Kaiser Family Foundation has a nice overview of how Medicaid pays for prescription drugs. Below, I except from this helpful piece, but do check out the full article here. One point that many may not realize is that State Medicaid Agencies do not actually buy pharmaceuticals directly from manufacturers. Rather, they reimburse retail pharmacies that…
Read moreChinese President Xi Jinping defended China’s efforts to contain the “grim and complex” coronavirus epidemic in the country Sunday.The Chinese president addressed officials leading anti-disease efforts in a video conference calling for them to take…
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Read moreThe White House is reportedly preparing to ask Congress for emergency funds to help the administration fight the outbreak of the coronavirus, which has infected almost 80,000 people around the world and accounted for more than 2,000 deaths. The…
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With data-blocking rules expected to go into effect soon, patients should finally be able to access and freely share their health data. But should those rules also include privacy protections for those that opt to share their data with health apps?
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The biotech company said the FDA had given priority review to valoctocogene roxaparvovec for hemophilia A in adults, with the PDUFA date set at Aug. 21.
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Read moreWorld Health Organization (WHO) officials are worried about further spread of the coronavirus as untraceable cases pop up outside mainland China, where the outbreak originated.The inability to identify the first patient in mini-outbreaks outside…
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