STAT+: Medicare Advantage insurers to repay billions under final federal audit rule
The federal government will audit Medicare Advantage insurers aggressively under a rule finalized Monday, which…
The federal government will audit Medicare Advantage insurers aggressively under a rule finalized Monday, which…
Given everything he’s been through, Bobby Wiseman says he should have been dead instead of…
Several U.K. lawmakers have asked Pfizer not to raise the price of its Covid-19 vaccine,…
In a victory for the pharmaceutical industry, a federal appeals court ruled drug companies have…
The Food and Drug Administration has installed Troy Tazbaz, most recently a senior vice president…
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The World Health Organization announced Monday that the Covid-19 pandemic remains a public health emergency,…
A pair of lawsuits was filed last week challenging restrictions on access to abortion pills…
This month marks the 40th anniversary of the Orphan Drug Act. Since it was signed…
At every stage of the Covid-19 pandemic, national reporting of racial and ethnic disparities in…
The federal government and health insurance companies have been clashing for more than a decade…
SAN FRANCISCO — “Why is it in popular culture, if you want to live forever, you…
The 7 a.m. Acela out of South Station in Boston trembled along the rails toward…
A panel of federal advisers voted unanimously Friday to advance a set of proposals to…
After nearly a year of public silence and private speculation over Eric Lander’s next act,…
After weeks of deliberation, Pfizer was scolded by a U.K. pharmaceutical industry trade group after…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is moving to ease restrictions on blood donations from gay…
Legend Biotech said Friday that its CAR-T therapy Carvykti kept multiple myeloma patients’ cancer in…
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
When institutions in the United States and other high-income countries embark on collaborations to improve…
LOS ANGELES – California cities are supposed to be cracking down on sales of flavored…
After months of anticipation, the first biosimilar version of Humira will become available next week…
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday to back a plan whereby all…
WASHINGTON — The hottest birthday spot in town: A Hispanic senior center in northwest D.C….
In her latest bid to address prescription drug prices, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is…
WASHINGTON — The FDA is giving up on trying to figure out a way to…
Who needs an annual Covid jab? Why did the FDA reject an Alzheimer’s treatment? And…
The evolution of the coronavirus has knocked out another treatment. The Food and Drug Administration…
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Fasten your seat belts, folks. We’re about to hit some turbulence. If you’re reading this,…
When my daughter was born, I was just a year out of fellowship training, working…
A loophole in prescription drug regulation exposes American consumers to false and misleading claims of…
Drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic are rapidly growing in popularity as weight-loss treatments. These medications…
If the buzz is to be believed, ChatGPT seems poised to upend everything from high…
WASHINGTON — It’s not every day that the pharmaceutical industry, the NAACP, a cancer center, and…
In a rare move, the Better Business Bureau National Programs settled a dispute between two…
WASHINGTON — Supporters of abortion rights filed separate lawsuits Wednesday challenging two states’ abortion pill…
The protection offered by the updated Covid-19 booster appears to be holding up against the…
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Vir Biotechnology CEO George Scangos said on Wednesday he will retire, ending an itinerant, nearly…
Belgian anti-trust regulators fined Novartis nearly $2.8 million for making misleading statements about a treatment…
Almost a year ago, three top investors at Lux Capital and Obvious Ventures announced they…
After a year defined by record inflation and double-digit health care premium increases, I hope…
Three years ago, the World Health Organization declared that the mushrooming outbreak of a new…
The Food and Drug Administration aims to conduct priority reviews of at least two product…
WASHINGTON — Congress just boosted the FDA’s authority over the post-market clinical trials that are…
Emily was combing her baby daughter’s hair when she first felt the lumps. It was…
Cassava Sciences had long claimed that its experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s disease was capable of…
A physicians’ group has filed a complaint with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration alleging…