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Pharmaceutical industry

The pharmaceutical industry develops, produces, and markets drugs licensed for use as medications.

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  • Time Running Out for Health Care

    …insurance reform in 1993, keeping doctors and hospitals in the loop and negotiating an $80 billion deal with the drug companies to narrow the hole where Medicare patients lose coverage. But what he lost along the way is the hearts and minds …

    08/07/2009Politics
  • W. Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

    …the Clinton playbook. Obama started by courting the major interest groups, and so far none of them—insurers, drug companies , hospitals, or doctors—has come out against him. He has repeatedly stated his flexibility and openness to compromise …

    08/01/2009Newsweek Voices - Jacob Weisberg
  • Lyme Time in D.C.: Unraveling How to Best Treat the Disease

    …charged that IDSA’s guidelines were approved by experts who had conflicts of interest with insurance groups or drug companies . The investigation ended last year with IDSA agreeing to assemble a new panel to review its guidelines and revise or update them if necessary. Eighteen speakers …

    07/30/2009Blogs
  • The Placebo Effect: My Genes Made Me Do It

    …his coauthors also receive speaking fees from the drug companies and serve as paid consultants.) The placebo effect drives drug companies crazy. It is so powerful--in some studies, accounting …

    07/22/2009Health
  • The Next Blockbuster Drugs

    …patients with Type 1 diabetes, which used to be called juvenile diabetes. And it is creating billions in profit for drug companies that treat patients with Type 2 diabetes, as well. Leading diabetes drugs include several long-acting insulins …

    07/22/2009Business

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