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What does it take to play college baseball?

By Tevin Carter-Tolbert · Friday, April 13, 2018

Board to Administrators: ‘Do you care about what we say?’

By Sarah Cavender · Thursday, April 12, 2018

Weekly Horoscopes

By Kristin Baughman · Thursday, April 12, 2018

Seven time saving college hacks to help you finish the semester

By Angel Lane · Thursday, April 12, 2018

Several Raider baseball players begin pro season in the coming weeks

By Brian Patch · Thursday, April 12, 2018

Wright State provost candidates to visit campus next week

By Lucas Gonzalez · Wednesday, April 11, 2018

WSU men’s basketball finishes in top 25 final mid-major poll of the season

By Brian Patch · Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Open forum participants share their feedback

By Sarah Cavender · Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Large hospitals across the country are working to start their own generic drug company after years of facing challenges of getting medications, according to a report by The New York Times.

“This is a shot across the bow of the bad guys,” said Dr. Marc Harrison, chief executive of Intermountain Healthcare, the nonprofit Salt Lake City hospital group that is spearheading the effort. “We are not going to lay down. We are going to go ahead and try and fix it,” he said in a Times article.

The Intermountain Healthcare has faced drug shortages or sudden price hikes on off patent products.

“If they all agree to buy enough to sustain this effort, you will have a huge threat to people that are trying to manipulate the generic drug market. They will want to think twice," said Dr. Kevin A. Schulman, professor of medicine at the Duke University School of Medicine in the article by the Times.

Dr. Schulman has studied the generic drug market and is advising the effort.

Currently, there are around 300 hospitals involved in the group to start the revolution in the drug business, with more hospitals expected to join.

Over the years, the drug industry capitalized on buying old off-patent drugs and then raising their prices, the most well known case being Martin Shkreli. In 2015, he raised the prices of an old drug known as Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 per tablet.

The creation of the new company would primarily sell to hospitals, but officials told the Times they may eventually expand to offer their products.

There are currently 220 hospitals in the state of Ohio; it is unknown if any of their networks will be involved in the group.

Campus units enter the next stage of academic reorganization

By Lucas Gonzalez · Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Faculty Union presents the “Faculty Make The Difference” contest

By Lucas Gonzalez · Monday, April 9, 2018

Blood test found to detect risk of developing Alzheimer's

By Brian Patch · Sunday, April 8, 2018

How much sleep do college students actually get?

By Holly Souther · Sunday, April 8, 2018

"Modern Therapy" -- the phone counseling service for college students

By Angel Lane · Sunday, April 8, 2018

Org Spotlight: Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance

By Holly Souther · Saturday, April 7, 2018

Marine killed in helicopter crash identified as Dayton resident

By Lucas Gonzalez · Friday, April 6, 2018

Fifth annual Amigos Latinos Gala celebrated

By Holly Souther · Friday, April 6, 2018

Lake Campus researchers working to improve regional water quality

By Lucas Gonzalez · Friday, April 6, 2018

Body of CDC researcher found in Chattahoochee river

By Sarah Cavender · Thursday, April 5, 2018

Woman who carried out YouTube shooting was angry with the company

By Angel Lane · Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Project Linus lets you make blankets for children in need