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Opinion: Making naloxone available over the counter won’t solve the overdose crisis — but it will help

25.01.2023

The Food and Drug Administration aims to conduct priority reviews of at least two product applications for granting over-the-counter status to intranasal formulations of naloxone, an overdose-reversal drug. Naloxone prevents …

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Pharma

The drug was meant to save children’s lives. Instead, they’re dying

25.01.2023

Emily was combing her baby daughter’s hair when she first felt the lumps. It was a week before Christmas, and her youngest daughter, Isadora, had been feverish and listless, unwilling …

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First Opinion / Pharma

Opinion: Even with lawsuits and copay caps, will insulin ever be affordable?

20.01.2023

In an attempt to tackle the root causes of the inflated cost of insulin, the state of California filed a lawsuit last week accusing drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers …

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Health / Pharma

Mix-it-yourself Wegovy? Some are trying risky sources for weight-loss drugs

18.01.2023

With a few clicks, Daniel added the chemical to his online cart and ordered it. In less than a week, a vial containing white powder arrived at his house. He …

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First Opinion / Pharma

Opinion: Stop blaming Biogen for putting profit at the expense of patients. Blame the systems that enabled it

17.01.2023

Two congressional committees recently released damning results of an 18-month investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Biogen’s controversial Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm. The systems that enabled Biogen’s actions, …

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First Opinion / Pharma

Opinion: Democratizing drug development will be a win for all

12.01.2023

In 1992, the film Lorenzo’s Oil celebrated the true story of two parents who, despite their lack of scientific training, gathered the know-how and support they needed to develop a …

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Pharma

Lawmakers again urge the Biden administration to use federal law to widen access to a cancer drug

11.01.2023

For the third time in less than a year, a group of lawmakers is urging the Biden administration to use a controversial provision of federal law to widen access to …

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Pharma

India’s lax oversight of pharmaceutical manufacturing imperils health around the world

09.01.2023

Cough medicine tainted with ethylene glycol that killed at least 19 children in Uzbekistan in late December 2022 has once again revealed lax oversight and regulation of pharmaceutical companies based …

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Biotech / Health / Pharma

FDA approves Alzheimer’s drug shown to moderately slow cognitive decline in early stages of the disease

06.01.2023

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new Alzheimer’s disease treatment that moderately slows cognitive decline in people with early-stage disease. The drug, called Leqembi, was developed by …

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