Mastodawn

#Drugmakers plan 2 raise #US #prices on at least 350 branded #medications including vaccines against #COVID, #RSV and #shingles & blockbuster #cancer treatment #Ibrance even as #Trump administration pressures them for cuts, according to data provided exclusively by healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors.. The number of price increases for 2026 is up from same point last year, when drugmakers unveiled plans for raises on more than 250 drugs. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/drugmakers-raise-us-prices-350-medicines-despite-pressure-trump-2025-12-31/ #healthcare #pharmaceuticals

Nonilex Dec 31

Exclusive: #Drugmakers raise #US #prices on 350 medicines despite pressure from #Trump

Drugmakers plan to raise US prices on at least 350 branded #medications including #vaccines against #COVID, #RSV & #shingles & blockbuster #cancer treatment Ibrance, even as the Trump admin pressures them for cuts, acc/to data provided exclusively by #healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors.

#law #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #medicine #BigPharma
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/drugmakers-raise-us-prices-350-medicines-despite-pressure-trump-2025-12-31/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

The Japan Times Dec 20

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced deals with nine pharmaceutical companies, the latest in a series of pacts designed to lower drug prices for some in exchange for a three-year reprieve from threatened tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/20/world/science-health/drugmakers-trump-price-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #us #drugmakers #health #medicine #donaldtrump #republicans #democrats #congress

Nine drugmakers strike deals with Trump, with more to come

The agreements are the latest in a series of pacts designed to lower drug prices for some Americans in exchange for a three-year reprieve from threatened tariffs.

The Japan Times

The Japan Times Dec 2

Chinese vaccine makers are caught in a steep downturn as intensifying competition pushes prices lower and erodes their profits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/02/companies/china-flu-shots-vaccine-makers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #pharmaceuticals #china #drugmakers #covid19vaccines #vaccinations

China’s 78-cent flu shots show price squeeze for country's vaccine makers

Intensifying competition pushes prices lower and erodes profits for an industry that was once riding high on the COVID-19 boom.

The Japan Times

Nonilex Oct 4

How #PrivateEquity Oversees the #Ethics of #DrugResearch

Many #DrugTrials are vetted by companies with ties to the #drugmakers, raising concerns about #ConflictsOfInterest & #patient #safety.

#law #PublicHealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/health/drug-trials-ethics-ozempic.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research

Many drug trials are vetted by companies with ties to the drugmakers, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and patient safety.

The New York Times

beSpacific Sep 7, 2025

#Texas lawmakers approved bill allowing nearly anyone to #sue providers, manufacturers and even delivery companies like #FedEx for #shipping #abortion pills into state. Gov. #GregAbbott will sign w backers calling it a #blueprint for other states to copy. This deputizes citizens as #bounty hunters, weaponizing lawsuits to intimidate #doctors,#drugmakers, couriers nationwide. It exports Texas’s #abortion ban across state lines. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/politics/texas-senate-abortion-pills-bill.html #womenshealth #pubichealth #medicine

Texas Senate Passes Bill to Crack Down on Mail-Order Abortion Pills

Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the legislation, which allows nearly anyone to sue abortion medication providers and distributors.

The New York Times

Nonilex Apr 22, 2025

This would be a surprisingly good thing if it happened. Somehow I doubt #BigPharma & #Republicans will allow it.

#Drugmakers have been warned that the #Trump Administration is considering linking US #medicine #prices to lower amounts paid by other developed countries, acc/to 2 company sources who called the option the pharmaceutical industry's top concern.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-looking-cutting-us-drug-prices-international-levels-sources-say-2025-04-22/

LilMikeSF Mar 14, 2025

#BioTech industry responsible for more than 115,000 #Massachusetts jobs is struggling amidst a slump. The #Boston area is a bio research hub with 1,000 #drugmakers, but part of problem for the NE Democrat political and #science edu stronghold is higher costs of operations than elsewhere.

For example, In burgeoning #RaleighDurham NC Triangle drugmakers face far lower taxes and can pay lower wages.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/13/biotech-boston-area-slump/

In the Boston area, biotech's hub, a slump is being acutely felt

In the Boston area, three months into the new year, the mood in the biotech industry has soured and the outlook has clouded.

STAT

Georgiann Baldino Dec 31, 2024

Reuters "#Drugmakers to raise US prices on over 250 medicines starting Jan. 1...A Reuters analysis of prices for new drugs found that pharmaceutical companies launched new U.S. drugs in 2023 at prices 35% higher than in 2022."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/drugmakers-raise-us-prices-over-120529214.html
#NewYear

Drugmakers to raise US prices on over 250 medicines starting Jan. 1

Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. prices on at least 250 branded medications including Pfizer COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid, Bristol Myers Squibb's cancer cell...

Yahoo Finance

Catherine Collingwood Estes Nov 15, 2024

"The new rules instruct #drugmakers to use simple, consumer-friendly language when describing their #drugs, without medical jargon, distracting visuals or audio effects." #Prescriptions #Advertising https://buff.ly/48SfY7q

New FDA rules for TV drug ads: Simpler language and no distractions

New rules require drugmakers to be clearer about explaining the risks and side effects of prescription drugs. The new guidelines from the the Food and Drug Administration are designed to do away with pharmaceutical industry practices that downplay or distract viewers' attention from risk information. FDA officials spent more than 15 years crafting the rules, which apply to both TV and radio ads. But while regulators were drafting them, a new trend has emerged: pharmaceutical influencers pushing drugs online with little government oversight. A new congressional proposal would compel FDA to police those social media promotions.

AP News