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As Oregon moves closer to limiting prescription drug prices, the pharmaceutical industry has stepped up its efforts targeting the state board that could set those limits.

Oregon House Bill 4149 will regulate these middlemen in the drug market

To fight the skyrocketing cost of insulin, California is using multiple tactics, including making its own generic versions.

Bills would create new rules for pharmaceutical middlemen.

California plans to roll out an ambitious plan to manufacture its own insulin, but in the meantime, legislators are proposing to cap what diabetics pay.

It won’t surprise you to hear that getting a prescription filled in Oregon is getting more expensive each year. But according to a soon-to-be-released state report, drug price increases overall are getting fewer, and smaller.

The roughly $2 trillion House-passed measure awaits Senate action. The Senate majority leader says he'd like to try to finish by Christmas.

The price of many prescription drugs has been rising dramatically in recent years. This week, Oregonians will have a chance to give testimony about how those prices are affecting their ability to afford their medication.

Customers all around Oregon have reported standing in line for hours at pharmacies and waiting weeks for prescriptions to be filled. One reason for the wait times is staffing shortages.

In a ruling issued late Monday, state superior court Judge Peter J. Wilson found the companies, including Johnson & Johnson, aren't "legally liable" for the opioid crisis.

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon on Thursday introduced a bill that seeks to limit what he called price gouging for prescription drugs sold in the U.S.

Generic drugs can seem like lifesavers for people in need of medicine. They cost less than the name-brand drugs with the same formulation, and insurance…