Gaming the system: how drug manufacturers use patents to stifle innovation and harm consumers
Some drugmakers exploit the patent system to stifle competition and end up stalling innovation. Reform is overdue
Some drugmakers exploit the patent system to stifle competition and end up stalling innovation. Reform is overdue
Some drugmakers exploit the patent system to stifle competition and end up stalling innovation. Reform is overdue
For many of us, a time will come at the end of our lives when we need a specific kind of care to maintain as
A new policy brief from PEPReC highlights the relationship between physician base salary and time to fill at the Veterans Health Administration.
The PACT Act of 2022 was enacted as a means of extending health care and benefits to more Veterans and survivors.
Section 401 of the MISSION Act requires VHA to identify and mitigate underservedness, a comprehensive assessment of access to care.
The American organ donation and transplant system is plagued by light regulation and little consequence.
Heat-related illnesses are entirely preventable, yet they are on the rise across the US.
Like it or not, political mudslinging gets heavy around election time, and people come up with all flavors of insults. These aren’t always representative of
These workforce guidelines aimed to improve Veterans’ timely access to care through data-driven staffing strategies and work to address demands in primary and specialty care services.
In most countries, health care systems negotiate drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies, making crucial drugs more affordable for their citizens. In America, that wasn’t
The first mRNA vaccine to gain full FDA approval was for COVID-19, but the future could see more of this type of vaccine – including
Asthma treatment is expensive and recent actions from inhaler manufacturers to lower prices are a good start but not enough to make it affordable.
Climate change contributes to the climbing allergic asthma rates we are seeing each year. But, there are concrete steps the US health care system can take to minimize this.
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