Laurie Toich, Assistant Editor

Prime Therapeutics reduced Medicare spending on pain drugs by 12% in the first half of 2017.

Many patients with rheumatoid arthritis feel their employers do not understand their condition.

The National Clinical Care Commission Act would better coordinate diabetes research.

Patients with hepatitis C virus achieve treatment success with specialists, primary care physicians, and nurse practitioners.

Findings highlight the need to monitor blood pressure during pregnancy, especially in the second trimester.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

A look at last week's top stories in the world of pharmacy.

A look at last week's top stories in the world of pharmacy.

Novel discovery could lead to targeted cancer therapies.

Electronic health record adoption is high, but integrated records pose a challenge.

Targeting RNA methylation could treat acute myeloid leukemia.

Judge orders tobacco companies to inform Americans about the harmful and addictive properties of smoking.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

Abemaciclib (Verzenio) may not improve overall survival in patients with non-small lung cancer.

Provider communication could sway efficacy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

Afatinib (Gilotrif) may treat patients with non-small cell lung cancer who have certain mutations.

Offering medical and pharmacy benefit management can advance the move towards value-based care.

Drinking coffee may have more profound survival benefits for patients with HIV and hepatitis C than for the general population.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

Several members of Congress recently sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that urged the elimination of direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees.

More than 50 members of Congress push for the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to stop the use of direct and indirect remuneration fees.

Legislators are becoming more informed about DIR fees and their harms on Medicare beneficiaries and specialty pharmacies.

Many cancer drug approvals based on indirect measures, study finds.

Statins found to prevent Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection.

Not eating breakfast linked to a prevalence of atherosclerotic lesions.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.