article thumbnail

The rise of prescription drug abuse and drug diversion

pharmaphorum

As prescription drug abuse has grown in the US and Europe, the diversion of such treatments from legitimate sources has also increased. Drug diversion is the channelling of prescription drugs from a medical source into the illegal market.

article thumbnail

New FDA head needs to examine the accelerated approval program

World of DTC Marketing

The analysis focused on Medicare Part B and Part D spending — which covers outpatient medical care and prescription drugs, respectively, — in 2017, 2018 and 2019, the researchers said. Between 2011 and 2018, cumulative spending on 44 FDA-approved oral targeted therapy drugs was $3.5

FDA 234
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

FDA extends review of GSK’s myelofibrosis drug

Pharmaceutical Technology

The FDA will make an approval decision by the new Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) target action date of 16 September 2023. Myelofibrosis is a rare bone marrow cancer that causes the dysfunctional production of blood cells, leading to extensive bone marrow scarring, causing severe anaemia.

article thumbnail

Sorry, the Inflation Bill won’t lower healthcare costs

World of DTC Marketing

It’s no wonder that voters consistently rank bringing down prescription drug prices and other measures to reduce the cost of care as among Congress’ top priorities. Congress rightly chose to negioate drug prices for Medicare, but prescription drugs are only 10-12% of every healthcare dollar we spend. percent of U.S.

article thumbnail

A Powerful Point-of-Sale Partnership that Delivers on the Promise of Affordable Insulin

PM360

It leverages GoodRx’s reach and scale to broaden access and affordability for people living with diabetes and means that all Americans with a valid prescription, regardless of insurance status, can use GoodRx at over 70,000 U.S. The price is available to cash-paying patients with a valid prescription. General Medicines at Sanofi. “We

Retail 52
article thumbnail

Specialty Treatments Require a New Approach to Affordability

PM360

As a mission-driven company and digital healthcare leader, GoodRx has helped patients obtain an estimated 80 million prescriptions they otherwise may not have been able to afford. Figure 1: Share of net spending for specialty and traditional prescription medications. The Uses—and Costs—of Specialty Treatments Keep Rising A U.S.

article thumbnail

Ep. 003 – Ritesh Patel Podcast Transcript

Pharma Marketing Network

At the moment, it started off with, you know, five 8 10 million in 2011. And the number of deals that are going up, sort of number of deals that are being done are also going up from a high of 300 in 2011, to about 800 deals in 2018. And it’s gone up to about 30 million. So we’ve seen the deals are becoming larger.

Pharma 52