Wall Street Journal: Business: Health
- Mallinckrodt Leaves Pharmaceutical Trade Group Ahead of Potential Changes to Bylaws
Wednesday - 04/05/2017 - 10:47 PMMallinckrodt PLC resigned from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association on Monday ahead of potential changes to the trade group’s by-laws that could exclude companies that don’t spend significant funds on researching and developing new drugs.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Walgreens CEO Says Rite Aid Deal Closing Soon
Wednesday - 04/05/2017 - 08:13 PMWalgreens Boots Alliance’s chief executive said he expects the drugstore chain’s long-delayed tie-up with Rite Aid to be approved in the coming months. The company’s revenue also fell more than Wall Street anticipated.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kansas Governor Vetoes Medicaid Expansion
Thursday - 03/30/2017 - 06:00 PMKansas’ Republican governor vetoed a bill to expand Medicaid, two days after the state’s GOP-led legislature approved extending eligibility for the program under the Affordable Care Act.
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Thursday - 03/30/2017 - 08:47 PMKansas’ Republican governor vetoed a bill to expand Medicaid, two days after the state’s GOP-led legislature approved extending eligibility for the program under the Affordable Care Act.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kansas GOP-Led Legislature Approves Medicaid Expansion
Tuesday - 03/28/2017 - 08:43 PMLawmakers voted to extend Medicaid to cover more than 150,000 additional nondisabled adults under the Affordable Care Act, just days after Republicans in Washington pulled their bill to repeal and replace the law known as Obamacare.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Vertex Seeks Approval for Experimental Cystic-Fibrosis Drug
Tuesday - 03/28/2017 - 06:26 PMVertex Pharmaceuticals said it would seek regulatory approval for one of its experimental cystic-fibrosis drugs after the treatment helped improve patients’ lung function in late-stage studies.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - More States Weigh Expanding Medicaid After GOP Health Bill's Demise
Tuesday - 03/28/2017 - 10:47 PMA growing number of states are considering expanding their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, after last week’s abrupt collapse of the GOP health bill and a development that could make it harder for Republicans to undo the law in the future.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Can Tech Speed Up Emergency Room Care?
Monday - 03/27/2017 - 07:47 PMA New York hospital system tests a new way to use telemedicine, where E.R. doctors examine patients without being in the same room.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - After GOP Bill's Failure, Health-Law Lawsuit Takes Center Stage
Monday - 03/27/2017 - 06:09 PMPresident Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers, seeking to regroup following the collapse of the effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, have an option for gutting the health law relatively quickly: They could halt billions in payments insurers get under the law.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Generic Drugmakers Can Live With a Speedier FDA
Tuesday - 03/14/2017 - 12:44 PMFDA chief nominee Scott Gottlieb’s changes may pressure generic drug prices, but there are other positives for the sector.
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- Virginia Legislators Stop Gov. McAuliffe's Attempt to Expand Medicaid
Wednesday - 04/05/2017 - 08:17 PMVirginia Republican legislators have blocked Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s latest attempt to expand Medicaid, this time through a state budget amendment.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mylan Hit With Lawsuit Alleging It Overcharged EpiPen Patients
Monday - 04/03/2017 - 07:05 PMMylan NV was hit Monday with a lawsuit alleging the drug company overcharged EpiPen patients.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ryan Signals Support for Insurance Payments Under ACA
Thursday - 03/30/2017 - 05:07 PMHouse Speaker Paul Ryan said the Trump administration should continue making payments to insurers under the Affordable Care Act to avoid destabilizing the market.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - CtW Investment Calls for Governance Changes at Universal Health Services
Wednesday - 03/29/2017 - 01:24 AMAn adviser to pension funds invested in hospital company Universal Health Services said it will oppose reelection of a UHS director unless the company promises to overhaul its governance.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - FDA Approves Drug for Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Tuesday - 03/28/2017 - 11:08 PMThe FDA approved a Genentech multiple-sclerosis drug called Ocrevus, the first treatment for the most severe type of MS.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - FDA Approves Regeneron and Sanofi's Dupixent for Eczema
Tuesday - 03/28/2017 - 09:44 PMRegeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi said they will charge $37,000 annually in the U.S. for their newly approved eczema drug, a price the companies said they reached after months of negotiations with pharmacy benefit managers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Elon Musk's Latest Startup: Brains Linked to Computers
Monday - 03/27/2017 - 08:28 PMBillionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk wants to merge computers with human brains to help people keep up with machines.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Can Tech Speed Up Emergency Room Care?
Monday - 03/27/2017 - 06:47 PMA New York hospital system tests a new way to use telemedicine, where E.R. doctors examine patients without being in the same room.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A Prescription Blood Thinner Beat Aspirin at Preventing Recurrence of Blood Clots, Study Finds
Sunday - 03/19/2017 - 05:40 PMA Canadian research team found low doses of the blood thinner rivaroxaban, marketed as Xarelto from Johnson & Johnson unit Janssen Pharmaceuticals, reduced the risk of blood clot recurrence by about 70% compared with aspirin, without increasing the risk of bleeding.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - After CBO Report, Democrats See Opening on Health Care
Tuesday - 03/14/2017 - 08:09 PMDemocrats, after playing defense on health care for nearly a decade, are trying to turn the issue to their advantage in next year’s midterm elections, targeting in particular lawmakers who have already voted for the GOP health bill.
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- Elizabeth Holmes Owes Theranos $25 Million
Wednesday - 04/05/2017 - 07:37 PMTheranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, whose once-$5 billion stake in her blood-testing firm has shriveled amid regulatory and legal challenges, also owes her company about $25 million.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Should You Have a Scan for Skin Cancer?
Monday - 04/03/2017 - 08:33 PMSome doctors say individuals at high risk for skin cancer should have one head-to-toe exam a year .
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pence Breaks Tie on Bill Targeting Planned Parenthood Funding
Thursday - 03/30/2017 - 07:00 PMVice President Mike Pence cast the tiebreaking votes in the Senate on a measure that would enable states to strip some federal funds from Planned Parenthood and other health-care providers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - CtW Investment Calls for Governance Changes at Universal Health Services
Wednesday - 03/29/2017 - 02:47 AMAn adviser to pension funds invested in hospital company Universal Health Services said it will oppose reelection of a UHS director unless the company promises to overhaul its governance.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - More States Weigh Expanding Medicaid After GOP Health Bill's Demise
Tuesday - 03/28/2017 - 09:31 PMA growing number of states are considering expanding their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, after last week’s abrupt collapse of the GOP health bill and a development that could make it harder for Republicans to undo the law in the future.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Starboard Wins More Board Seats, Replaces CEO at Depomed
Tuesday - 03/28/2017 - 05:49 PMSpecialty pharmaceuticals maker Depomed has replaced its chief executive and named two new directors to its board after nearly a year of activist pressure from Starboard Value LP.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Starboard Wins More Board Seats, Replaces CEO at Depomed
Tuesday - 03/28/2017 - 06:47 PMSpecialty pharmaceuticals maker Depomed has replaced its chief executive and named two new directors to its board after nearly a year of activist pressure from Starboard Value LP.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Valeant Former CEO Sues Company Over Unmade Payments
Monday - 03/27/2017 - 06:02 PMMichael Pearson, ex-CEO of Valeant Pharmaceuticals, is suing the embattled drugmaker for refusing to pay him more than 3 million company shares that he said he is owed.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ryan Confident About Health Plan's Passage
Sunday - 03/19/2017 - 07:23 PMPaul Ryan expressed confidence that the Republican health-care plan will pass the House later this week, saying his party’s lawmakers are working to make changes to the bill to address remaining concerns, including providing more assistance to older Americans.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - GOP Senators Say House Health Bill Won't Pass Without Changes
Tuesday - 03/14/2017 - 08:27 PMRepublican senators, alarmed by a nonpartisan report showing millions would lose insurance under the GOP health-care plan, warned Tuesday that the bill wouldn’t become law without fundamental changes.
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