Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2018

A new poll jointly conducted by Politico and the Harvard Chan School of Public Health bolsters my read on the latter issue – prescription drug pricing, which has become a mass popular culture union. There may be no other issue on voters’ collective minds for the 2018 mid-term election that so unites American voters.

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Health Populi

JUNE 28, 2018

but one issue is on the mind of most American voters where there is evidence of some agreements: health care, as evidenced in the June 2018 Health Tracking Poll from Kaiser Family Foundation. Top-line, health care is one of the most important issues that voters want addressed in the 2018 mid-term elections, tied with the economy.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2018

In 2018, spending on branded prescription drugs will fall in wealthy countries, while spending on specialty drugs will increase, resulting in flat medicines spending. Specifically, $19 billion worth of biotech spending will find biosimilar competition starting in 2018 for the first time. In the U.S.,

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Health Populi

APRIL 10, 2019

In typical markets, as products mature and get mass adoption, prices fall. But then prescription drug pricing doesn’t conform with how typical markets work in theory. In no state did the rate of diabetes decline in the ten years between 2008 and 2018.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

2018 midterm elections, healthcare voting seems to have translated as a local issue, falling into O’Neill’s axiom. On this morning after 2018 midterm election results are (mostly) out, it looks like healthcare was a local and state issue for U.S. 2018 midterm voters. 2018 midterm voters. ” In the U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 29, 2019

paid for prescription drugs in 2018, with roughly four times the number of health citizens. The first FDA cleared DTx was reSET from Pear Therapeutics, cleared in November 2018. For context and comparison, note that the U.S. has some 326 million citizens, and China nearly 1.4 IQVIA recognizes that, “the (U.S.)

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2018

This is what happened to pharma stock prices on Friday after President Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar outlined their new policies focusing on prescription drug prices. Smart Pharmaceuticals Index (NQSSPH) from May 11, 2018, the date when POTUS and Secretary Azar made their announcement.

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