Category: Prescription Drugs
Monitored drugs decline 20 percent in Wisconsin during last three years
The total amount of drugs monitored by the state declined 20 percent between 2015 and 2018, with the most significant drops coinciding with state efforts to fight the opioid epidemic, according to a recent report.
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Baldwin demands answers on insulin price increases
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., wants to know why pharmaceutical companies have increased insulin prices dramatically over the last decade. Baldwin joined Democratic members of the Senate’s health committee on letters sent this week to Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi. The senators noted in their letters that the cost of insulin tripled between 2002 and […]
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Baldwin questions Pfizer on price increases
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., continues to question one of the world’s largest drug companies on its plans to change drug prices.
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Pocan questions drug companies on tax breaks
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, wants to know how major pharmaceutical companies are spending tax breaks they received under the new tax law and whether they’re going to use them to bring down drug prices.
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