Novartis, doesn't fall in that category.
Government spending on compounded drugs has soared, causing federal investigators to question the possibility of fraud and overbilling, according to Kaiser Health News.
The amount of generic rivals available in relation to a brand name treatment can affect drug costs, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The Food and Drug Administration approved San Diego-based Arena Pharmaceuticals' Belviq XR extended-release tablets.
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Jounce Therapeutics entered into a $2.5 billion investment agreement with Summit, N.J.-based Celgene to develop a new immunotherapy drug, according to Reuters.
The Food and Drug Administration and CDC are urging clinicians to abstain from using liquid docusate sodium products for any medical purpose due to contamination.
Creating more efficient processes for ordering, transporting and storing blood can save health systems millions of dollars and significantly reduce the amount of blood wasted, according to a task force from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.
Last month, Indonesian police unearthed a drug-counterfeiting ring that had been selling fake vaccines for more than a decade. Now, health facilities are beginning revaccination efforts as new information on the scandal comes to light, according to Reuters.
The University of Minnesota's Center for Magnetic Resonance Research sent bone cells to the International Space Station Monday to learn more about gravity's effect on bone mass.