Subsidies for wind and other alternative energy were established in 1978 by Congress to reduce reliance on foreign oil, following the Arab oil embargo that sent energy costs skyrocketing. Both the Senate and House bills direct the Public Utility Commission and the state’s grid manager Electric Reliability Council of Texas to study how to change […]
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee recently concluded its second hearing this month on the soaring cost of insulin. With insulin manufacturers’ price-gouging now leading some diabetics with no choice but to dangerously self-ration their medicine, reportedly leading to deaths, it could not have come at a better time, NPR […]
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Priority Review Vouchers (PRVs) for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are aimed to incentivize pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs or vaccines for NTDs. The vouchers do this by providing a six-month expedited review of another drug within that company’s development pipeline if they receive FDA approval for such a drug […]
For those uninitiated, 46brooklyn Research was founded by two Ohio pharmacy guys who had seen enough problems in the prescription drug supply chain to know that transparency and accountability were sorely needed. Prior to our launch in August 2018, we spent months digging into publicly-available data to expose a growing gap between the actual price […]
The world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies are revealing prices of their prescription drugs on websites for the first time in a bid to stave off pressure from the Trump administration to make even more public disclosures. The move by companies ranging from pharma giant Pfizer Inc. to biotechnology pioneer Amgen Inc. comes almost a year after […]
The world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies are revealing prices of their prescription drugs on websites for the first time in a bid to stave off pressure from the Trump administration to make even more public disclosures. The move by companies ranging from pharma giant Pfizer Inc. to biotechnology pioneer Amgen Inc. comes almost a year after […]
Why is it so difficult to track the performance of art as an asset class? And how could increased price transparency help achieve more accurate indices of the financial performance of artworks and artists? Leading arts economist Clare McAndrew gives insight into the key drivers at work in the third of four segments from her […]
Summary The State of Connecticut recently had the court release an unredacted version of their previously filed charges against LCI, MYL and others. The charges filed allege that current LCI employees were colluding with PAR (while the current Chairman of the BOD was in the same role at PAR). The range of potential fines is […]
Economists from the University of Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have co-authored a new study that challenges conventional thinking about auctions and is applicable to real-life bidding situations including property auctions. The study suggested that the more bidders there are in an auction, the lower each individual bidder perceives their probability of […]
Prescription drug prices are out of control. For too long, large corporations have used legal loopholes to profit off of those in need, and it’s time to pass legislation to curtail these harmful practices. House Bill 2632 and Senate Bill 841 are making their way through the legislative process with the goal of giving you […]
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This Week in Pricing > 4/20/19
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Epic Games issues V-Buck refunds for Fortnite ‘Birdie’ skin pricing error | Fortnite INTEL
The Birdie skin was offered briefly in the Fortnite Item Shop for 1,200 V-Bucks, which was 400 V-Bucks over the original price, and Epic has refunded those players. On April 14, Epic Games released the Birdie female skin in the Fortnite Item Shop for 1,200 V-Bucks, however, there was an error with the pricing. Fortnite […]
MindShare 2019 – May 14-16 | Zilliant
Want to Drive Profitable Growth in 2019? The B2B industry is consistently failing to capture hidden pockets of revenue and profit that can be uncovered today. Learn from industry experts on how to put an end to profit leakage for good. Zilliant MindShare welcomes you to our ecosystem of best-in-class partners and thought leaders. You […]
The Masters Tournament is one of the most prestigious events in sports Opens a New Window. , but fans who paid top dollar for entry badges can look forward to dirt-cheap prices at Augusta National Golf Club’s famous concessions stands Opens a New Window. . The Masters menu features traditional items such as pimento cheese […]
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