The drug Sovaldi, manufactured by Foster City, Calif.-based Gilead Sciences, has garnered a lot of attention for its hefty price tag, coming in at $1,000 per pill, or up to $84,000 for a full course of hepatitis C treatment.
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In a letter to the editor in Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, Brian Biesman, MD, director of the Nashville (Tenn.) Centre for Laser and Facial Surgery, and Neelam Patel of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, alert physicians to…
The time to market for medical devices can be a lengthy commercialization process, but 3-D printing may help quicken the timeline, according to a Plastics Today report.
A group of 26 physician organizations wrote to CMS asking for further clarification and context regarding upcoming public reporting of data showing how much drug makers pay physicians.
Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier sent a letter to the chairmen and ranking members on the Finance and Ways and Means Committees voicing its support for the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014.
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Irving, Texas-based Novation has named Mundelein, Ill.-based Medline the 2013 Medical Supplier of the Year.
The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California has charged FedEx for allegedly knowingly distributing controlled substances and prescription drugs to consumers in the U.S. who do not have a valid prescription, according to a news release from the…
GE Healthcare has issued a Class I recall of its single-width airway modules and accessories and extension modules, due to the CO2 detectors failing or providing incorrect CO2 values for mechanically and spontaneous ventilated patients.
St. Louis-based Amerinet and Wayne, Pa.-based Teleflex have signed an agreement in which Amerinet members will have access to Teleflex's surgical instruments at discounted rates.
Dallas-based MD Buyline has released its Q2 2014 User Satisfaction Trending Data, available to MD Buyline members.