Illinois backs off limits on which Medicaid patients can get costly but lifesaving hepatitis C drugs
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As many as 7,000 Illinois Medicaid patients with hepatitis C gain new access to pricey — but lifesaving — drugs
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Illinois lawmakers pass bill to help Medicaid patients keep coverage, ensure hospitals get paid faster
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Following complaints about Medicaid, Illinois lawmakers pass bill aimed at fixing issues
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The Wall Street Journal: Some cancer patients can skip costly chemo — without harming survival rates
The average monthly price of oncology drugs in the U.S. has more than doubled since 2006 to $15,535 in 2015......»»
Eli Lilly backs U.S. proposal on drug rebates to lower costs
Eli Lilly and Co on Wednesday embraced a U.S. government proposal to end a decades-old system of rebates drugmakers make to industry middlemen, saying it could lower the cost of insulin and other prescription drugs for patients......»»
Doctors and patients loathe ‘step therapy’ rules, but insurers say they’re necessary. An Illinois bill would prohibit the practice.
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Patients Find Weight Loss Drug Zepbound A Game Changer, But Makers See Production Delay Until 2025
Facing a shortage, GLP-1 weight loss drugs by Eli Lilly & Novo Nordisk struggle to meet demand. Learn about supply issues and efforts to address them, impacting availability till 2025. read more.....»»
Column: Antiabortion agitators are trying to cripple a lifesaving federal healthcare law
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act mandates that emergency rooms treat all arriving patients. The antiabortion crowd wants to exempt emergency .....»»
Travel nurses, medical staffing industry pushed to the limits by Covid-19
On one of her first days working in an Arizona hospital, Kelsi Shawd placed the bodies of Covid-19 patients into cadaver bags. For months, Katherine Hall watched her patients suffer, not sure whether they would die or recover enough t.....»»
Oncologic Drugs Adcomm Backs Merck"s Keytruda, Roche"s Tecentriq Accelerated Approvals In Bladder Cancer
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New data on Eli Lilly"s experimental Alzheimer"s drug backs a hotly debated scientific theory, but shows mixed benefits for patients
Eli Lilly's treatment reduced a harmful substance in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease and slowed their rate of cognitive decline. Patients sit inside the Alzheimer's Foundation in Mexico City Thomson Reuters Eli Lilly's.....»»
There"s a clear way Biden can immediately take on the pharmaceutical industry and bring down drug prices for all Americans
A new economic analysis shows how anti-competitive industry practices keep drug prices high and hurt patients Hiraman/Getty Images Rebates offered by drug makers incentivize insurance companies to cover some drugs over ot.....»»
With beds in short supply, some Illinois hospital emergency rooms are sending COVID-19 patients home to recover
With beds in short supply, some Illinois hospital emergency rooms are sending COVID-19 patients home to recoverWith beds in short supply, some Illinois hospital emergency rooms are sending COVID-19 patients home to recover.....»»
How does Gilead market a pandemic treatment?
In a matter of weeks, remdesivir has gone from a shelved, failed hepatitis C treatment to the center of a national effort to treat patients suffering from covid-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus......»»
How does Gilead market a pandemic treatment?
In a matter of weeks, remdesivir has gone from a shelved, failed hepatitis C treatment to the center of a national effort to treat patients suffering from covid-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus......»»
Novartis sales, profits rise in first quarter on COVID-19 buying rush
Novartis saw first-quarter sales climb as hospitals and patients stocked up on drugs to avoid being left short during the coronavirus crisis, lifting profits for the Swiss drugmaker......»»
Anti-malarial drug Trump touted is linked to higher rates of death in VA coronavirus patients, study says
Rates of death in the groups treated with the drugs were worse than for those who received no treatment, and rates of patients on ventilators were similar, the study found......»»
Spikes in demand from coronavirus patients are creating shortages of asthma drugs and sedatives for ventilator patients
The United States is heavily dependent on foreign suppliers for drugs and raw pharmaceutical ingredients, but the FDA has blind spots in the global supply chain. New powers it just won from Congress don’t start until September......»»
See the 15 leading coronavirus treatments already being tested in COVID-19 patients
Crystal Cox/Business Insider Researchers are trying a wide range of existing drugs against the novel coronavirus, hoping to find a treatment that fights the virus or .....»»
Doctors are asking states to use their lethal-injection drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, instead
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via Getty Images States that execute prisoners by lethal injection have a stockpile of drugs that, amid the pandemic, are now in short supply. "Your stoc.....»»