prescription drug

Critics say Big Pharma lobbyists are trying to confuse Missouri legislators with hot topics such as abortion access and illegal immigration in a last-ditch effort to stand in the way of the reduced-price medication 340B program.

Missouri community health centers find themselves in the middle of a tug-of-war between Big Pharma and large hospitals when it comes to drug prices.

A cost cutting practice for prescription drugs known as “step therapy,” is driving a wedge between insurance companies and doctors. With the rising cost…

With a statewide prescription drug monitoring program likely to run into intractable legislative opposition, the St. Louis County Council decided not to...

Missouri is the only state that does not have a prescription drug monitoring program. Republican State Representative Holly Rehder from Sikeston, Mo., is…

Drugs, privacy, prison. Those three things are linked to the debate over prescription drug databases -- and Missouri is the only state in the U.S....

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Saturday is sponsoring a nationwide prescription drug take-back event. Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., anyone...

Legislation that would require a physician to be physically present whenever abortion-inducing drugs are taken by a patient has passed a Missouri Senate…

Two bills that would create a prescription drug monitoring program in Missouri received a hearing on Thursday before a State Senate committee. One of the…

Establishing a prescription drug monitoring program in Missouri may once again be back on the table.Representative Kevin Engler has introduced a bill that…