Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is reportedly poised to buy Botox-maker Allergan, in what would be one of the biggest takeover deal this year, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Rite Aid has worked to expand its RediClinics, walk-in health centers, while Walgreens has aggressively expanded its walk-in clinic business.
Turing Pharmaceuticals chief Martin Shkreli will face new competition for Daraprim, the AIDS drug he recently hiked 5,000 percent in price, after competitor Imprimis Pharmaceuticals on Thursday said it will market a similar drug for just $1 a tablet.
The medication therapy management model is being tested in five regions as an incentive to boost adherence for stand-alone Part D plans not connected with Medicare Advantage.
America's Health Insurance Plans on Wednesday called former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's stance against major insurance company consolidation misguided, and suggested that the presidential candidate focus on other issues plaguing healthcare instead.
Nearly every C-suite respondent to Premier's 2015 Economic Outlook said pharmaceutical price increases are their top area of concern.
Proposed Environmental Protection Agency rules for the disposal of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals will prevent hospitals and other healthcare facilities from flushing drugs down the toilet or drain.
A jump in the number of new expensive drugs hitting the market -- along with moves by drugmakers like Turing to raise the price on older and generic drugs -- have helped make prescription drugs the fastest-growing segment of the nation's health care tab.
The American Hospital Association is blasting a court ruling siding with the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America over the 340B Orphan Drug program, according to AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels.
Chronically ill people enrolled in individual health plans sold on the Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges pay on average twice as much out-of-pocket for prescription drugs each year than people covered through their workplace, according to a study published Monday in the Health Affairs journal.