Big Pharma

Most people agree that drug prices in America are way too high. The disagreement centers on the cause and what to do about it, if anything.

In addition to being a source of universal frustration, the high cost of drugs is a public relations nightmare for health systems and the much maligned pharmaceutical industry.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit just delivered another blow to a rather epic play by pharmaceutical giant Allergan to game the patent system.

Anyone who watches television has seen the ads for Opdivo, Lyrica and countless other drugs directed to consumers (physicians still call these people patients).

Let the games begin.

Imagine going into the office or wherever your place of employment happens to be.

Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs is one of the world's most influential public intellectuals.

The "portmanteau" - combining two words to make a new one - was not invented by Lewis Carroll in 1871

One important medical conditions in this country obesity has