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Category: Prescription Drugs

House Committee rejects plan to create state board to review drug prices

by Ryan Voyles | Mar 5, 2020 | Legislature, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0

A plan to create a new state board to review data on drug prices and set new payment limits for state-regulated plans failed Wednesday to advance out of committee.

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Drug manufacturer Mallinckrodt to pay $1.6 billion to settle opioid claims

by Ryan Voyles | Feb 26, 2020 | Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0

Ireland-based Mallinckrodt announced Tuesday that it has tentatively agreed to pay $1.6 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits related to what Illinois and other states say is their role in the opioid epidemic.

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Advocates, lawmakers seek statewide drug take-back program

by Ryan Voyles | Feb 24, 2020 | Legislature, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0

Lawmakers are considering a plan to create a uniform statewide drug take-back program that would be funded and operated by drug manufacturers.

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Report: Illinois in the middle of pack for healthcare spending per person

by Ryan Voyles | Feb 21, 2020 | Population Health, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0

Illinois was in the middle of the pack for having the high healthcare spending per person in a recent study that looked at cost trends for those with employer-sponsored insurance in states across the nation.

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