By Victoria Costello, PLOS Senior Social Media & Community Editor With 2.3 million visitors reading more than 600 new posts on PLOS BLOGS Network over the past year, this last week of 2015 seems a goodCategory Archives: drug prices
Your Top 15 in ’15: Most popular on PLOS BLOGS Network
By Victoria Costello, PLOS Senior Social Media & Community Editor With 2.3 million visitors reading more than 600 new posts on PLOS BLOGS Network over the past year, this last week of 2015 seems a goodPosted by in #SfN15, Absolutely Maybe, Collaboration between scientists, DNA Science, drug prices, EveryOne, featured, History of Public Health, medically unexplained symptoms, Mind the Brain, Obesity Panacea, PLoS Biologue, plos biology, PLOS BLOGS Network, PLoS Medicine, PLOS Neuro, PLOS One, PLOS Paleo, Public Health Perspectives, Public science communication, scicomm, science communication, Science Writing, sciwriters, Victoria Costello
Known Knowns and Unknowns of U.S. Drug Pricing
By Joshua P. Cohen Research Associate Professor, Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (Full bio below this post) Media scrutiny of high drug costs In the U.S. spending on drugs represents 10% ofPosted by in drug prices, featured, Global Health, guest post, The Drug Abacus
Talking about Drug Prices & Access to Medicines Pt 2: This Blog Post Will Cost You by Jessica Wapner
Welcome to the second in a PLOS BLOGS six-part series, Talking about Drug Prices & Access to Medicines. To borrow a phrase from one of our bloggers, “Rage and public outcries are not a rational way to
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Drug price hikes: revolt on the way? Also, the Pope, climate change, and a super eclipse
WILL DARAPRIM DISPUTE TOPPLE DRUG PRICES? Will the rage over Martin Shkreli’s extortionate overpricing of the old reliable toxoplasmosis drug Daraprim trigger a rebellion over the cost of our medicines? That’s what Dan Diamond argues at Vox. He hails Shkreli … Continue reading
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New Miracle Drugs: What Would You Pay?
Levi Collazo, a biology major at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, has cystic fibrosis (CF). “In the first photo, I was making fun of my own weight. I’ve always used humor as a defense mechanism. I weighed 110 pounds. I’m 5’10″. … Continue reading
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