New drugs get refunds to curb high prices
Insurers and drugmakers test warranties and money-back guarantees on pricey new medicines to align costs with treatment value. Deals, like Amgen Harvard Pilgrim and Sanofi with Cigna, offer rebates or refunds if outcomes lag, aiming to curb wasteful spending while expanding access to effective therapies.
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Michael Sherman
Harvard Pilgrim
Sherman
Roger Longman
Real Endpoints
Amgen
Sanofi
Cigna
James Borneman
Chris Bradbury
Merck
Jammet
Eli Lilly
Johnson & Johnson
Novartis
Novo Nordisk
Roche
Genentech
Aetna
Priority Health
Mark Fendrick
University of Michigan
Center For
Amgen Inc
Dangerous gray death opioid mix alarms officials
The gray death combination of several opioids including heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, and U 47700, described as one of the scariest drug blends, has been linked to dozens of fatalities. Officials warn it can be absorbed through the skin and varies in composition, complicating detection and response. Ohio and Georgia report rising overdose cases, with 3,050 Ohio deaths last year and widespread concerns over this dangerous trend.
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Deneen Kilcrease
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
New York
North Carolina
Prince
Gray
Gulf Coast
Georgia
Investigation Bureau
Atlanta
Nelly Miles
Ohio
Cincinnati
Federal
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Mike DeWine
DeWine
Rhode Island
New York split over court ordered mental health treatment
In Albany lawmakers debate extending Kendra's Law after five months of a court ordered plan for a 25 year old with schizophrenia. Advocates say the program saves lives and reduces hospitalizations, homelessness and incarceration while critics call it an intrusion on rights. The bill to make the law permanent faces opposition in the Assembly with extensions likely to keep it on trial.
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Albany
Vince Lagnese
Lagnese
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Queensborough
Kendra
Kendra Webdale
New York Civil Liberties Union
NYCLA
New York’s
The
Manhattan Institute
Senate
Assembly
Guenther
Hudson Valley
Lagneses
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