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Nearly half of Medicare cancer patients hit their annual drug cost cap, with a third doing so in January alone. A new 2025 program lets them spread these payments across the year instead of facing thousands in upfront costs.
A new government website is helping Americans access discounted prescription drugs directly from manufacturers, including popular weight-loss and fertility medications. The initiative aims to ease the financial burden of healthcare costs affecting millions of families.
MIT researchers created an AI model that makes yeast produce protein drugs more efficiently, potentially cutting costs for vaccines and cancer treatments. The breakthrough could speed up how we develop life-saving medications.
South Korean researchers can now screen tens of millions of drug compounds in weeks instead of months, slashing costs and reducing dependence on overseas services. The new public platform uses DNA barcodes and AI to speed up the search for life-saving medications.
Scientists at MIT taught an AI to speak yeast's genetic language, boosting medicine production by up to three times while cutting costly trial and error. The breakthrough could make life-saving drugs cheaper and faster to produce.
Eli Lilly just made its weight loss drug Zepbound more affordable for millions of workers by letting employers chip in on the cost. Instead of charging insurance prices, they're offering it at $449 a month with flexible employer subsidies.
A broken water purifier led scientists to discover that ordinary tap water might revolutionize how new medicines get made. The accidental find could help smaller companies afford drug development and bring more treatments to patients.
A grandmother's lung cancer treatment once cost her family their life savings. Now, thanks to China's expanded medical insurance, over 230 cancer drugs are affordable for millions of aging families.
A landmark agreement with pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts will lower out-of-pocket drug costs for millions of Americans while bringing new revenue to community pharmacies. The changes are expected to save patients up to $7 billion over the next decade.
Maryland just became one of the first states to put a hard limit on prescription drug prices, slashing the cost of a common diabetes medication. Starting January 2027, patients and government programs will pay no more than $204 for a month's supply of Jardiance.
A chronic asthma patient discovered her $600-a-month medication cost just $35 in Italy, sparking a 25-year question about prescription pricing. New federal initiatives aim to bring foreign drug prices to American patients.
Colorado just became the second state approved to bring prescription medications from Canada, potentially lowering costs for residents struggling with high drug prices. The FDA's approval marks another step toward making medicine more affordable for Americans.
Uganda has started producing Hydroxyurea locally, a breakthrough drug that treats sickle cell disease affecting 20,000 newborns each year. The move slashes costs and makes life-saving treatment accessible to families who've struggled with expensive imports.
Millions of Medicare patients will soon pay less for cancer treatments, HIV medications, and other essential drugs after 15 new medicines were selected for federal price negotiations. The new list includes the first physician-administered treatments ever chosen for these cost-cutting talks.
Medicare just negotiated lower prices on 15 essential medications including cancer treatments and arthritis drugs, potentially saving patients and taxpayers billions. The new prices take effect in 2028, building on previous negotiations that would have saved $8.5 billion in 2024 alone.
Julie Turner beat cancer at 17, and 51 years later she's fighting to stop insurance companies from blocking medication assistance for patients. Her push for Ohio's Senate Bill 207 could save cancer patients thousands in out-of-pocket costs.
Artificial intelligence is slashing the time and cost to develop new medicines, opening doors for treatments that were previously too expensive to pursue. The first AI-designed drugs are already in human trials.
Scientists just made discovering new medicines faster and cheaper using smart AI that predicts which chemical combinations will work. Instead of testing 50 reactions in the lab, researchers now only need to test 5.
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a way to deliver expensive diabetes drugs through genetically modified lettuce, potentially making life-changing medications affordable for millions. The breakthrough could transform how people access GLP-1 treatments that currently cost hundreds of dollars per month.
India just eliminated customs duties on 17 life-saving cancer medications, a move doctors say will make treatment more affordable for patients facing the country's growing cancer crisis. With over 1.4 million new cancer cases diagnosed annually, the policy change offers tangible financial relief to families struggling with expensive imported therapies.
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