Philly Leader

Medical Professor: Federal drug discount program that serves 77 PA hospitals has become ‘a lucrative space where profits often outweigh patients’

By Philly Leader News Service | Dec 18, 2024

An assistant professor at Tulane University School of Medicine said the federal 340b drug discount program has “strayed from its original purpose” and is now “a case study in how good intentions can go astray.”

CatholicVote President: ‘Hypocrisy’ in Villanova trustee also chairing Philly Hospital that performs 'irreversible sex change interventions' on children

By Philly Leader News Service | Oct 14, 2024

The president of CatholicVote said that the chair of a Philadelphia hospital that performs "irreversible sex change operations" on children also sitting on the board of Catholic Villanova University is "hypocrisy" that "cannot go unchecked."

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia among 'Dirty Dozen' U.S. hospitals administering ‘irreversible sex change interventions on children',” says new report

By Philly Leader News Service | Oct 8, 2024

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) was among the “12 worst offending children’s hospitals promoting sex change treatments for minors,” performing such experimentation on 122 patients between 2019 and 2023.

Philadelphia County had 66,946 residents with an opioid drug use disorder in 2020, analysis shows

By Philly Leader News Service | Jun 10, 2024

Philadelphia County had 66,946 residents with an opioid drug use disorder in the year 2020.

Philly Pharmacy Group: ‘All we ask for is transparency’ from pharmacy benefit managers

By Philly Leader News Service | Apr 30, 2024

The executive director of the Philadelphia Association of Retail Druggists (PARD) said a bill pending in the PA State Senate would create more transparency from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) on the drug rebates these PBMs receive from drug manufacturers.