drug costs
Trump Prescription Drug Order Puts Spotlight on Price Tensions for Biosimilars
President Trump issued an executive order aimed at lowering prescription drug prices.
APRIL 24, 2025
Decreasing Postoperative Adverse Events and Waste Costs With Low-Dose Opioid And Ready-to-Administer (RTA) Medications
This Special Report reviews data evaluating the association of adverse outcomes and intraoperative opioid dose; ...
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
FDA Authorizes Florida's Drug Importation Program
Importation program may make some medications cheaper in Florida.
JANUARY 5, 2024
AMCP Panel: Biosimilars to See Another Bump by 2025
The year 2023 was big for biosimilars, which saw eight such products added to the market for adalimumab (Humira, ...
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Panel: Alternative Funding for Pharmaceuticals Brings Numerous Risks
Alternative funding programs, which sell a service that makes otherwise insured members appear to lack coverage for ...
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
HHS Selects First 10 Drugs for Medicare Drug Price Negotiation; Policy Faces Multiple Legal Challenges From Pharma
The first 10 drugs selected for negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is heavy on drugs for diabetes, ...
AUGUST 30, 2023
IRA Could Save Seniors $400 PY in Rx Drug Costs
The Department of HHS released a new report projecting that nearly 19 million seniors may save about $400 per year ...
AUGUST 5, 2023
Looking for OR Drug Savings? There’s an App for That
Health-system pharmacy leaders tasked with cutting drug budgets may find that a simulated anesthesia app may help ...
AUGUST 19, 2022
Partnership Yields Rx Cost-Savings Tool
Three years ago, the Medical University of South Carolina trimmed several million dollars from a ...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
5 Strategies for Controlling Drug Formulary Costs
Monitoring FDA approvals, forecasting potential price spikes and having good team communication are activities that ...
JANUARY 27, 2021
Automated Dose Rounding Yields $3.6 Million in Savings
Integrating an automatic dose-rounding policy into an EHR system can lead to millions in cost savings on oncology ...
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Generics ‘Wall’ Costs Nearly $1B in Lost Savings
A recent study in Health Affairs found that when the market entry of generic drugs is delayed due to patent fights ...
AUGUST 13, 2020
