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Debunking Oregon’s Cost Argument in Denying Access to Accelerated Approval Drugs
March 15, 2022 Updated: September 28, 2022   By: Kenneth E. Thorpe. Ph.D.   The Food and Drug Administration’s accelerated approval pathway was created to hasten access to safe and effective new therapies for people living with serious or life-threatening conditions where...
Mar 15, 2022
Testicular Cancer: Unpreventable Yet Very Treatable
By: Dr. Salvatore J. Giorgianni, PharmD, Sr. Science Adviser, Men’s Health Network   Ok, how many of you guys out there know that April is Testicular Cancer Awareness Month?  Unfortunately, most guys, not even many health care providers know that April is the month dedicated to...
Apr 22, 2021
Antibiotic Action is Needed Now for Effective, Protective Options Later
CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO.    Today we are living with the realities of a highly contagious, infectious disease for which we were globally unprepared. While COVID-19 is permeating communities nationwide, and significant progress towards treatments and a vaccine continues, it is clearly an...
Aug 13, 2020
Medicare and Coronavirus: What You Need to Know
By Seema Verma, Administrator, U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services   Since older Americans are particularly vulnerable to coronavirus (COVID-19), I wanted to let you know the steps we’re taking to help our Medicare beneficiaries cope with the pandemic.   We’...
Mar 27, 2020
Sharing Rebates on Diabetes Medicines Could Save People with Diabetes $3.7 Billion a Year
  A new study finds that passing along rebates and discounts directly to patients at the pharmacy counter could save individuals with diabetes $3.7 billion annually and reduce overall health care spending through improved medication adherence and a reduction in diabetes-related complications...
Feb 25, 2019
Migraine Matters
Migraine, the third most prevalent illness in the world, affecting 1 billion globally and nearly 40 million men, women, and children in the U.S.  Migraine is much more than a bad headache.  It is a neurological condition with extremely incapacitating symptoms.  Chances are you know...
May 24, 2018
How do America’s Health Rankings Relate to How Patients Use Health System in Each State?
The 2016 Annual Report released today by America’s Health Rankings uses 34 unique measures to create a ranking of the healthiest overall states in the US. The report also provides insight into public health efforts by demonstrating how each state has progressed and declined over almost 30...
Dec 15, 2016
Health Care Industry Veteran Gains a New Perspective
By Steve Ubl   Last year, at a board meeting, I presented a video about the value of medical technology. The video focused on a mom struggling with caring for a toddler with type 1 diabetes. I distinctly remember a moment when the young child looks incredulously at his mother, who is...
May 25, 2016
The Data Is Clear: Prevention and Treatment are Key to Saving Lives and Money
New Harvard Study Finds Half of Cancer Deaths Could Be Prevented; Emory University Studying Even Better Prevention Options for Chronic Diseases   CNBC recently reported on a new study out of Harvard Medical School that found, “20 to 40 percent of cancer cases, and half of...
May 23, 2016
Addressing Health In America To Build Wealth
Kenneth Thorpe and Candace DeMatteis April 18, 2016   Today, two of the primary focal points for many policy leaders include boosting individual income growth and, independently, reducing health care spending growth. None that we’re aware of, however, have identified and are...
Apr 18, 2016

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