Drug Cost

NEW ORLEANS — Deprescribing can help streamline patients’ medications and improve quality of life, according to a presenter here.

Adults with obesity who have a prescription for Wegovy but do not have insurance coverage for the drug can now purchase the medication through a new Novo Nordisk direct-to-consumer program.

Pharmacy benefit managers overcharged for specialty generic medications — in many cases by hundreds and thousands of percent — for billions in profits, according to a report from the Federal Trade Commission, or FTC.

The Inflation Reduction Act’s cap on out-of-pocket spending saved patients with cancer more than $7,000 a year on oral chemotherapy medications, a research letter analysis published in JAMA Network Open showed.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced lower Medicare Part D prices for 10 drugs that will take effect in 2026, according to a press release.

Welcome to the first-ever Healio Rheum for Debate, in which we ask experts to take opposing sides and match wits on major topics in the field of rheumatology.

Quality testing of three counterfeit semaglutide products found low purity and more measured semaglutide than what was on the label, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

The total annual cost of caring for Americans with diabetes in 2022 was an estimated $412.9 billion, and one in four total health care dollars in the U.S. went toward diabetes care, according to a report.

Seeing how much a medication would cost a patient helped some physicians make decisions when prescribing, according to the results of research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

HHS announced the first 10 drugs that will be subject to Medicare price negotiations.