Pharmaceutical Industry

FILE - In this June 20, 2011 file photo, a woman exits a Rite Aid store, in Philadelphia. Rite Aid on Thursday, April 10, 2014 reported its sixth-straight quarterly profit and announced an acquisition that aims to strengthen the drugstore chain's foothold in the burgeoning health care market. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Rite Aid eyes closing hundreds of stores as it mulls bankruptcy: Report

Zach Vasile · September 24, 2023 1:40 am

For the love of Charlie

Salena Zito · September 22, 2023 10:06 pm

A monitor displays Pfizer Inc. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, June 9, 2017.

Pfizer and Moderna stocks tumble over anticipated low COVID-19 vaccination rate

Gabrielle M. Etzel · September 18, 2023 9:23 pm

A sign reads "Consultation" at the pharmacy window inside a Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. store in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Oct. 19, 2017.

Efforts to crack down on pharmaceutical middlemen cause rift between House Republicans

Cami Mondeaux · September 15, 2023 3:14 pm

Lack of transparency among GOP gripes over Medicare drug price negotiation rules

Gabrielle M. Etzel · September 15, 2023 9:10 am

FILE - This July 19, 2010 file photo shows medications containing pseudoephedrine on display behind the counter of a pharmacy in Edmond, Okla. The decongestant is an ingredient used to make methamphetamine. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

FDA says common decongestants don’t work: What to know ahead of cold and flu season

Gabrielle M. Etzel · September 13, 2023 4:16 pm

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Competition cures high drug costs

Bobby Jindal and Charlie Katebi · September 13, 2023 9:22 am

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Pharmacy benefit manager reform must remain a priority for Congress

Sally Pipes · September 13, 2023 6:00 am

President Trump signed into law the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 on Friday. It reauthorizes a program in which drug and device makers pay the FDA a fee for every new product application, and the agency uses that money to hire more people and speed up approvals. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Sudafed and DayQuil among decongestants that don’t actually work, according to FDA advisers

Brady Knox · September 13, 2023 2:28 am

Joe Biden’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad drug price controls

Beltway Confidential

Joe Biden’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad drug price controls

David McGarry · September 11, 2023 7:10 am

A white toilet in a bathroom.

Laxative shortage sweeps US as diet and work habits leave stores ‘literally running out’

Gabrielle M. Etzel · September 9, 2023 7:15 pm

FILE- In this July 10, 2018 file photo, bottles of medications ride on a belt at a mail-in pharmacy warehouse in Florence, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Biden drug price negotiations risk shortages of key class of drugs, industry warns

Gabrielle M. Etzel · September 9, 2023 8:00 am