Remove tag marketing
article thumbnail

STAT+: Drugmaker raises the price of an old chemo medicine tenfold amid persistent shortages

STAT

Amid sporadic shortages of a drug that is essential in preparing patients for lifesaving, cancer-fighting treatments, one manufacturer has returned to the market — but is selling its medicine for 10 to 20 times the prices offered by the only other companies with available supplies. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

Dosage 255
article thumbnail

STAT+: Medicare will take R&D costs, effectiveness into account when it negotiates drug prices. But studies show that doesn’t affect prices

STAT

Two recent studies aimed to quantify how much R&D costs impact a drug’s price, and how much a drug’s effectiveness correlates with its price — factors that might, in theory, help justify a sizable price tag. But neither factor has much effect, the studies concluded. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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

PharmaShots Weekly Snapshot (August 20-24, 2018)

PharmaShots

Eisai's and Merck Announces EU's Marketing Approval of Lenvima (lenvatinib mesylate) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Published: 23 Aug,2018 | Tags: Eisai, Merck, Approval, Lenvima, HCC, 2. Pfizer to co-promote Exact Sciences Cologuard Published: 22 Aug,2018 | Tags: Exact, Pfizer, Agreement, Promote, Cologuard 7.

article thumbnail

PharmaShots Weekly Snapshots (April 03 - 07, 2023)

PharmaShots

TG Therapeutics Receives EMA’s CHMP Positive Opinion of Briumvi (ublituximab-xiiy) for the Treatment of Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis Date: Apr 3, 2023 | Tags: TG Therapeutics, Briumvi, Ublituximab-xiiy, Multiple Sclerosis, Regulatory, EMA, CHMP BMS Receives EMA’s CHMP Positive Opinion of Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel) for (..)

article thumbnail

PharmaShots Weekly Snapshots (March 20 - 24, 2023)

PharmaShots

PTC Therapeutics’ Upstaza (eladocagene exuparvovec) Receives NICE Recommendation for the Treatment of AADC Deficiency Date: Mar 24, 2023 | Tags: PTC Therapeutics, Upstaza, eladocagene exuparvovec, AADC Deficiency, Regulatory, NICE Onconova Therapeutics Entered into a Research Collaboration with Pangea Biomed to Identify Biomarkers for Cancer (..)

article thumbnail

STAT+: Pharmalittle: New York officials press pharmacy chains over abortion pill; Sanders pushes bill for $20 insulin cap

STAT

 Two recent studies aimed to quantify how much R&D costs impact a drug’s price, and how much effectiveness correlates with its price — factors that might, in theory, help justify a sizable price tag. Instead, as conventional wisdom suggests, the price is almost always simply what the market will bear.

article thumbnail

STAT+: Pharmalittle: Some employers cut insurance coverage for weight loss drugs; U.S. urges ADHD pill makers to boost production

STAT

Medicare and Medicaid patients will make up 92% of the market for the drug, called Leqembi. Besides the $26,500 annual price tag, treatment could cost U.S. The first drug purporting to slow the advance of Alzheimer’s disease is likely to cost the U.S.

182
182