Pharmaceuticals
Perverse Market Incentives Encourage High Prescription Drug Prices
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are the under-discussed market participants who manage prescription drug insurance for the vast majority of Americans. PBMs claim to be a lone...
"The Pharmaceutical Industry Has a Large Amount of Control Over the Field of Oncology"
In the second part of our two-part interview with Daniel Goldstein, MD, an oncologist who studies the influence of business interests on healthcare, we talk...
When Medical Experiments Serve the Business Needs of Pharmaceutical Firms Instead of Science
The first part of a two-part interview with Daniel Goldstein, MD, an oncologist who also studies the influence of business interests on healthcare—from treating patients...
Why is Medical Marijuana Still Not Accepted in All 50 States? Ask George Stigler
A new working paper by University of Georgia researchers shows that medical marijuana leads to sharp drops in the number of prescriptions for...
