The US Food and Drug Administration kept up a blistering pace of new drug approvals last year, all while navigating the urgent evaluation of tests, drugs, and vaccines in development for COVID-19. The ...

These new drug approvals are listed below, starting with the most recent: 1. Orgovyx was approved Dec. 18 as the first oral hormone therapy for adults with advanced prostate cancer. 2. Margenza was ...

In 2012, Lynn Scarfuto was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. After surgeries and rounds of chemotherapy, her oncologist prescribed the oral medication Imbruvica, a drug that costs more than ...

List prices for brand-name drugs have risen steeply, often despite the introduction of competition from other brand-name drugs in the same therapeutic class. List prices, however, do not reflect any ...

While prescription medication prices are no longer the fastest-growing commodity or service, prescription drug costs have still increased 2.5% since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according ...

WHILE THE covid-19 pandemic was ravaging America last year another epidemic was also on the loose: drug overdoses. Stay-at-home orders forced many narcotic-support groups, needle-exchange programmes ...

Implementing the Medicare $2 drug list model would have reduced out-of-pocket spending by 63% for Part D beneficiaries in 2021. The model caps cost-sharing at $2 for a 30-day supply of 101 generic ...

Drug shortages are a clear and growing challenge. Prominent shortages included oncology medications and supportive care products essential for the care of patients with cancer. Oncology drug shortages ...

(RTTNews) - Prevention is always better than cure. The year 2021 saw the global rollout of vaccines being accelerated for the prevention of a new disease. Yes, a disease that has been dominating the ...