SUMMARY: Via Consumer Reports “How much a consumer pays for meds is also driven in part by drug supply system middlemen whose wheeling and dealing with drugmakers contributes to rising…
Americans pay too much for prescription drugs but….
SUMMARY: Prescription drugs in the United States rank as the most expensive by a long shot, a report published this week has found, with the average cost of medications in the US…
Health data and privacy: What people don’t know
SUMMARY: Once again the media is failing to do its job when it comes to reporting on privacy issues around the Google acquisition of Fitbit. The reality is that the…
A warning against Medicare for all
SUMMARY: President Obama said “Even as we push the envelope and we are bold in our vision, we also have to be rooted in reality and the fact that voters…
Report: Consumers have become savvier about healthcare
SUMMARY: According to Wolters Kluwer consumers have become savvier about healthcare: they see differences in their healthcare, they know care and medications may cost more, and they believe variations have…
The effects of loneliness on health are a critical public health problem
SUMMARY: Actual and perceived social isolation are both associated with increased risk for early mortality. Across studies, social isolation odds increased the likelihood of mortality, respectively. Among 18 to 25-year-olds,…
AZ takes on the challenge of biomarker education alone
SUMMARY: AZ is using non-branded DTC to educate lung cancer patients about different biomarkers. Why haven’t all the companies that offer lung cancer drugs joined forces to educate a public…
Lower drug prices will not harm innovation
KEY POINTS: According to the West Health Policy Center large pharmaceutical manufacturers could endure significant revenue reductions, including the reductions considered in recent legislative proposals, while maintaining current research investments…