Six Reasons Drug Prices Are So High in the U.S.
Research shows prices in the United States are nearly double [...]
Monica Bertagnolli, NIH’s New Leader, Wants to Broaden Participation in Medical Research
In a wide-ranging interview, Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli, the director [...]
Common Patenting Tactic by Drug Companies May Be Illegal, F.T.C. Says
Experts say the exploitation of a loophole in the patent [...]
Why One Drug Company Held Back a Better Drug
Drug companies say patents spur innovation. Can they also do [...]
How Gilead Profited by Slow-Walking a Promising H.I.V. Therapy
Gilead delayed a new version of a drug, allowing it [...]
Gilead Wins Key Patent Rights Suit Over HIV Prevention Drug PrEP
A jury sided with Gilead Sciences in a dispute over [...]
A Drug Company Exploited a Safety Requirement to Make Money
With a history as a date rape drug, a medication [...]
‘Miracle’ Cystic Fibrosis Drug Kept Out of Reach in Developing Countries
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is not making its drug, Trikafta, available in [...]
How a Drug Company Made $114 Billion by Gaming the U.S. Patent System
AbbVie for years delayed competition for its blockbuster drug Humira, [...]
Moderna Sues Pfizer and BioNTech Over Covid Vaccine
The lawsuit, filed Friday, alleges that the companies’ Covid vaccine [...]