In her final thoughts regarding gastroesophageal cancer, Laura Bobolts, PharmD, BCOP, overviews patient support services and programs. Laura Bobolts, PharmD, BCOP: It’s an exciting time in the ...

About 1 in 10 prescription drugs — mainly brand-name and expensive drugs and those for rare diseases — has a manufacturer-sponsored patient support program, which usually includes financial, nursing ...

Four years ago, Barbara LaCoste began seeing blurry spots in her central line of vision. During an eye exam at the John A. Moran Eye Center, the 78-year-old received a diagnosis that was all too ...

Amid rising healthcare costs and shrinking government coverage, two major patient assistance charities have announced a strategic merger they say will help ramp up aid.  | The Patient Advocate ...

Patients aren’t the only healthcare participants who believe self-care is necessary since the COVID-19 pandemic – 86.6% of healthcare professionals now believe so, too. However, connecting patients ...

Pharmaceutical companies are undergoing a profound transformation. No longer confined to merely developing treatments, companies are assuming a partnership role to collaborate with healthcare ...

In honor of Rare Disease Day on February 28, 2025, we will publish a series of posts throughout the month on As Prescribed and Health Law Scan, focusing on issues impacting the rare disease community.

On this Ropes & Gray podcast, health care partner Michael Lampert and counsel Sam Perrone, and litigation & enforcement partner Andrew O’Connor, rejoin to discuss patient assistance programs, recent ...

RIDGEFIELD, Conn. & NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boehringer Ingelheim and HealthPrize Technologies today announced the expansion of the RespiPoints digital support program to anyone taking one of ...

Anna Sutton was shocked when she received a letter from her husband’s job-based health plan stating that Humira, an expensive drug used to treat her daughter’s juvenile arthritis, was now on a long ...

Jeffrey Stark, MD, vice president and head of medical immunology at UCB, analyzes the Bimzelx Navigate program, a comprehensive support system developed to empower patients prescribed bimekizumab-bkzx ...

Greater transparency and independent evaluation are needed to understand the impact of the patient support programs that pharmaceutical companies offer for many expensive drugs, according to ...