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After protests, pharma industry reaches 'landmark' drug spending deal with UK government

Fierce Pharma

s drug pricing policy, the pharma industry has secured a new government spending deal featuring a higher revenue cap and an innovative drug-friendly rebate mechanism. s drug pricing policy, the pharma industry has secured an improved government spending deal. After blasting the U.K.’s After blasting the U.K.’s

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US Prescription Drug Costs More Than Double Those in Canada [Sponsored]

MedCity News

look to Canada for more affordable prescription options since the Canadian government regulates drug costs. Increasingly, patients in the U.S. Some companies have noticed and are beginning to capitalize on the demand.

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Answering 7 Key Questions About Change Healthcare’s Cyberattack

MedCity News

The aftermath the cyberattack on Change Healthcare remains messy, with patients across the country still struggling to obtain their prescriptions. The federal government has even stepped in to help address the fallout of the attack, urging payers to quickly alleviate the digital bottlenecks that providers and pharmacies are facing.

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UK approves prescription-only melatonin drug for childhood ADHD

Pharmaceutical Technology

Melatonin has a prescription-only status and is strictly regulated in the UK, making this the first time it has been approved for use in this indication. Colonis then sent a corrective letter to the recipients, but a Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority panel pointed out that it didn’t specify this was required by the MHRA.

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The debate on DTC marketing is going to heat up again

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: DTC marketing is not the reason why prescription drugs cost so much. Here are some myths around DTC marketing: 1ne: DTC ads result in patients asking for prescriptions they don’t need. 2wo: DTC marketing is one of the reasons prescription drugs cost so much. DTC ads raise awareness around health conditions.

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Pharma dodges a bullet, for now

World of DTC Marketing

Medicare’s innovation center may be the best avenue for lowering drug costs if provisions empowering government price negotiation don’t’ make it into a sweeping domestic spending package. For now, drug companies are free to overcharge Medicare for prescription drugs. Click to Tweet.

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Experts: It Will Take More Than Government Regulation of Pharmacy Benefit Managers to Lower Drug Costs

PharmExec

Proposed legislation aims to address pharmacy benefit manager tactics to reduce prescription drug prices.