How Trump's tariffs could worsen prescription drug shortages

How Trump’s tariffs could worsen prescription drug shortages

Trump looking at tariffs on semiconductors, drugs, steel US President Donald Trump said he is considering potential tariffs on semiconductors, pharmaceuticals and steel at the House Republican Conference at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida. Bloomberg As President Donald Trump on Thursday contemplated extending a global trade war to imports from Europe, the health-care industry…

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Hongkongers to get faster, cheaper access to new medicines with improved procurement system

Hongkongers to get faster, cheaper access to new medicines with improved procurement system

Hongkongers will have quicker and cheaper access to new medications when the Hospital Authority starts centralising new drug assessments and improving its procurement system to cut introduction times to its formulary by five months. The authority’s chief pharmacist, William Chui Chun-ming, said on Thursday doctors would no longer need to go through the assessment at…

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