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Opinion: A dangerous loophole for drug ads needs to be closed

26.01.2023

A loophole in prescription drug regulation exposes American consumers to false and misleading claims of drug ads via on-line businesses promoting potent drugs without accurate information about their risks and …

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First Opinion / Pharma

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

Opinion: Biopharma leaders helped save democracy. Now what?

18.01.2023

The rule of law must be upheld for free societies and free markets to flourish, and only a well-functioning democracy offers the levers for rational majorities to prevail. Americans support …

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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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Health Tech

Telehealth patients are scrambling for in-person care amid crackdown on online controlled substances

17.01.2023

Catherine was getting nervous about her ADHD prescription. In 2022, the 29-year-old New Yorker had started using Done, a direct-to-consumer telehealth company that treats attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The medication …

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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

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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