Bill to allow use of unapproved drugs by terminally ill advances

It’s unclear whether a measure that would allow physicians to treat their terminally ill patients using unapproved drugs will proceed to Gov. John Kasich for his signature in the waning days of the 131st General Assembly of the Ohio Legislature. House Bill 290 recently cleared the Senate unanimously and the members of the House of [...]

By |2017-04-24T09:58:53-04:00Friday, December 16, 2016|

Drug prices don’t budge even after pressure from Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress’s routine of publicly shaming drug company executives over high prices works no better than a placebo: It may make some people feel better, but it doesn’t treat the problem. In the last two years, House and Senate committees issued more than a dozen subpoenas to price-hiking drugmakers, collecting hundreds of thousands [...]

By |2016-11-22T14:41:15-05:00Friday, November 18, 2016|

Unhappy Target customers send strong message on unpopular change of pill bottles

Longtime customers of Target’s pharmacies are finding a change in pill bottle design hard to swallow. After CVS began operating Target’s drugstores earlier this year, distraught customers have been asking — in some cases begging — the drugstore chain to bring back the retailer’s red prescription bottles, which came with color-coded rings, labeling on the [...]

By |2016-09-30T07:41:44-04:00Thursday, September 29, 2016|
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