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Eli Lilly Slashes Insulin Prices By 70%, Will Other Insulin Makers Follow Suit?
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 - 10:50am | 513Read More...Eli Lilly & Co (NYSE: LLY), in an effort to make it easier for patients to access affordable insulin and navigate the complex healthcare system, announced on Wednesday a 70% reduction in the list price of its most commonly prescribed insulin products. The company also announced an...
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Shares Of Goodrx Are Looking Good After Earnings Beat: Here's What You Need To Know
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 - 6:54pm | 436Read More...Shares of Goodrx Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: GDRX) are trading higher into Tuesday’s after-hours session following the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report. Here’s what investors need to know. By The Numbers: Goodrx issued fourth-quarter earnings per share of 7 cents, ahead of the 5...
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Legal Weed Makes Prescription Drugs Use Go Down, Study Finds
Sunday, May 15, 2022 - 7:35pm | 372Read More...This article was originally published on 2Fast4Buds and appears here with permission. It has been long suggested and later confirmed by research that the adoption of medical marijuana laws has a significant effect on the volume of drug prescriptions. Now a team of scientists from Cornell University...
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US Proposes Rule To Let States Import Some Canadian Prescription Drugs
Thursday, December 19, 2019 - 9:50am | 430Read More...The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed a rule that, if implemented, would allow states to import certain prescription drugs from Canada. "The purpose of the proposed rule is to lower prices and reduce out of pocket costs for American patients," the FDA said in a Federal Register notice...
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Express Scripts Prefers This $1 Alternative To Daraprim
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 11:28am | 478Read More...Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, controversially raised the price of a potentially life-saving drug called Daraprim to $750 a pill from $13.50. Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ: ESRX), the largest manager of prescription drug benefits, said on it will now cover a $1 a...
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Wolfe Research Analysts: 'Good News … More Drugs!'
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 12:43pm | 270Read More...In a report published Tuesday, Wolfe Research analyst Scott Mushkin commented Express Scripts Holding Company's (NASDAQ: ESRX) 2014 Drug Trend Report that highlighted prescription drug spending in the U.S. rose 13.1 percent last year -– marking the fastest rate relative to the last...
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Rite Aid July Sales Metrics Mostly Improved From June
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 11:46am | 166Read More...Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) reported its sales results for July. For the four weeks ended July 26, same-store sales rose 4.6 percent while front-end same-store-sales rose 1.5 percent. Pharmacy same-store sales rose six percent despite a 203 basis points negative impact from new generic introductions....
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7 Ways To Save On Prescription Drugs
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 11:59am | 536Read More...If you have quality insurance you may not notice but if you don’t, you know that the price of prescription drugs is high. Here are seven ways to help reign in the costs. 1. Communicate with Your Doctor If your doctor is prescribing medication, you need it. If you think there’s a chance you...
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Procter & Gamble vs. Johnson & Johnson: Which is the Better Bet?
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 4:42pm | 547Read More...When looking to make an investment, some investors might look to get into what’s “in” or what’s “hot.” This is why gold has recently been on an amazing bull run (which is now effectively over), and why housing was hot before it. Much of this can be seen as a...
