/tags/pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 07 May 2024 20:04:46 GMT /news/2024-05-07/some-feel-pfizers-departure-from-boulder-might-be-less-of-a-setback-than-it-seems Pfizer recently announced plans to shut down its Boulder operations, but the life sciences industry is seeing the biopharmaceutical giant's departure as an opportunity. Tue, 07 May 2024 20:04:46 GMT /news/2024-05-07/some-feel-pfizers-departure-from-boulder-might-be-less-of-a-setback-than-it-seems Nikole Robinson Carroll /news/2023-09-04/a-move-to-cut-drug-prices-has-colorado-patients-with-rare-diseases-worried The Colorado board’s choice of drugs to review elucidates one of the thorniest questions the board must wrangle with: Would lowering the price tag for rare-disease medications lead manufacturers to pull out of the state or limit their availability? Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:04:00 GMT /news/2023-09-04/a-move-to-cut-drug-prices-has-colorado-patients-with-rare-diseases-worried Markian Hawryluk, KFF Health °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ /npr-news/2020-06-29/remdesivir-priced-at-more-than-3-100-for-a-course-of-treatment An experimental COVID-19 medicine that has been shown to shorten the time people with severe illness have to stay in the hospital finally has a price tag that's lower than some analysts expected. Mon, 29 Jun 2020 23:39:00 GMT /npr-news/2020-06-29/remdesivir-priced-at-more-than-3-100-for-a-course-of-treatment Sydney Lupkin /npr-news/2020-01-23/pharmaceutical-executive-john-kapoor-sentenced-to-66-months-in-prison-in-opioid-trial His sentencing is the culmination of a months-long criminal trial that resulted in the first successful prosecution of pharmaceutical executives tied to the opioid epidemic. Thu, 23 Jan 2020 21:29:00 GMT /npr-news/2020-01-23/pharmaceutical-executive-john-kapoor-sentenced-to-66-months-in-prison-in-opioid-trial Gabrielle Emanuel, Gabrielle Emanuel, Vanessa Romo, Vanessa Romo /npr-news/2020-01-13/pharmaceutical-executives-face-prison-time-in-case-linked-to-opioid-crisis John Kapoor, the former billionaire who founded drugmaker Insys Therapeutics, is among the executives to be sentenced for racketeering. Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:00:30 GMT /npr-news/2020-01-13/pharmaceutical-executives-face-prison-time-in-case-linked-to-opioid-crisis Gabrielle Emanuel, Gabrielle Emanuel /health/2019-10-28/as-rural-pharmacies-close-western-states-seek-a-prescription Updated Monday, November 18, 2019 to include a visualization of pharmacy closure in the Mountain West. A national study published in the journal JAMA… Mon, 28 Oct 2019 23:01:35 GMT /health/2019-10-28/as-rural-pharmacies-close-western-states-seek-a-prescription Rae Ellen Bichell /2019-09-12/many-mountain-west-lawmakers-still-pulling-in-donations-from-drug-companies Pharmaceutical companies are facing scrutiny over the opioid crisis, but that hasn’t stopped them from giving millions of dollars to members of Congress... Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:24:06 GMT /2019-09-12/many-mountain-west-lawmakers-still-pulling-in-donations-from-drug-companies Madelyn Beck, Madelyn Beck /npr-news/2019-09-11/purdue-pharma-reaches-tentative-deal-to-settle-thousands-of-opioid-lawsuits The pending settlement likely means Purdue will avoid going to trial in the sprawling and complicated case involving some 2,300 local governments across 23 states. Thu, 12 Sep 2019 00:21:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-09-11/purdue-pharma-reaches-tentative-deal-to-settle-thousands-of-opioid-lawsuits Bobby Allyn, Brian Mann /npr-news/2019-07-16/federal-judge-orders-release-of-dataset-showing-drug-industrys-role-in-opioid-crisis As addiction has soared, drugmakers, distributors and pharmacies profited off opioids. Newly released data details who made the pills, where they were sold, and which communities were hit hardest. Tue, 16 Jul 2019 23:36:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-07-16/federal-judge-orders-release-of-dataset-showing-drug-industrys-role-in-opioid-crisis Brian Mann /npr-news/2019-07-11/reckitt-benckiser-agrees-to-pay-1-4-billion-in-opioid-settlement The deal to resolve all U.S. federal investigations and claims is the biggest drug industry settlement so far stemming from the nation's deadly opioid epidemic. Thu, 11 Jul 2019 21:55:50 GMT /npr-news/2019-07-11/reckitt-benckiser-agrees-to-pay-1-4-billion-in-opioid-settlement Brian Mann