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The current pricing of cancer treatments is unsustainable

World of DTC Marketing

needs to take substantial steps to address the high costs of cancer drugs. From 2009 to 2019, the median monthly treatment costs for new drugs at launch reached $11,755 in the U.S… From 2009-10 to 2018-19, the lowest average monthly costs for new cancer drugs approved by the U.S. SUMMARY: The U.S.

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Thursday pharma headlines

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Merck’s old drugs are under more scrutiny, and anti-vaxxers are causing problems by cherry-picking unreliable information. Amgen CEO Bob Bradway racked up a 2018 pay package of $18.6 prescriptions of finasteride, as the drug is known, for hair loss increased to over 2.4 ” Ouch. Annual U.S.

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MedRhythms Announces FDA Listing of InTandem™ (MR-001) to Improve Walking and Ambulation in Adults with Chronic Stroke

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This important milestone enables the world’s first prescription music platform, and is a remarkable day for our company, for music, for healthcare, and most importantly for stroke survivors.” The burden on patient functioning is also profound.

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Clinical trials and pregnancy: regulators weigh in

Clarivate

Drug developers often face a Catch-22 regarding clinical trials and pregnancy. How feasible is it to establish a drug’s safety for use in a population that may be unwilling or unable to participate in clinical trials? We look at the outcome of a recent Food and Drug Administration meeting and their draft guidance for more information.

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FDA proposes new model for easy-to-understand prescription guides

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new model for prescription medication guides for brand name and generic drugs, to increase accessibility and reduce medication nonadherence. The agency describes the current system as “confusing, conflicting, incomplete, or repetitive”, based on study data.

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Three biggest threats to healthcare

World of DTC Marketing

Launch prices of new cancer drugs in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). billion estimated cumulative spending on the new oral targeted cancer drugs by the end of 2018. billion estimated cumulative spending on the new oral targeted cancer drugs by the end of 2018. billion in 1970.

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Pharma panics over patent wavers

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Some say pharma should be allowed to make as much as they want because we live in a capitalist society but JAMA recently found out that price increases in branded drugs means that people will often go without their medications. But what about the costs to develop new drugs and the failure rates?

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