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Rising Drug Costs: Trending 2017
2017 Trends: Rising Drug Costs The cost of prescription drugs has been rising rapidly since 2010, and will likely continue to rise in 2017. Frank Magliochetti The largest drug maker in the United States, Pfizer Inc., raised prices on 133 of its U.S. brand name products in 2015. More than three-quarters of the increases were 10 percent […]
Prescription Drugs – The Price Game
Prescription Drugs in The US Frank Magliochetti Report If we look back ten years ago, the price of prescription drugs were fairly low and it was easy for patients to buy their medication from the pharmacy. 2016 has not only brought new innovative medical drugs and vaccines, it has brought drug prices that are much […]
Covid-19: How Will It Affect Fall Sports
Covid-19 Pandemic Affecting Fall Sports The coronavirus pandemic has changed how Americans do business – it has also affected how we play. Many organized sports took a hiatus during the spring and summer as players, organizers, public health officials, and fans looked for ways to play safely, and are now trying to squeeze out a […]
3D Bioprinter Produces Skin for Tranplants
3D Bioprinter Prints Functional Human Skin Adequate for Transplant A team of researchers in Spain reports the development of a new three-dimensional (3D) printer capable of printing human skin suitable for transplant into patients. The printed skin is also suitable for testing drugs and cosmetics. The team included several groups of researchers, including a group from the […]
Top 3 Challenges in Healthcare in 2020
1. Cybersecurity The medical and healthcare sector collects highly sensitive patient information, which puts the industry in the crosshairs of cybersecurity attacks. There were 2,546 healthcare data breaches involving more than 500 records in the United States between 2009 and 2018, resulting in the in the exposure and theft of 189,945,874 healthcare records – this […]