U.S. lawmakers’ elimination of the 2.3% excise tax on medical devices in 2020 will remove some uncertainty for the industry, but bottom lines and broader challenges may remain static. Payers continue to cut reimbursements and more money is going to share buybacks and dividends than to R&D.
It’s the job of the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights to investigate civil rights violations in hospitals that get…
Employers are increasingly tapping smaller pharmacy benefit managers in an effort to reduce drug costs and comply with strengthened fiduciary duty requirements. This is challenging,…
A Chicago-area podiatrist sued federal health officials, alleging they arbitrarily denied compensation for wound care treatments after an administrative law judge ruled the treatments were…
Ivory Coast has activated its emergency health system after confirming two cases of mpox, the Ministry of Health said.
The Biden administration on Thursday will unveil 17 cutting-edge technologies it’s going to test in federal buildings, part of a $9.6 million effort to boost…
The FDA’s power to determine a drug’s exclusivity or review tobacco marketing applications faces fresh vulnerability to legal battles after the Supreme Court’s decision to…
The US Supreme Court is poised to allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho, according to a copy of the opinion that was briefly posted…
A federal judge in Texas vacated federal guidance that clarifies how health-care providers can use online tracking technology without running afoul of health-care privacy regulations.
Merck & Co. won US approval for a pneumococcal vaccine that threatens to unseat one of Pfizer Inc.’s biggest franchises.
The Federal Trade Commission’s high-profile antitrust lawsuit against e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. will go to trial in October 2026, per a US federal judge’s order…
