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SUSIE CHRISTOFF HAS TRIED A NUMBER OF MEDICATIONS FOR HER PAINFUL PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS BUT THEY ALWAYS MADE HER SWELL UP./CHRIS BARTLETT/FOR KAISER HEALTH NEWS

Why The U.S. Remains The World’s Most Expensive Market For ‘Biologic’ Drugs

Dec 20, 2018

A CROWD PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE INDIANAPOLIS HEADQUARTERS OF PHARMACEUTICAL GIANT ELI LILLY AND CO. IN SEPTEMBER./BRAM SABLE-SMITH/NPR

‘We’re Fighting For Our Lives’: Patients Protest Sky-High Insulin Prices

Dec 12, 2018

OREGON LAWMAKERS (LEFT TO RIGHT), SEN. LAURIE MONNES ANDERSON, REP. MITCH GREENLICK, REP. CEDRIC HAYDEN, REP. ROB NOSSE AND REP. ALISSA KENY-GUYER DISCUSS UPCOMING LEGISLATION FOR THE 2019 SESSION./EDIS JURCYS PHOTOGRAPHY

Oregon Legislators Detail Their Health Agenda for Upcoming Session

Dec 11, 2018
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Oregon Aims to Eliminate Hepatitis C Infections

The state has the highest mortality rate in the country but a move by the Oregon Health Authority to expand expensive treatment could wipe out the virus, if medical modeling is correct.

Dec 3, 2018

Democrats Taking Key Leadership Jobs Have Pocketed Millions From Pharma

Three lawmakers who will lead the U.S. House next year are among the biggest recipients of campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical industry.

Nov 29, 2018

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Heart Drug Spotlights Troubling Trends In Drug Marketing

A company is marketing a drug intended as a preventive for people at risk for heart disease with stunning statistics but has not yet released details of its study.

Nov 2, 2018

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Trump Adds Global Pricing Plan To Attack On Drug Prices

Experts welcomed the administration's plan to tackle Medicare Part B's soaring drug bill but questioned its approach.

Oct 29, 2018

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Pharma Showers Key Oregon Lawmakers With Money

The industry has given big bucks to U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, who chairs a powerful congressional committee, but has ignored Rep. Peter DeFazio, who is not on any committees that influence drug legislation.

Oct 29, 2018
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JON BARTHOLOMEW OF AARP, HEALTH POLICY ANALYST JANE HORVATH, HEALTH INSURANCE CONSULTANT TERRANCE KILLILEA AND SEN. ELIZABETH STEINER HAYWARD DISCUSSED DRUG PRICING AT AN OREGON HEALTH POLICY FORUM./EDIS JURCYS PHOTOGRAPHY

Oregon Health Experts Call For Transparency, Competition, State Action On Drug Pricing

Oregon legislators, health policy analysts and industry experts discussed the barriers to affordable drugs at an Oregon Health Forum breakfast meeting in Portland on Tuesday.

Oct 23, 2018