June 20, 2017
In Massachusetts, some patients with epilepsy must try and fail on their health plans’ preferred prescription medications not once, not twice, but three times before getting the treatment their doctor originally prescribed.
June 14, 2017
Clinical pathways in the age of personalized cancer care may be excluding a key component: patient perspective.
June 12, 2017
GAfPA's workshop drew participants from across Europe who represented a multitude of backgrounds – all linked through their work with pain.
June 9, 2017
EU regulators who want to encourage understanding and acceptance of biosimilar medicines might consider improving the drugs’ labels.
June 6, 2017
For chronic migraine patients, the only thing better than making a headache stop is preventing it altogether. And new research suggests that patients may soon have new options for doing just that.
June 1, 2017
A congressional effort to improve patients’ access to treatment is generating widespread enthusiasm in the advocacy community.
May 30, 2017
Orphan drugs aren’t always reaching the patients who need them, and an advocacy group known as the Cystic Fibrosis Engagement Network has a few ideas as to why.
May 25, 2017
Is precision medicine gaining traction in the field of oncology? The Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of the cancer drug pembrolizumab offers a hint.
May 23, 2017
Some Medicare beneficiaries pay 20 percent of their income in out-of-pocket medical expenses, a new study finds.
May 18, 2017
Long considered an affliction of the baby boomer generation, hepatitis C now has spiked among a surprising new population: young people.
