US regulator sails into treacherous opioid waters
Public criticism fails to derail approval of Acelrx’s opioid painkiller, but not without a lengthy apologia from Scott Gottlieb.
US opioid crisis package nears enactment
Medicare is to review ways to encourage use of non-addictive pain relievers, but Heron Therapeutics will miss out on extension of a special payment provision.
The rollercoaster ride continues for China’s cell therapy sector
Companies like Nanjing Legend and Cellular Biomedicine Group continue to attract major financial endorsement from Western big pharma, but the threat of scandal is…
Rebates are dead, long live discounts?
Private price negotiation is a hallmark of the US health care system – banning rebates does not make that any less true.
Medicare competitive bidding programme begins to take shape
Government document seeks comment on scheme for physician-administered drugs.
More change needed to make US pricing truce permanent
Drug price inflation has slowed to crawl, but political pressure can only keep a lid on costs for so long.
Acadia can’t shake off its Nuplazid nightmare
Questions about hallucination and deaths continue to swirl around Acadia's Nuplazid.
Sarepta and biopharma want to take, but how much will they give back?
Biopharma companies have benefited from public funding for their early research, so do they have the right to charge high prices for these projects?
The $100,000 problem gene therapy companies would rather not mention
The high doses of recently studied gene therapies threaten manufacturing problems that few have fully considered.
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