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News Articles: Pharmaceuticals

President Trump, joined by National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., talks about an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs.

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  • Health

Trump signs an order to reduce drug prices, but it's unclear how it would work

President Trump wants to lower drug prices in the U.S. by tying them to the prices paid in other developed countries. The pharmaceutical industry has long opposed the approach.

May 12, 2025
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  • Sydney Lupkin
An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen.

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  • Health

Eli Lilly sues companies selling alternative versions of its weight loss drug

The drug company Eli Lilly is suing four telehealth companies for allegedly selling copies made by compounding pharmacies of its drug Zepbound.

April 23, 2025
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  • Sydney Lupkin
Atlantic Salmon, salmo salar, Adult, Quebec in Canada

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  • Science

Anxiety drugs found in rivers make salmon take more risks

New research suggests that pharmaceutical pollution can change the behavior of salmon in the wild.

April 14, 2025
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  • Jonathan Lambert
Myra Solano Garcia in Upland, California, 2024. Garcia has been living with Alzheimer's disease and is taking one of the two approved drugs on the market to try to slow its symptoms.

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  • Health

Alzheimer's was taking her memory, so she started taking a new drug

Myra Solano Garcia, who has Alzheimer's, says the drug Kisunla may be one reason she can still drive, cook, and sing.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
Key guidance to industry on enhancing diversity in clinical trials of cancer drugs disappeared from the Food and Drug Administration website.

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  • Health

The FDA pulls key DEI initiative for cancer studies from its website

A Food and Drug Administration project to promote diversity in clinical studies of cancer treatments was removed from the agency's website, as the Trump administration halts DEI initiatives.

January 25, 2025
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  • Sydney Lupkin
The Food and Drug Administration approved Cobenfy, a twice-a-day medication that is a new kind of treatment for schizophrenia in adults.

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  • Health

A new kind of drug for schizophrenia promises fewer side effects

A medicine that sidesteps the brain's dopamine receptors to reach different targets represents a new approach to schizophrenia treatment. The Food and Drug Administration approved it Thursday.

September 28, 2024
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  • Sydney Lupkin
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  • Health

Medicare negotiations for lower drug prices near the finish line

Medicare's new authority to negotiate lower prescription drug prices represents a signature accomplishment of the Biden-Harris administration. Here's what to know as the first set of talks wraps up.

July 30, 2024
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  • Sydney Lupkin
Health insurers' lists of covered drugs have gotten tighter.

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  • Health

Health insurers cover fewer drugs and make them harder to get

Insurance companies are covering fewer drugs than they used to, and patients have to jump through more hoops to get many of them. When shopping for insurance, check for coverage of the drugs you need.

June 27, 2024
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  • Sydney Lupkin
The U.S. is the most lucrative market for drugmakers, but they often pay more in taxes overseas.

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  • Business

Drugmakers' low U.S. taxes belie their high sales

Most of the largest pharmaceutical companies report losing money in the United States, despite the majority of their sales coming from Americans. The result is lower U.S. taxes for the companies.

April 15, 2024
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  • Sydney Lupkin
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, pressed executives from Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck and Johnson & Johnson about the prices they charge for drugs in the U.S.

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  • Health

Senators ask CEOs why their drugs cost so much more in the U.S.

The Senate HELP committee questioned pharmaceutical CEOs about how much more Americans pay for the same drugs sold for less in Canada, Japan and Europe.

February 08, 2024
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  • Sydney Lupkin
Drug price hikes appear to be moderate this year, with some drug prices falling.

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  • Health

What to know about January's annual drug price hikes

Spoiler: There are some decreases this year, too. Here's an overview of the changing prices and what to make of them.

January 18, 2024
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  • Sydney Lupkin
The former Akorn pharmaceutical plant in Decatur, Ill., that made a wide range of generic drugs used in hospitals is being reopened under new ownership.

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  • Health

How rock-bottom prices drive shortages of generic drugs used in hospitals

Hospitals rely on scores of generic drugs given by injection. But these workhorses are often in short supply. Cheap prices have led to factory closures that leave the supply chain vulnerable.

December 28, 2023
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  • Sydney Lupkin
A new precision medicine test could help doctors and patients zero in on the right arthritis drug much sooner. But insurance coverage and drug company incentives are hurdles to widespread use.

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  • Health Care

A new test could save arthritis patients time, money and pain. But will it be used?

Stories of chronic pain, drug-hopping, and insurance meddling are all too common among patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Precision medicine offers new hope.

December 20, 2023
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  • Arthur Allen
Activists protest the prices of prescription drug outside the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., in October 2022.

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  • Health

White House proposes to 'march in' on patents for costly drugs

To lower drug prices, the Biden administration is looking to assert its authority to license drug patents that rely on government-funded research to drugmakers that would offer cheaper medicines.

December 07, 2023
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  • Sydney Lupkin
Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Independent, questions Dr. Monica Bertagnolli during her confirmation hearing to become director of the National Institutes of Health.

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  • Health

Sen. Sanders pushes NIH to rein in drug prices

The National Institutes of Health has been reluctant to use its leverage as a biomedical research funder to influence drug pricing. Sen. Bernie Sanders is pressing NIH's new director to take action.

November 17, 2023
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  • Sydney Lupkin
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