Xconomy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
With the 2020 election just over a year away, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has unveiled the Democratic Party’s answer to public discontent over high prescription drug prices. In a press conference Thursday, Pelosi (pictured. A preview of the plan was leaked last week. Today’s announcement doesn’t stray far.
Xconomy
JANUARY 13, 2017
The incoming party-pooper-in-chief, Donald Trump, said during his first press conference Wednesday that drug companies are “ getting away with murder ” and he’d work to rein in prices and other practices. You could hear the needle screeeeeeeeching across the vinyl. Good thing it came Wednesday; Tuesday is the.
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Xconomy
OCTOBER 28, 2016
THIS WEEK IN DRUG PRICING…. —A coalition of investors pressed drug makers to justify price increases. The group filed shareholder resolutions with 11 companies and cited a Kaiser Family Foundation poll that cited Americans’ concerns over drug prices.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
I’ve had this conversation with several communities such as in San Diego where I believe there are way more qualified and talented engineers than available local capital to support them. Actually, there is tons of wealth in San Diego but it isn’t organized well to support them. Local press matters.
Xconomy
JANUARY 11, 2017
On the campaign trail and as president-elect he has made occasional noises about drug pricing—giving the U.S. Medicare system, the largest buyer of drugs in the world, the right to negotiate prices, for instance. This morning, in his first press conference, Trump went further. Here’s the transcript, courtesy of NPR.
Xconomy
NOVEMBER 18, 2016
president’s intent to make good on his angry campaign rhetoric on drug prices, while the Associated Press reported that naming-and-shaming—that is, Congress hauling executives into hearings and penning angry letters—certainly hasn’t done the trick. Speculation swirled this week around the incoming U.S.
Xconomy
OCTOBER 7, 2016
coast bearing the brunt of Hurricane Matthew, we send our thoughts and more to those who have more pressing matters to worry about this week. PRICE FIGHTS. With some caveats, ICER recommended lower prices. With the Caribbean and now the southeast U.S. But the show must go on. for their work on molecular machines.
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