Most Americans would like the government to act, but a one-size-fits-all approach is unlikely to be the answer. Source: NYT > Business – Austin Frakt
Drug Companies Are Focusing on the Poor After Decades of Ignoring Them
The pharmaceutical industry once sued to keep AIDS drugs from dying Africans. Now companies boast of their efforts to get medicines to the developing world. Source: NYT > Business – Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Generic Drugmakers Conspired to Inflate Prices Up to 1,000%, State Prosecutors Say
Over golf outings and at dinners, more than a dozen competitors agreed to keep prices for H.I.V., asthma and cancer drugs artificially high, 44 states allege in a new lawsuit. Source: NYT > Business – HEATHER MURPHY
Eli Lilly Will Sell Half-Price Version of Humalog, Its Popular Insulin
The drugmaker’s decision to sell a generic version comes with the industry under pressure to do something about rising list prices. Source: NYT > Business – KATIE THOMAS