Opinion: Sen. Bill Cassidy: Smart, practical ways to lower drug prices
In the 1952 Oscar-winning movie “High Noon,” Gary Cooper’s face was tense and pained as…
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STAT+: Novo Nordisk bought prescribers over 450,000 meals and snacks to promote drugs like Ozempic
WASHINGTON – Novo Nordisk spent $11 million on meals and travel for thousands of doctors…
What the end of affirmative action means to a fourth-year medical student
When the U.S. Supreme Court released its landmark ruling overturning the use of race-conscious college…
STAT+: AstraZeneca shares fall after lung cancer drug underwhelms in trial
LONDON — AstraZeneca said on Monday that a new lung cancer treatment outperformed standard-of-care chemotherapy…
Opinion: Pharma can’t let Big Tech win the race for medical AI
Five years from now, when patients walk into a doctor’s office presenting symptoms of almost…
STAT+: Dexcom CEO on strategy for bringing continuous glucose monitoring to type 2 diabetes patients
For years, diabetes tech company Dexcom has been striving to get its continuous glucose monitors…
As psychedelics near approval, there’s no consensus on how they work
DENVER — The founder of Field Trip, a chain of shuttered ketamine clinics currently facing…
STAT+: The biotech scorecard for the third quarter: 15 stock-moving events to watch
Here is STAT’s biotech scorecard, our regular ledger of stock-moving biotech events, for the third…
Black Salve: A Dangerous Corrosive Disguised as an Alternative … – Cureus
Black Salve: A Dangerous Corrosive Disguised as an Alternative … Cureus Read Original Article: Black Salve:…
Exercises For Mobility
Regardless of your age or physical condition, you can improve your balance and increase your…
STAT+: Gilead and Teva defeat antitrust lawsuit that claimed prices for HIV medicines were unfairly kept high
In a setback to AIDS activists, a federal court jury on Friday cleared Gilead Sciences…
After affirmative action ruling, medical education leaders see silver lining in court endorsement of ‘holistic review’
After having a day to read through the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action, some…
Malaria cases in Florida and Texas: Here’s what you need to know
The five cases of malaria diagnosed in Florida and Texas in recent weeks — the…
Opinion: The Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision puts lives at risk
The past several months have been grim for health in the U.S. In December, the…
STAT+: Bright Health sells Medicare Advantage plans to Molina for $600 million
Bright Health Group has agreed to sell its Medicare Advantage plans to its publicly traded…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA approves BioMarin gene therapy for hemophilia A; former Pfizer worker charged with insider trading
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
STAT+: Medicare details the structure of its new drug price negotiation program
WASHINGTON — Medicare on Friday released new details about how its new drug price negotiation…
Opinion: CMS must protect access to the ‘gold standard of breast reconstruction’
In 1983, I flew home from college to be with my mother as she woke…
For Duchenne moms who pushed for cures, new breakthrough therapy can’t rebuild what’s lost
Pat Furlong was sitting in her home office in Middletown, Ohio, last Thursday, refreshing a…
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STAT+: Medicare’s new proposal to cover medical devices draws a mixed reaction
The medical device industry is split on whether a proposed new Medicare reimbursement pathway will…
Why Traditional Chinese Medicine is the worst alternative “medicine” – Big Think
Why Traditional Chinese Medicine is the worst alternative “medicine” Big Think Read Original Article: Why Traditional…
STAT+: BioMarin wins approval for gene therapy to treat hemophilia A
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a gene therapy to treat people with…
Stop taking Ozempic before surgery, anesthesiologist group recommends
Patients fast before surgery to prevent food from getting into their lungs while they’re under…
Listen: Novavax’s CEO promises a turnaround & how Lilly roiled the obesity market
Can Novavax finally get it right? What’s a “triple-G” drug? And is Novo Nordisk losing…
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Medical leaders decry Supreme Court decision on affirmative action
Medical leaders on Thursday reacted swiftly to the Supreme Court’s decision to severely restrict the…
We have a cure for hepatitis C — so why aren’t more people getting treatment?
In 2005, Nick Voyles was diagnosed with hepatitis C after being released from five years…
STAT+: Alkermes shareholders re-elect directors, rebuffing effort by hedge fund Sarissa
Alkermes shareholders voted Thursday to re-elect all of the drugmaker’s current directors, ending an acrimonious…
STAT+: Former Pfizer statistician is charged with insider trading over Paxlovid clinical trial results
A former Pfizer statistician on Thursday was charged by U.S. authorities with insider trading for…
Supreme Court strikes down use of affirmative action, a blow to efforts to diversify medical schools
Overturning decades of precedent, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the use of…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Drug-wholesaler owner indicted for alleged role in diverting HIV medicines; Catalent linked to Regeneron drug rejection
Top of the morning to you. A delicious cool breeze and shiny sun are hovering…
STAT+: Drug wholesaler owner indicted for role in diverting Gilead and J&J HIV medicines
The owner of a pharmaceutical wholesaler has been indicted for his alleged role in distributing…
Opinion: The love my daughter and I found in the PICU
The ventilator alarm woke me at 3 a.m. It was the fourth alarm in the…
STAT+: Counter-culture or pharma: Group behind MDMA therapy for PTSD wrestles with its identity
DENVER — He could have been a rock star, a religious icon, the way ecstatic…
Walensky prepares to leave CDC — and Congress — after a bruising 29 months
Rochelle Walensky, the outgoing director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will miss…
TerrAscend Closes on Acquisition of Top Performing Maryland … – Yahoo Finance
TerrAscend Closes on Acquisition of Top Performing Maryland … Yahoo Finance Read Original Article: TerrAscend Closes…
TerrAscend Closes Acquisition Of Top Performing Maryland Cannabis Dispensary, Peninsula Alternative Healt – Benzinga
TerrAscend Closes Acquisition Of Top Performing Maryland Cannabis Dispensary, Peninsula Alternative Healt Benzinga Read Original Article:…
The OC Ayurveda Revolutionizes Orange County with Alternative Medicine through A Holistic Approach – EIN News
The OC Ayurveda Revolutionizes Orange County with Alternative Medicine through A Holistic Approach EIN News Read…
STAT+: Trump demands the U.S. pay no more for drugs than other countries … again
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump is back to campaigning for tying Medicare drug prices to…
A replacement for race: Medical experts explore how to eliminate bias in clinical algorithms
WASHINGTON — Most of the medical community has acknowledged that racism is baked into many…
Gates Foundation to launch trial of long-awaited new tuberculosis vaccine candidate
The Gates Foundation said Wednesday it plans to launch a long-awaited trial to test what,…
Opinion: Smoke from Canadian wildfires shows outdoor workers need air quality protections
In 20 states, people are once again breathing in hazardous smoke from Canadian wildfires. The…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA declines to approve higher dose version of Regeneron eye drug; FDA warns wholesaler over counterfeit HIV pills
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you….
STAT+: Moonlake’s less-than-transparent data disclosures produced a cash windfall. Risks remain
For two days starting on Sunday, Moonlake Immunotherapeutics happily crunched numbers and shared results from…
Opinion: Listen: Cancer drug shortages should be causing more outrage
Drug shortages are a growing problem in the U.S., and a shortage of livesaving cancer…
When young people survive cancer, their mental-health struggles are often just beginning
Thanks to advances in treatments, children’s chances of surviving cancer are higher than ever before….
STAT+: ‘It’s like Groundhog Day’: The cancer drug shortage isn’t new — and neither are the solutions
A young girl, maybe 5 or 6 years old, had come into Yoram Unguru’s clinic…
Opinion: It’s past time to address the problem of indoor air quality. A new technology can help
Until the early 20th century, America regularly experienced brutally destructive urban fires. Conflagrations like the…
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Market to Garner $437.9 billion by 2031 | 15.6% CAGR – EIN News
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Market to Garner $437.9 billion by 2031 | 15.6% CAGR EIN News…
STAT+: Protestors slam health insurance lobby for Medicare Advantage coverage restrictions
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of activists rallied today outside of the headquarters of the country’s largest…
STAT+: FDA issues warning to wholesaler sued by Gilead and J&J for distributing counterfeit medicines
A year after two major drugmakers sued a wholesaler for its alleged role in distributing…