From penicillin to vaccines to biologics, pharmaceutical innovation has blessed us with better ways to treat, prevent and even cure disease. But some of the pharmaceutical industrys most recent innovations
Consumers who search online for prices of common medical procedures may be disappointed by what they find, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers used the search engines Google and Bing to
For four decades, Don Anderson of Seattle has been taking the same drug to help control the temporary bouts of immobility and muscle weakness caused by a rare genetic illness
Drug prices in the U.K., already among the lowest in the developed world, may drop lower still. The British public-health system has adopted new limits on how much it spends
Drug companies launched an ad and publicity extravaganza this year right after President-elect Donald Trump said they are getting away with murder on sky-high pill prices. More than it has
The US spends the most of any country in the world on healthcare in terms of percent of GDP, sitting around 18% as of the most recent data. But to
Donald Jones used to pay at least $500 a month for a brand-name drug, Gleevec, thats kept his leukemia at bay for five years. Lately, hes been paying almost as
A number of factors contribute to a current faster rise in healthcare costs, observers say. There are fluctuations in healthcare spending from year to year, but after a slower trajectory
One smart way to reduce the cost of health care, according to many experts, is to expand generic drugs. Scott Gottlieb, the new commissioner of the FDA, for example, wants
For a time, high drug prices made headlines, and it looked like the issue could be tackled by the Trump administration. But as we all know, efforts to repeal Obamacare
