A group of doctors from the U.S. and Canada proposed this week pharmaceutical reforms that would slash costs, improve access and increase safety of prescription medications in both nations. The group, Physicians for a National Health Program, released the proposal, “Healing an ailing pharmaceutical system: […]
The story of Korlym highlights how America’s drug development system can turn an old drug into a new one that treats relatively few — but often very desperate — patients. Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News Even though the $550 yellow pills sold as Korlym have […]
Blindsided by a leukemia diagnosis at age 26, an otherwise healthy single mom named Lauren Baumann learned there’s a medicine for her illness that would help her live. It’s Gleevec. And the stars were aligned – she had a full time job and health insurance. […]
