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September 18, 2018News

Medical Research from Mars Can Fail Patients from Venus

BIOtech Now Jim Greenwood Historically, federal dollars inadvertently flowed to medical research with a disproportionate focus on men’s health. There are several […]

September 14, 2018News

Pathbreaking Biotech Investor—Dr. Beth Seidenberg—to Speak at #BIF18

BIOtech Now Theresa Brady The rapid pace of scientific discovery, FDA approvals, commercialization of medicines held long in pipelines, and numerous IPOs […]

September 13, 2018News

Bloomberg Exposes How Drug Cost Middlemen “Rake in Millions”

BIOtech Now Andrew Segerman Bloomberg has authored an investigative piece exposing drug cost middlemen, better known as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), for […]

September 11, 2018News

Greenwood Highlights Role of Innovation in Solving Opioid Crisis

BIOtech Now Andrew Segerman The numbers are staggering. The opioid epidemic is costing our nation more than $500 billion annually in health and social […]

September 10, 2018News

The Patient Perspective-Valuable for Drug Development

BIOtech Now Theresa Brady Congress, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), drug developers, researchers and patient groups have all recognized the contribution […]

September 6, 2018News

Healthcare AI is Booming

BIOtech Now Jeremy Isenberg Emerging technologies are disrupting the healthcare system as we know it—none more so than artificial intelligence (AI), which […]

August 30, 2018News

National Immunization Awareness Month is Timely Reminder of Modern Marvel of Vaccines

BIOtech Now Phyllis Arthur August marks National Immunization Awareness Month – a time to take inventory on where we stand, and recognize […]

August 28, 2018News

Vaccine Video Series Aims to Educate on the Benefits of Immunization

BIOtech Now Andrew Segerman National Immunization Awareness Month might be coming to a close, but it’s important to continue helping people understand […]

August 27, 2018News

Report: Patients More Likely to Skip Therapy as Out-of-Pocket Costs Rise

BIOtech Now Andrew Segerman IQVIA — a nonpartisan health care research firm — is out with troubling new data showing a direct […]

August 22, 2018News

PBS NewsHour: Why a Patient Paid a $285 Copay for a $40 Drug

BIOtech Now Andrew Segerman A featured story by PBS NewsHour reaffirms that insurance companies and drug cost middlemen determine what patients pay […]

August 21, 2018News

Senate Has the Power to Get Miracle Medications to Opioid Addicts

BIOtech Now Jim Greenwood BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwood posted the following op-ed on Linked-In today, making the case for the […]

August 17, 2018News

Changes to the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act are essential to saving lives in disasters

BIOtech Now Andrew Segerman Writing for The Hill, Dr. Robert Kadlec, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response for the U.S. Department of […]

July 31, 2018News

Pfizer CEO: How the Biopharmaceutical Industry Creates Value (And Jobs) for the U.S. Economy

BIOtech Now Andrew Segerman In a recent piece for Forbes, Pfizer’s Chairman and CEO Ian Read highlights the significant economic value that […]

July 25, 2018News

As Out-of-Pocket Costs Rise, Insurers Spend Big on Administrative Costs

BIOtech Now Brian Newell It seems every week the insurance industry is busy pointing the finger at biopharmaceutical innovators for the rising […]

July 24, 2018News

Greenwood: America Leads in Biopharmaceutical Innovation. Let’s Keep It That Way.

BIOtech Now Andrew Segerman Writing last week for Morning Consult, BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwood proposed several policy ideas for Washington […]

July 19, 2018News

Insurers Should Prevent Pharmacy Counter Sticker Shock, Not Encourage It

BIOtech Now Trevor Roberts Sticker shock at the pharmacy counter is becoming increasingly more common for patients across the nation. But with […]

July 18, 2018News

Insurers and PBMs Limit Access to Safer Opioid Alternatives

BIOtech Now Andrew Segerman Opioid abuse and addiction in America continues to ravish communities, families, and individuals across the nation. With an […]

July 13, 2018News