Lev’s reporting has explored Americans’ deadly hostility to addiction medications, subpar treatment offered in jails and prisons, shifts in the illicit drug supply and consumption behavior, ...
About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year. It was the third straight annual drop, making it the longest decline in decades.
The first 10 prescription drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations go into effect on Jan. 1. Medicare beneficiaries will see substantially lower costs for those treatments in 2026, according to a ...
WASHINGTON, Dec ‌18 (Reuters) - Americans enrolled in Medicare will ‌pay about 50% less out of pocket in 2026 for some drugs including Pfizer and Bristol Myers Squibb's blood thinner Eliquis and Merck ...
Throughout 2025, Congress introduced several bills related to the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) industry. As with the 118 th Congress in 2024 (see The Focus of Federal Proposals on Pharmacy ...
CDC provisional 12-month counts show overdose mortality peaked in 2022 after pandemic-era disruption and has declined annually since 2023, reaching pre-pandemic lows by end-2025. State heterogeneity ...
Illustration of New Drug Application paperwork surrounded by pills, vials, and DNA. The US Food and Drug Administration approved 46 new molecular entities in 2025. Credit: C&EN/Shutterstock The year ...