Laurie Toich, Assistant Editor

Republican lawmakers may face numerous challenges in repealing the Affordable Care Act.

Availability of new therapies and cost concerns create barriers for cancer patients.

Three studies presented at the European Cancer Congress highlight the need for cancer drug cost reform.

Both RespiClick inhalers were observed to improve lung function in patients with asthma.

A new partnership between academia and pharmaceutical industries aims to improve diabetes treatment.

Ophthalmologists may now order the Lucentis 0.5-mg prefilled syringe.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

Prime Aid alleges that Express Scripts removed the pharmacy from their network to steer customers towards Accredo.

Specialty pharmacy squares off with pharmacy benefit manager over contractual dispute.

TAK-935 will be developed to treat patients with rare pediatric epilepsy syndromes.

Latuda is the first drug approved in 5 years for the treatment of adolescent schizophrenia.

Ministrokes were observed to depress the affected area for up to 17 days.

PAN-301-1 is a vaccine candidate to treat patients with persistent prostate cancer.

Oral ferric citrate may affectively raise hemoglobin levels in patients with anemia.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

Characterizing a patient’s symptoms may improve sleep problems.

Trump Administration reduces open enrollment advertisements by $5 million.

Increased use of biosimilars could create sustainable care for multiple chronic diseases.

Utilization of biosimilars has the potential to overhaul cancer treatment.

Some specialists charge privately-insured patients 6 times as much as they charge Medicare.

Early-onset schizophrenia may predict a diabetes diagnosis.

The CRTC1 protein and the FGF1 gene are critical for memory.

Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

Certain measurements of drug costs do not show the whole picture, and can lead to an inaccurate picture of the gross spend by the customer, and an overstatement of the profits made by manufacturers, according to the study.

Private insurers offering plans through Medicaid could increase competition on Affordable Care Act marketplaces.

High intake of red meat found to influence the risk of diverticulitis.

Novel device can determine if a patient has pre-, type 1, or type 2 diabetes.

PF-06425090 prevented C. difficile infections in elderly adults.

Publically-insured children may be receiving unnecessary treatment.

Stress may increase brain activity and lead to inflammation of the heart.