Democrats Choosing Less Risky Path on Drug Prices
Experts say recent compromises could create less harm in balancing innovation with profits.
Experts say recent compromises could create less harm in balancing innovation with profits.
Progressives appeared ready to support the bill in exchange for a commitment from moderates to eventually back a separate $1.85 trillion social safety net bill that was put on hold on Friday.
Pfizer’s is the second pill to show effectiveness against Covid-19, and it is the first purpose-built to attack the virus that causes the disease.
Start-up investors have often suspended skepticism while chasing a hot deal. The trial of Ms. Holmes, the founder of Theranos, has put that behavior under the spotlight.
The authorization of Merck’s easy-to-use Covid treatment, molnupiravir, is a step toward taming the pandemic.
Many health advocates say a key solution is to make the shots in the regions that still don’t have them. I wanted to know whether there were companies that could do it.
The provision would, for the first time, allow the government to negotiate prices for some medicines covered by Medicare.
The provision would, for the first time, allow the government to negotiate prices for some medicines covered by Medicare.
In one of the first cases to be brought against drug manufacturers over the crisis, a judge ruled that there was “simply no evidence” the companies were liable in the epidemic.
Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, a crucial Democratic swing vote, demanded more time to evaluate the economic and fiscal impact of the $1.85 trillion bill.