July 20, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration is tired of waiting. Of the 11 biosimilars approved by the agency, only three are available on the U.S. market. The therapies are poised to provide patients with additional – and potentially lower-cost – options for treating rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, cancer and other diseases. But not unless patients can access them.
July 19, 2018
Work, study, job hunt or volunteer for at least 80 hours a month. That was Arkansas’ demand to Medicaid recipients as part of the state’s new Medicaid work requirements, which took effect in June. One month in, officials are gauging how well the Arkansas Works program is panning out.
July 12, 2018
What stands between patients and integrative, comprehensive pain management? It could be health plan design, according to a recent attitudinal survey by the Alliance for Balanced Pain Management.
July 10, 2018
Treatment is important for the 8 million Americans with gout, a disease caused by uric acid buildup in the body that produces excruciating joint pain. But public awareness is growing about how gout impacts another group – everybody else. Now, a new video from the Alliance for Gout Awareness highlights recent research about the disease’s broad social impact.
July 5, 2018
Imagine having severe eczema. Your hands, arms and feet are always red and irritated. Sometimes your skin is so dry it cracks. Other times you have weepy blisters.
July 3, 2018
In a week already marked by fireworks and parades, patients in Maine have one more thing to celebrate. A new state law draws clear lines about non-medical switching, protecting chronic disease patients who want to stick with the doctor-prescribed medicine that keeps them stable.
July 3, 2018
What can America learn at the crossroads of social media and clinical trials? At a recent National Institutes of Health workshop, one organization had a clear answer: powerful methods for heightening clinical trials awareness.
June 29, 2018
Massachusetts Medicaid patients are breathing a collective sigh of relief.
June 27, 2018
For many patients with an infectious disease, a cure can’t ever be more than a dream. But for Oregonians living with hepatitis C, that’s changing.
June 25, 2018
Not everyone can afford the medication they need. To make drugs more accessible, manufacturers sometimes provide co-pay coupons to help patients cover their out-of-pocket pharmacy expenses.
