December 9, 2024
(Axios) – Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. retail pharmacies closed over a decade in a series of cutbacks that weighed heaviest on communities of color already grappling with health disparities and barriers to care. Why it matters: The closures illustrate … Read More
December 9, 2024
(The Washington Post) – Why would these drugs help with addictions to alcohol and drugs? “I really don’t think we know yet,” Lähteenvuo said, though he noted that some primate studies have pointed to GLP-1 drugs affecting dopamine in the … Read More
December 6, 2024
(NPR) – Every year, an estimated 400,000 children worldwide develop a form of cancer. Five-year survival rates in high-income nations are typically over 80%, with an expected cure rate of near 100% for some cancers like retinoblastoma — a malignant … Read More
December 6, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Harvard geneticist David Sinclair aims to develop treatments for aging, but his companies have struggled to deliver Harvard geneticist David Sinclair’s seductive notion that aging is a treatable disease has helped companies he founded to raise … Read More
December 6, 2024
(Bloomberg) – After success in early stage trials, MaaT Pharma is on the verge of becoming the first company to have an approved microbiome-related product for cancer care. The care is because the stools are the raw ingredient for an … Read More
December 4, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Justice Gorsuch remains silent during hearing on Tennessee’s ban of treatments for minors Several Supreme Court justices signaled a willingness Wednesday to let states prohibit transgender teenagers from obtaining puberty blockers and other treatments, but the … Read More
December 3, 2024
(ABC News) – Artificial intelligence is changing the way companies do business — helping programmers write code and fielding customer service calls with chatbots. But the pharmaceutical industry is still waiting to see whether AI can tackle its biggest challenge: … Read More
December 3, 2024
(Associated Press) – It’s been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine against the AIDS virus. The twice-yearly shot was 100% effective in preventing HIV infections in a study of women, and results published Wednesday show … Read More
December 2, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – America’s drug crisis has many survivors. Jerry Schlesinger, 72, is among the longest tenured. He tried heroin at 15. Today, he has been sober for two years. In between, decades of illicit drug use wrecked his … Read More
November 27, 2024
(Medscape) – About a third of people eligible for glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications for weight loss via the products’ labels would have been excluded from the clinical trials that supported their safety and effectiveness, thereby creating … Read More
November 27, 2024
(Los Angeles Times) – Neuroscientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla have identified a brain pathway that instantly deflates anxiety. The new study, which published earlier this week in the scientific journal Nature Neuroscience, lays out … Read More
November 27, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Edward Scolnick led the development of dozens of medicines while at Merck; his current mission pits him against time and the mental illness of millions, including his son Dr. Edward Scolnick figures he needs five, maybe … Read More
November 26, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Middlemen negotiate widely different prices for prescriptions, depending on your Medicare insurance plan The cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. isn’t like the tabs for other products. The price for a single medicine can range … Read More
November 26, 2024
(Reuters) – More than 200,000 prescriptions for copies of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy are getting filled by U.S. patients each month, an industry group told the U.S. drugs regulator in a letter, saying it should consider their role in … Read More
November 25, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – A mother found success with a weight-loss drug after a lifelong battle. Noticing her daughter start down the same path, she decided to have her try semaglutide. Pediatric use of GLP-1 drugs—which the manufacturers and most … Read More
November 21, 2024
(New York Times) – Experts are puzzling over which interventions are saving lives. The evolving illicit supply itself may hold important clues. After years of relentless rises in overdose deaths, the United States has seen a remarkable reversal. For seven … Read More
November 21, 2024
(CNBC) – CVS Health, UnitedHealth Group and Cigna sued the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, claiming that the agency’s case against drug supply chain middlemen over high insulin prices in the U.S. is unconstitutional. The complaint, filed in the U.S. … Read More
November 20, 2024
(NPR) – The compounded versions are especially popular as cheaper alternatives for people whose insurance doesn’t cover them. But now the brand name manufacturers are pushing the compounding pharmacies to stop. Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are moving to end … Read More
November 19, 2024
(New York Times) – As revolutionary new weight-loss drugs turn consumers off ultraprocessed foods, the industry is on the hunt for new products. For decades, Big Food has been marketing products to people who can’t stop eating, and now, suddenly, … Read More
November 19, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk representatives get facetime with companies in hopes they will cover their weight-loss drugs It is an unconventional approach for pharmaceutical companies. They have long used tried-and-true methods to boost sales, including running … Read More
November 18, 2024
(Axios) – The Drug Enforcement Administration and Health and Human Services ended an impasse over the virtual prescribing of controlled substances that threatened access to drugs like Adderall by extending pandemic-era flexibilities through the end of 2025. Why it matters: … Read More
November 15, 2024
(NPR) – For years, Namazzi — who is also a lecturer at Makerere University College of Health Sciences — has turned to a medication called artemisinin. The drug is derived from an ancient Chinese malaria treatment that was rediscovered several … Read More
November 15, 2024
(MedPage Today) – MedPage Today analysis finds large increases in prescribing of GLP-1 agonists Many obesity specialists told MedPage Today they generally feel comfortable prescribing GLP-1 drugs to children if they have ruled out most other options, and if the … Read More
November 15, 2024
(New Scientist) – Popular semaglutide-based drugs used for weight loss may reduce chronic and acute pain, which could make them a promising alternative to opioids Medications like Ozempic and Wegovy may be able to reduce both chronic and acute pain. … Read More
November 14, 2024
(MedPage Today) – The ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking, or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a different look, as new rules require drugmakers to be clearer and more direct when explaining their medications’ … Read More
