A Victory for NICU Patient Safety
Hospital NICUs are getting an early Christmas present: the ability to opt out on tubing that could put their newborn patients at risk.
Revamped EudraVigilance System Could Improve Drug Safety Reporting
Preventable drug safety issues caused nearly 200,000 deaths across the European Union in 2017. Now the European Medicines Agency is working to address that statistic by improving its drug track-and-trace system, known as EudraVigilance.
Who Are Headache Disorders & Migraine Hurting?
Who feels the impact of headache disorders and migraine? More people than you may think, according to a new video from The Headache & Migraine Policy Forum.
Input on ICER’s Upcoming Analysis of Erenumab as a Treatment for Migraine
IfPA has concerns that ICER is undertaking the cost effectiveness evaluation of Erenumab before sufficient data exists. However, should the evaluation proceed nonetheless, it is imperative that the evaluation incorporate effective estimates for all of the potential benefits associated with more effective treatment of migraine, which include: reduced health care costs associated with treating migraine […]
Visible Burden, Invisible Disease
What’s worse than battling a debilitating, painful and costly disease? Having to convince people that it’s real.
Summit on Balanced Pain Management Underscores Need for Access, Coverage
“I didn’t like feeling like a victim. I liked feeling like a warrior.” So explained Ally Hilfiger – artist, author and daughter of fashion mogul Tommy Hilfiger – who told her story of overcoming Lyme disease at the annual National Summit on Balanced Pain Management. The summit featured U.S. Representative Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) as well as members of the regulatory community, nonprofits, industry, and patient groups to explore the value of a multi-prong approach to pain treatment.
2017 Summit on Balanced Pain Managemet
On November 14, 2017, the Alliance for Balanced Pain Management convened its fourth annual Summit on Balanced Pain Management. Attendees and presenters included patients, advocates, health care providers, industry representatives and government officials. Through panel discussions, featured speakers and on-stage interviews, the summit highlighted: • The benefits of balanced pain management • Policy […]
World COPD Day Spotlights Treatment Access Challenge
An estimated 210 million people worldwide suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, the third leading cause of death in the United States. This November 15, on World COPD Day, advocates and patients worldwide seek to raise awareness and to advocate for access to treatment.
Medicaid Systems are (Still) Blocking Hepatitis C Patients from Treatment
More than half of states in the U.S. are failing Medicaid patients with hepatitis C. A new report from the Harvard Law School and the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable assigned 52 percent of states and U.S. territories a “D” or “F” for the access their Medicaid system provides to curative treatment for the disease.
Headache: Veterans’ Battle after Service
Over the last few decades, improved body armor has helped protect America’s men and women in uniform from fatal complications such as those from close-proximity blasts. They’re surviving. They’re returning home to their spouses, partners, parents and children.
But many still have wounds – some visible, some invisible.
