Drug Prices

Diabetes Forum Insulin Costs

Type 1 diabetics decry rising costs of life-saving insulin

Cheaper versions of the most expensive drugs may be coming, but monopolies will likely remain

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Eli Lilly’s half-price insulin: How much difference will it make?

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Why the U.S. has higher drug prices than other countries

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Health Insurance

Drug-pricing reform finds new momentum as ‘a 2020 thing’

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How a drugmaker turned the abortion pill into a rare-disease profit machine

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As states target high drug prices, pharma targets state lawmakers

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