Sentences with phrase «of drug pricing»

And these lobbying budgets are increasing, with more policymakers turning their attention to the issue of drug pricing.

This is a hefty price tag yet may be necessary to compete in the increasingly competitive healthcare space in the face of drug pricing pressures.

This is a bold and hefty price tag to pay yet may be necessary to compete in the increasingly competitive healthcare space in the face of drug pricing pressures.

There is, of course, a never - ending debate about the ethics of drug pricing.

It issued six recommendations to ensure alignment of drug prices with their value, promote use of high - value drugs, and support innovation in cancer drug development.

And within a span of six weeks this fall, Hillary Clinton caused a drop in biotech stocks with a tweet calling for greater regulation of drug prices, then single - handedly tanked stocks of private - corrections companies when she tweeted about prison reform.

They're also a way for middle men to take a cut of drug prices, according to frustrated drugmakers.

The same outside adviser, who was unidentified in Tuesday's release, advised that a package of assistance programs to patients would: «force reporters to focus on the byzantine nature of drug pricing and health care and ensure the patient message gets out... specifically tie profits from Daraprim to the research and development of a new and more effective treatment for Daraprim patients.

Meanwhile, rapid escalation of drug prices continues unabated.

Lawmakers and regulators (and presidential hopefuls) have been ramping up their scrutiny of drug pricing practices amid several flagrant instances of alleged price gouging (see Turing Pharmaceuticalsand Valeant), and consumer advocates are becoming more vocal about the price of even generic pharmaceuticals.

It will be interesting to see how Witty takes on this new role on the opposite end of the drug price war.

Fujian Drug Price Reform Letter: Letter seeking delayed implementation of drug price reform pilot Read the full comment letter...

Infuriating members of Congress, a smirking Martin Shkreli took the Fifth at a Capitol Hill hearing Thursday when asked about his jacking up of drug prices, then promptly went on Twitter and insulted his questioners as «imbeciles.»

He pointed out, too, that the rate of drug price hikes has been declining in recent quarters — an indication, he said, that even without political action, «the pricing environment today is already dramatically different from what it was in 2013 to 2015.»

JL: As I was trying to run through modern day boogie men, I kept coming back to Martin Shkreli [the guy convicted of drug price gauging].

Sanofi's CEO On The New York Times» Criticism Of Drug Prices And Surviving The Patent Cliff — Forbes

Theoretically, better regulation of drugs pricing might increase the cost efficiency of the health system, without changing other aspects.

Federal investigators are also said to be looking at the issue of drug prices, and several companies, including Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, have said they have received subpoenas.