BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. Leucovorin, or folinic acid (vitamin B9), is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reduce adverse effects from antifolate cancer treatments including methotr...

Expansion of the Medicare drug price negotiation rare disease drug carve-out would unnecessarily limit the number of drugs eligible for negotiation, allow for continued high drug prices for products that earn billions of dollars in Medicare, and introduce a new set of misaligned incentives.

Truth, Power, and the Drugs You Take

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Some see the DOJ filing as a sign the Trump administration is willing to maintain the controversial program.

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When politicians subordinate scientific institutions to electoral interests, they undermine immediate public health efforts and inflict lasting damage on institutional credibility.

Medicare has selected 15 more drugs to negotiate directly with participating drug companies. Building on the success of the first round of negotiations, the aim is to lower prices for some more of the...

This Viewpoint focuses on the Manufacturer Discount Program, identifying 4 key themes of interest to policymakers that may be affected by its Part D redesign.

While some agree with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the agency needs reform, their ideas for fixing it are very different from his.

As various reform ideas are proposed, the organized medical and scientific community will need to work with the new leadership at the FDA to promote positive change–and oppose initiatives that undermi...

Policymakers are considering legislation that would address several well-known problems with the PBM industry. But the bills might not substantially reduce prescription drug spending in the United ...

This study examines the characteristics of academic researchers who obtained US government–linked drug patents.

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Audio Interview from the New England Journal of Medicine — Interview with Benjamin Rome on the results of the initial round of drug-price negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Audio Interview from the New England Journal of Medicine — Interview with Benjamin Rome on the results of the initial round of drug-price negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act.

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