September 5, 2024
(Reuters) – The incident sheds light on a wider problem in the manufacturing of highly sought-after drugs, one that lets criminal organizations circulate potentially lethal fakes: forged drug batch numbers. Pharmaceutical companies, including Ozempic-maker Novo Nordisk, authenticate batches of drugs … Read More
September 4, 2024
(Nature) – Testosterone treatment boosts levels of an inflammatory protein to those typically seen in cis men, study finds. When trans men receive testosterone therapy, their bodies begin to resemble those of cis men in many ways — including their … Read More
September 4, 2024
(NBC News) – The Drug Enforcement Administration has increased the production limit for Takeda Pharmaceutical’s ADHD drug Vyvanse and its generic versions by about 24% to address the medicine’s ongoing shortage in the United States. The raised production limit follows the … Read More
September 2, 2024
(The New Yorker) – The A.I. revolution is coming to a pharmacy near you. Bacteria produce numerous molecules that could become medicines, but most of them aren’t easily identified or synthesized with the technology that exists today. A small percentage … Read More
September 2, 2024
(ABC News) – Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the Israel-Hamas war. … Read More
August 30, 2024
(New York Times) – People taking Wegovy were not protected from infection. But in a large trial, their death rates were markedly lower, for reasons that are not clear. Wegovy, the popular obesity drug, may have yet another surprising benefit. … Read More
August 29, 2024
(ABC News) – The U.N. World Health Organization said Thursday that it has reached an agreement with Israel for limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children after a baby contracted … Read More
August 29, 2024
(Vox) – More than a decade ago, scientists achieved a historic breakthrough: They found a first-ever cure for hepatitis C, one of two related liver diseases that, combined, take more than a million lives every year. In 2016, just three … Read More
August 29, 2024
(Axios) – Growing numbers of Americans are buying into misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new national survey, with more than one in five believing it’s safer to get the virus than to get a shot. Why it matters: … Read More
August 29, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Agency investigators asked people involved in the trials whether side effects went unreported The Food and Drug Administration is ramping up its investigation of the clinical trials that tested an Ecstasy-based therapy, after the agency earlier … Read More
August 28, 2024
(NBC News) – The lower-cost versions of the weight loss drug will come in vials instead of auto-injector pens and must be prescribed through the company’s own telehealth platform. Drugmaker Eli Lilly is significantly lowering the prices of the two … Read More
August 27, 2024
(Quartz) – Novo Nordisk (NVO) just registered a new clinical study that will look at the long-term effects of semaglutide, the active ingredient behind the popular drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, on teenagers. Semaglutide works by mimicking a hormone that regulates … Read More
August 26, 2024
(Reuters) – A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years, the World Health Organization said on Friday, with U.N. agencies appealing for urgent … Read More
August 23, 2024
(New York Times) – After a yearslong lull thanks to Covid-19 precautions like isolation and distancing, whooping cough cases are now climbing back to levels seen before the pandemic, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Read More
August 23, 2024
(The Conversation) – Australia currently finds itself in the unusual position of being both in an opioid epidemic and experiencing a shortage of these critical medicines. The Therapeutic Goods Administration has placed eight oral morphine products on its shortage list. … Read More
August 23, 2024
(The Guardian) – First patient in UK gets dose of jab designed to kill most common form of lung cancer – and stop it coming back Doctors have begun trialling the world’s first mRNA lung cancer vaccine in patients, as … Read More
August 22, 2024
(New York Times) – A survey revealed similarities between these two altered states of consciousness. One person felt a sensation of “slowly floating into the air” as images flashed around. Another recalled “the most profound sense of love and peace,” … Read More
August 22, 2024
(NPR) – There are now more than 140 documented illnesses — including two suspected deaths — all tied to the same brand of mushroom edibles, called Diamond Shruumz, according to the Food and Drug Administration. It’s one of the many … Read More
August 22, 2024
(MedPage Today) – The FDA approved and granted emergency use authorization for updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna (Spikevax) and Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), the agency announced on Thursday. The new vaccines, authorized in adults and kids 6 months and up, … Read More
August 22, 2024
(BBC) – The first drug to slow the progression of early stage Alzheimer’s will not be available on the NHS in England because health assessment body NICE says the benefits “are too small to justify the costs”. Lecanemab has been … Read More
August 22, 2024
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August 21, 2024
(Gallup) – However, U.S. adults view marijuana as less harmful to users than tobacco, nicotine and alcohol Americans’ views of the effects of marijuana have worsened over the past two years, as slim majorities now say it negatively impacts both … Read More
August 21, 2024
(Wired) – The latest Covid-19 surge reportedly has officials considering approval of the new strain-matched vaccine as soon as this week. With the US experiencing a relatively large summer wave of Covid-19, the Food and Drug Administration is considering signing … Read More
August 21, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – ‘Friends’ star spent his life searching for healing in a world willing to sell it It was that persistent search for a solution that led Perry to try ketamine, the dissociative drug that federal prosecutors in … Read More
August 20, 2024
(Quartz) – The FDA had previously opened an investigation into the issue People taking the drug behind Novo Nordisk’s (NVO) popular Ozempic were found to report suicidal thoughts at a higher rate than people taking other drugs, according to a … Read More
