Will the UK (finally) increase drug prices?

President Trump’s May 12 Executive Order around Most-Favored-Nation drug pricing argues that countries outside the US need to raise their prices on pharmaceuticals saying that many other countries are “freeloading” and paying less than their share for pharmaceuticals. In response, pharmaceutical companies have increased prices in the UK and even threatened to “walk away” from…

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Kevin Wang, Suki

Suki is one of the original Ambient scribing, now Ambient intelligence, companies. They’re selling both to providers and to other partners using their tech in their tools and services (think telehealth, other EHR providers like Athena, and more). Kevin Wang is the Chief Medical Officer, and he told me about the evolution of ambient documentation,…

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Trump’s Push for U.S. Drug Manufacturing Expands to Pharma Ingredients With New Executive Order

The Trump administration is directing the Department of Health and Human Services to identify about 26 “critical medicines.” The federal government will stockpile active pharmaceutical ingredients for these products, which the administration contends will insulate the U.S. from foreign supplies while also encouraging more domestic API production. The post Trump’s Push for U.S. Drug Manufacturing…

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FDA Unveils First 9 Picks for Pilot Program Speeding Up Review of ‘National Priority’ Products

Drugs selected for the FDA’s new Commissioner’s National Priority Review Voucher pilot program could receive a regulatory decision in two months or less. Qualifying product candidates must address a national priority, such as filling an unmet medical need or boosting domestic drug manufacturing. The post FDA Unveils First 9 Picks for Pilot Program Speeding Up…

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