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Study finds hepatitis C cure saved Medicaid $15 billion

By Lindsey Seidlitz  |    January 5, 2023
New research published in the American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) underscores the critical role that medicines play in improving health and reducing disease complications and other, often costly,...   Read More

Recognizing Hepatitis R&D on World Hepatitis Day

By Andrew Powaleny  |    July 28, 2021
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, most commonly caused by a viral infection. There are five main hepatitis viruses, with types A, B, C most common. In 2018, the Centers for Disease Control...   Read More

Spending on medicines grew less than one percent in 2017

By Holly Campbell  |    April 19, 2018
Last year, a record number of new treatments and cures that are transforming care for patients fighting debilitating diseases like cancer, hepatitis C, high cholesterol and more were approved by the...   Read More

Medicare Monday: Another example of the competitive market at work in Part D

By Nicole Longo  |    April 17, 2017
Hepatitis C is a devastating viral disease that can result in life-threatening and costly complications. Five years ago, the only available treatment for the disease often resulted in debilitating...   Read More

Discovery of counterfeit hepatitis C drug is another example of why importation is bad for patients

By Nicole Longo  |    February 13, 2017
The manufacturing and trafficking of counterfeit drugs is not just a U.S. concern but a growing threat globally. Governments around the world are working together to try to prevent these fake...   Read More

Focusing on patients and progress on World Hepatitis Day

By Hannah Mooney Mack  |    July 28, 2016
World Hepatitis Day is a unique opportunity to take stock of the recent advancements in new treatments and cures to combat versions of hepatitis. Founded by the World Hepatitis Alliance, World...   Read More

New report celebrates a decade of progress in chronic diseases

By Holly Campbell  |    February 25, 2016
In the last 10 years, incredible progress has been made by the biopharmaceutical industry in the treatment of chronic diseases. With about half of all Americans, or 117 million people, living with...   Read More

Local Impact: Hepatitis C and Medicaid spending

By Priscilla VanderVeer  |    December 22, 2015
There has been a lot of discussion about the cost of new hepatitis C treatments to state Medicaid programs. What has not been addressed, however, is how those costs stack up against older, less...   Read More

Critics proven wrong again on medicine spending

By Holly Campbell  |    December 9, 2015
Recent comments from pharmacy benefit managers and insurers disprove – once again – the fallacious claims previously made about spending on new innovative medicines. Over the past year, payers...   Read More

Medicare Monday: New hepatitis C treatments in Medicare

By Ashley Flint  |    November 2, 2015
America’s innovative biopharmaceutical companies are committed to researching and developing treatments that help patients live longer, healthier lives. In recent years new treatments for hepatitis C...   Read More

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