Tag: prescription drugs

    Feds Crack Down on TV Drug Ads, in Major Shakeup to Pharma Industry

    The era of direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical commercials may be coming to a close. On ...

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    Kastalia Medrano

    “An Architect of the Crisis”: WV Sues Express Scripts Over Rx Opioids

    West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey (R) has filed a lawsuit against Express Scripts ...

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    Kastalia Medrano

    FDA Requires All Rx Opioid Labeling Warn About Risks of Long-Term Use

    The Food and Drug Administration is overhauling the safety labeling requirements for opioid analgesics, ...

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    Kastalia Medrano

    The Golden Age of Doctor-Shopping

    In 2012, right before prescription drug-monitoring programs (PDMP) shut everything down, I was seeing ...

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    Charlie Baker

    Walgreens Settles DOJ Prescription Opioid Lawsuit, Likely at $350 Million

    Walgreens, the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain, will pay $300 million plus 4 percent interest ...

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    Kastalia Medrano

    All the “Opioid Alternatives” Are at Least Making Rehab More Bearable

    Rehab can serve a lot of purposes other than abstinence. For some people the ...

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    Charlie Baker

    Utah Sues Pharmacy Benefit Managers for “Central Role” in Opioid OD Crisis

    Utah is suing two of the nation’s top pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), the companies ...

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    Alexander Lekhtman