Prescription drug costs

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla talks during a press conference with European Commission President after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at the factory of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, in Puurs, on…

By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Tuesday approved the first gene therapy for hemophilia, a $3.5 million one-time treatment for the blood-clotting…

By TOM MURPHY - AP Health Writer Biogen has picked former Sanofi CEO Christopher Viehbacher to become its next leader, as the drug developer continues to recover from its failed launch of the…

By ZEKE MILLER - AP White House Correspondent HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Energized and campaigning hard, President Joe Biden tore into Republican proposals to undo prescription drug price caps and…

By ZEKE MILLER - AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to Florida to underline the contrast between the Democratic and Republican agendas, blasting the GOP over…

By COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to highlight his administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs on Friday as part of his three-state Western…

Medicare open enrollment starts soon, but 7 in 10 Medicare beneficiaries say they don’t compare Medicare plans during this period, according to a 2021 analysis by KFF, a health policy nonprofit.That’s not great, since…

By KIM CHANDLER, MARK SHERMAN and GARY FIELDS - Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The invisible line dividing two of Alabama's congressional districts slices through Montgomery, near iconic sites…

By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When patients with a deadly diagnosis and few treatment options have tried to get unapproved, experimental drugs, they have long faced a dilemma:…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With less than two months until the midterm elections, progressive Democrats are facing a test of their power.Their party is heading into the…