Most of what we do — the websites we visit, the places we go, the TV shows we watch, the products we buy — has become fair game for advertisers. Now, thanks to internet-connected devices in the home like smart thermometers, ads we see may be determined by something even more personal: our health
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Desperate & Duped?October 24, 2018 |
GoFundMe means big bucks for dubious care. People seeking dubious, potentially harmful treatment for cancer and other ailments raised nearly $7 million over two years from crowdfunding sites, a study found
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Top researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have filed at least seven corrections with medical journals recently, divulging financial relationships with health care companies that they did not previously disclose
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One of the World’s Largest Drug Makers is Paying Docs AgainOctober 10, 2018 |
And patients are the worse off. Ed Silverman writes, Seeking to recover from sensational marketing scandals, GlaxoSmithKline did something unexpected five years ago — the company promised it would no longer pay doctors to promote its medicines, which had been a long-standing industry practice
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Insulin Prices Could Be Much LowerSeptember 26, 2018 |
And drug makers would still make healthy profits. As prices for diabetes treatments continue to roil consumers, a new study suggests that manufacturers could make both human and analog insulins at low costs and still pocket a profit.
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The Case for Expensive AntibioticsSeptember 20, 2018 |
A HANDFUL OF years ago, a small pharmaceutical company quietly acquired the rights to an old but commonly used antibiotic. Few noticed until last week, when the new owner did something that’s recently become common in the world of pharmaceuticals: It abruptly raised the price. A lot
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HIV Drugs Cost $75 in Africa, $39,000 in the U.S. Does It Matter?September 19, 2018 |
In the United States, pharmaceutical companies have built a system which supports high costs for HIV drugs. But that may be starting to change
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Colorado Approves $41m SettlementSeptember 14, 2018 |
Settlement ensures care of 2,200 state prisoners with hepatitis C. Inmates will no longer be required to undergo drug or alcohol treatment as a precondition for care
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