Unlike other countries, the U.S. does not regulate prescription drug prices. Instead, policy makers some 40 years ago came up with another idea to make prices more affordable: harnessing the power of ...

The diabetes medicine Ozempic in a pharmacy in The Hague, Netherlands, on Nov. 10, 2022. (Remko de Waal / ANP via AFP) PARIS (AFP) — The World Health Organization recommended a range of blockbuster ...

This September marks 40 years since the birth of the generic drug industry in the United States. Nine out of every 10 prescriptions in the U.S. are filled by a generic drug. Generics — effectively ...

STAT is co-publishing this article by Tradeoffs. Lisa Ann Trainor struggled to stay on top of schoolwork, hold a job or even perform basic tasks like laundry for six exhausting years.

It's often cheaper for some Medicare patients to buy prescription drugs through Walmart's $4 generic program than through their own health insurance, according to a study out Monday. The study's lead ...

MUMBAI, March 18 (Reuters) - Cheap generic drugs were meant to change the life of Nandakhu Nissar, whose mouth is swollen by a cancerous tumour. But the cashless and hungry 55-year-old sleeps on a ...

EVER SINCE the 1984 Hatch-Waxman Act passed, drug manufacturers seeking to produce cut-rate generic versions of medications before the patents on them expire have been able to apply to the Food and ...

About 120 drugs have lost or will lose patent protection in 2013. EvaluatePharma estimates that this accounts for nearly $29 billion in total annual revenue, a number which will grow ten-fold between ...

Ozempic is perhaps the most famous of a new range of weight-loss drugs called GLP-1s - Copyright AFP PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA Ozempic is perhaps the most famous of a ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Cheap generic drugs were meant to change the life of Nandakhu Nissar, whose mouth is swollen by a cancerous tumour. But the cashless and hungry 55-year-old sleeps on a pavement ...