CME Study Finds that CE Increases Provider Competence Thomas Sullivan Dec 31, 2019 0 A study recently published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology found that healthcare providers who manage…
Congress Senate Finance Committee Releases Updated Drug Pricing Bill and Extender… Thomas Sullivan Dec 30, 2019 0 Recently, Senator Chuck Grassley and Senator Ron Wyden released an updated version of their drug pricing legislation, including…
Drug Prices Deval Patrick: Will Healthcare Ties Help His Campaign? Thomas Sullivan Dec 27, 2019 0 In the current race for 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, there are a slew of viable candidates. Despite largely agreeing on…
Accountable Care Organizations Analysis of Accountable Care Organizations Shows Significant Savings Thomas Sullivan Dec 26, 2019 0 A recent analysis found that accountable care organizations (ACOs) reduced Medicare spending by $755 million from 2013 to 2017.…
CMS CMS Survey of 340B Drug Prices Garners Hospital Pushback Thomas Sullivan Dec 23, 2019 0 As reported initially by FierceHealthcare, hospitals are blasting the Trump administration’s move to survey them about drugs…
Drug Prices HHS and FDA Unveil Proposed Rules on Drug Importations Thomas Sullivan Dec 20, 2019 0 On December 18, 2019, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
FDA FDA Guidance on Adaptive Clinical Trials Design Thomas Sullivan Dec 19, 2019 0 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week finalized guidance on adaptive clinical trial designs for drugs and biologics.…
BioSimilar Biologic Exclusivity Provision Removed from USCMA Agreement Thomas Sullivan Dec 18, 2019 0 5Recently, officials from the United States, Mexico, and Canada signed a new United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA).…
Drug Shortages FDA Releases Report on Drug Shortages and Encourages Manufacturer Quality… Thomas Sullivan Dec 17, 2019 0 The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Drug Shortages Task Force recently released a report, entitled Drug Shortages: Root…
Anti Kickback Insys Executives’ Convictions Partially Overturned Thomas Sullivan Dec 16, 2019 0 The story of Insys Therapeutics continues to get more interesting. In the first criminal trial of pharmaceutical executives…