Pharmacy
Insurer is engaging in a request for proposals for a new pharmacy benefit manager following the end of its contract.
Leaders consistently included shortages and drug pricing among their top concerns in the survey over the last two years.
Patent laws, government incentives, meant to encourage development of less-profitable drugs, enable some companies to get a leg up, set high prices.
Congressional records show those eight, including Celgene and Mylan, kicked in an extra $4.42 million versus that quarter last year.
News of Marathon's resignation comes after wide criticism for $89,000 price tag for Emflaza, a drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug.
Hospitals, doctors' practices, government, insurers, and healthcare IT companies could all be affected, Kalorama says.
Use of prescription drugs in Medicaid was lower in states with medical marijuana laws; estimated savings totaled about $1.01 billion.
PhRMA Senior VP Scott LaGanga led Partnership for Safe Medicines, which recently emerged as leading voice against bills allow drug imports.
Proposal would levy the tax directly on opioid manufacturers and wholesalers, who would pay 1 cent per milligram at the first point of sale.
Dubbed 'Operation Avalanche,' alleged fraud ring involved three Brooklyn clinics that spawned illegal oxycodone prescriptions, fraudulent Medicare claims.