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You can’t afford to get cancer

World of DTC Marketing

Monthly drugs costs may reach $100,000, causing many Americans to struggle with the physical and emotional effects of high out-of-pocket medical costs. Some cancer patients may face out-of-pocket costs of nearly $12,000 a year for one drug. Even worse, others are completely priced out of the hope for a cure. ScienceNews.com.

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What do future healthcare CEOs look like?

World of DTC Marketing

I have to laugh when I hear that a pharma company is patient-centric because that’s become a slogan to make employees feel good about themselves while the costs of prescription drugs increase every year. drug spending by 9 percent” What about taxpayers? Highest-paid CEOs in 2019: Who made the list from healthcare.

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Botanical drugs – what is the best way forward for regulatory and market approval?

European Pharmaceutical Review

In the US, botanical dietary supplements can be sold without US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, 1 prompting many vendors to promote the use of botanical products as dietary supplements , 2 rather than pursue a path of regulatory approval. 3 Is two too few?

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Rare Disease Spotlight – tracing the rise of orphan drug designations over almost 40 years

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put a high-profile bluebird bio trial for sickle cell disease on partial clinical hold, and advisory panels deliberated over decisions involving gene therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), and beta-thalassemia.

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THEPM360TRAILBLAZER AWARD WINNER – Lifetime Achievement Award – Adam Schechter, CEO and Chairman, Labcorp

PM360

He was Executive VP and President of Merck’s Global Human Health Division from 2010 to 2019. Prior to becoming President of Global Human Health, he served as President of Merck’s global pharmaceutical business from 2007 to 2010. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.

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Three biggest threats to healthcare

World of DTC Marketing

Launch prices of new cancer drugs in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). billion estimated cumulative spending on the new oral targeted cancer drugs by the end of 2018. billion estimated cumulative spending on the new oral targeted cancer drugs by the end of 2018. Health spending totaled $74.1