January 25, 2018
An estimated 65 million family caregivers help their elderly, disabled or ill loved ones continue to live at home – driving them to appointments and assisting with day-to-day needs like bathing, dressing and preparing meals. Few receive recognition, resources or support. But a new law aims to change that.
December 14, 2017
As 2017 draws to a close, let’s take a look back at the highlights in patient access this year.
December 12, 2017
What are new drugs to prevent migraine worth? The question is driving a forthcoming report from cost-effectiveness giant the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) – and already eliciting an outpouring of feedback from the migraine patient community.
November 30, 2017
Who feels the impact of headache disorders and migraine? More people than you may think, according to a new video from The Headache & Migraine Policy Forum.
November 21, 2017
What’s worse than battling a debilitating, painful and costly disease? Having to convince people that it’s real.
November 8, 2017
Over the last few decades, improved body armor has helped protect America’s men and women in uniform from fatal complications such as those from close-proximity blasts. They’re surviving. They’re returning home to their spouses, partners, parents and children.
But many still have wounds – some visible, some invisible.
November 2, 2017
What’s the value of being able to stop involuntary lip smacking, facial grimacing or torso twitching – and the public stigma they cause?
October 30, 2017
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review recently evaluated treatments for tardive dyskinesia, a movement disorder related to the long-term use of antipsychotic medications to treat serious mental illness. Men and women with TD experience uncontrollable movements of their face, limbs or torso – along with intense social stigma.
ICER’s report says the treatments are not cost effective. But it leaves several key questions unanswered.
October 30, 2017
IfPA is concerned that ICER’s draft evidence report, dated October 2, 2017, undervalues the benefits that tardive dyskinesia (TD) patients…
October 17, 2017
Millions of people are affected by neurological conditions known as movement disorders: Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, tardive dyskinesia and more.
