Articles related to BUSINESS & POLICY

The median post-rebate spending per beneficiary was higher for the low-added-benefit drugs ($70,524) than for the high-added-benefit drugs ($61,277).

A Lilly spokesperson told Verywell that about 10% of people who start taking Zepbound for the first time enroll in the self-pay program. This includes people who previously used compounded tirzepatide.

A section of the new report titled ‘Collapse of Cancer Care’ details how staffing shortages, inadequate resources, and poor management at HCA Mission Hospital led to a severe decline in oncology services.

“Congressional action is required to prevent the severe limitations on telehealth that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic from being restored,” said American Medical Association president Bruce A. Scott, MD.

Reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I to a lower schedule would significantly ease the regulatory burden on researchers.

With more potent forms of opioids on the street, overdoses from illicit drugs are at an all-time high and withdrawal from them is often more severe.