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Healthcare doesn’t give a damn about patients

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Health insurers in individual marketplaces across 13 states and Washington D.C. Pfizer, for instance, hiked the cost of its leukemia medication Besponsa again this month, bringing its per-vial price tag to $21,056. A new analysis released Wednesday by Patients for Affordable Drugs estimates that pharmaceutical companies in the U.S.

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FDA Trims Broad Label for Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug Amidst Harsh Criticism

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The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm (aducanumab) was met with a lot of backlash, prompting the health agency to narrow its recommendation of the drug for mild forms of the disease. All of this for a drug that has shown questionable clinical benefits, critics say.

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A history of Pfizer

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In 1952, it established its Agricultural Division, beginning its foray into animal health, and in 1953 acquired Roerig, a nutritional supplement specialist, which became incorporated as a division in its own right. For all the latest Pfizer news follow pharmaphorum’s Pfizer tag. The post A history of Pfizer appeared first on.

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Drug Pricing Reform: Never Out of the Headlines

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We can also expect other health plans and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to make this approach part of their own toolkits if it proves to be successful. The second and third events were outlined in a July JAMA Health Forum article by Dr. Michelle Mello of Stanford and Dr. Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt.

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Pharma By The Numbers: A Retrospective Look at the Industry and 20 Years of Xtalks History

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2014 saw multiple business unit buyouts in the industry, with Novartis acquiring GlaxoSmithKline’s oncology arm and Bayer taking over Merck’s consumer health business. In turn, GSK regained full control of its joint consumer health business with Novartis in 2018. In 2015, Pfizer acquired Hospira.

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Merck KGaA raises full-year forecast; Perlmutter’s new gig tackles ‘undruggable targets’

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Pharma showers Menendez with rare, off-cycle burst of campaign cash as Democrats eye drug pricing reforms ( STAT ). AbbVie’s Humira regains top pharma TV spender spot, while sibling brands Rinvoq and Skyrizi tag along ( Fierce ). Facing fresh pricing threats in D.C., inoculations ( CNBC ).

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PFIZER REPORTS STRONG FIRST-QUARTER 2021 RESULTS

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down 21%, driven by a negative impact from the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in a decline in patient visits to doctors for preventative health purposes, as well as the loss of patent protection in the U.S. Somatrogon — In February 2021, Pfizer and OPKO Health Inc. Hospital products, which grew 10% operationally to $2.3