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Under the new benefits, short-term opioid prescriptions for acute pain will be provided for no longer than a week, and telepsychiatry care provided by both a prescriber and therapist will become a covered benefit. Read More
New Jersey’s Supreme Court threw out more than 500 claims alleging Roche failed to adequately warn patients that its acne drug Accutane “caused” ulcerative colitis rather than “was associated with it.” Read More
Congress in a rare bipartisan effort approved a wide-ranging bill designed to address the opioid crisis. President Trump has vowed to sign the sprawling legislation, which was overwhelmingly approved Wednesday by the Senate and last month by the House. Read More
Proposed doses should be “discussed and justified within the totality of evidence, including the context of known exposure-response relationships and the level of confidence in the PBPK model for its intended uses,” the guidance states. Read More
GlaxoSmithKline Tuesday announced it will begin paying doctors again to promote its products as part of changes to its policy for working with healthcare professionals (HCPs). The move reverses a 2013 decision to stop financially rewarding physicians to talk about its treatments. Read More
Sponsors of atopic dermatitis drugs for children don’t have to wait to test a drug’s safety or efficacy on adults before beginning pediatric trials, the FDA says in a new final guidance. Read More
Hundreds of hospital CEOs urged congressional leaders not to tighten eligibility for 340B drug discounts, saying proposed cuts in the program would limit their ability to serve patients and would have little impact on drug prices. Read More