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California’s low-cost insulin plans receive $100m manufacturing boost

Pharmaceutical Technology

Insulin prices made the headlines again as California governor Gavin Newsom announced plans on 7 July for the state to manufacture low-cost insulin. The state plans to work directly with a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) to manufacture low-cost insulin. In-house manufacturing the norm.

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Why the drug pricing debate is focused on insulin

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The treatment has been around for over a century but insulin has still become the centre of the ongoing discussion over pricing of pharmaceutical products. Ben Hargreaves looks at why insulin’s price is so controversial and whether this could be set to change. Insulin rationing. In the US, approximately 37.3

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Arecor hopes London stock market float will raise profile of insulin products

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UK biotech Arecor Therapeutics has announced plans to float on the London stock market, to fund plans to develop novel formulations of insulins and other biological drugs with enhanced properties. The initial therapeutic focus is diabetes, with three insulin-based products in development.

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Leading Autoimmune Diseases to Undergo Robust Improvement in Treatment by Major Pharma Companies

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However, some of the key pharma companies at the global level have shifted their focus towards these diverse diseases. Through this article, we have covered the major autoimmune diseases and the key companies striving to transform the treatment landscape of the respective disease. Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

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

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Enjoy, and see you soon … By law, Medicare will have to take a medication’s efficacy and its research and development costs into account when it starts to negotiate drug prices — but recent research shows pharma companies ignore those factors when they pick prices for their products , STAT explains. Two

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Pharma, patient advocates clash over Inflation Reduction Act

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At the core of the debate was a new provision allowing the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies for a select number of drugs. While negotiating drug prices is common practice in other major markets, CMS had not previously held the legal authority to do so.

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Eli Lilly’s Tirzepatide Shows Promise in Treating Fatty Liver Disease

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Recently, Eli Lilly revealed promising results from a mid-stage trial, indicating that its popular drug, tirzepatide (marketed as Zepbound and Mounjaro for weight loss and diabetes, respectively), may be an effective treatment for the fatty liver disease metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).