Giant Companies Took Secret Payments to Allow Free Flow of Opioids
Drugmakers including Purdue Pharma paid pharmacy benefit managers not to restrict painkiller prescriptions, a New York Times investigation found.
Matthew Perry’s Death Shines a Harsh Light on Ketamine Treatment
Was Perry, whose substance struggles were known, a good candidate for a drug used to relieve depression? Doctors say his case raises thorny questions.
In battle over health care costs, private equity plays both sides
As medical practices owned by private equity firms fuel overbilling, a payment tool also backed by such investors helps insurers boost their profits. Caught between...
Insurers reap hidden fees by slashing payments. You may get the bill VIEW
A little-known data firm helps health insurers make more when less of an out-of-network claim gets paid. Patients can be on the hook for the...
Emergent hid evidence of COVID vaccine problems at plant, report says
A government contractor hired to produce coronavirus vaccine doses hid evidence of quality control problems from Food and Drug Administration inspectors in February 2021.
Lawmakers dismiss McKinsey’s apology on opioid crisis as ‘empty’
The top executive at McKinsey & Co., appearing on Wednesday before Congress to answer for the consulting firm’s role in fanning the opioid crisis, came...
Federal government cuts ties with troubled vaccine maker
The federal government has canceled its contract with a troubled COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer that ruined millions of doses and had to halt production for months...
Baltimore vaccine plant’s troubles ripple across 3 continents
Millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine produced by Emergent BioSolutions have been held back in Europe, South Africa and Canada as a...
Shake-up at COVID vaccine manufacturer that tossed millions of doses
Executives of Emergent BioSolutions, the COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer that lost millions of doses because of possible contamination, reported a shake-up in leadership and offered the...