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Bristol Myers is suing the Biden administration’s Medicare drug negotiations
Bristol Myers Squibb on Friday sued the Biden administration over Medicare’s new powers to reduce drug prices, the third such lawsuit filed against the program in a few days. The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in New Jersey, argues that the Medicare hearings violate the First and Fifth Amendments of the US Constitution. Bristol…
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New fall Covid vaccines should goal XBB variants, FDA officers say
Syringe with Covid-19 vaccine against XBB variant. Fight against the virus Covid-19 coronavirus, vaccination and immunization. undefined undefined | Istock | Getty Images U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials said Monday that updated Covid boosters for the upcoming fall-winter vaccination campaign should target XBB-omicron subvariants. The US should recommend a monovalent vaccine against XBB.1.5, XBB.1.16…
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Sanders condemns Alzheimer’s therapy value and requires HHS motion
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) arrives at the US Capitol on June 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Senator Bernie Sanders on Wednesday called on the US Department of Health and Human Services to take action to ensure seniors can actually afford expensive Leqembi Alzheimer’s treatment. Sanders, chair of the Senate Health…
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The FDA permits the import of unapproved Chinese language chemotherapy medication
Workers work on a production line at the Qilu Pharmaceutical factory in Haikou, east China’s Hainan province, 11 February 2022. Su Bikun | vcg | Getty Images The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the temporary importation of an unapproved chemotherapy drug from China to help alleviate the acute shortage of cancer drugs in…
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How Dexcom and Abbott are going past diabetes
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 37 million people in the United States have diabetes. That is just over 11% of the total population. A diabetic’s body does not produce enough insulin, or no insulin at all. Sick people need to check their blood sugar regularly. This is traditionally done…
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The New Jersey governor would take into account defying the Supreme Courtroom over the mifepristone ban
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Scott Mill | CNBC New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday he would consider defying the Supreme Court and continuing to provide mifepristone if the court rules in favor of a ban on the abortion pill. When asked if the state would prescribe mifepristone following such a ruling, Murphy told…
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Mifepristone abortion capsule case earlier than Courtroom of Enchantment
Mifepristone, the first drug in a medical abortion, is prepared for a patient April 20, 2023 at the Alamo Women’s Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois. Evelyn Hockstein Reuters A federal appeals court Wednesday afternoon will hear arguments in a closely watched lawsuit aimed at removing the abortion pill mifepristone from the US market. The hearing in…
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Google Cloud introduces AI instruments to speed up drug discovery
A person walks next to the Google Cloud logo at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, on February 27, 2023. Sweet Nacho | Reuters Google Cloud on Tuesday launched two new AI-powered tools designed to help biotech and pharmaceutical companies accelerate drug discovery and advance precision medicine. A tool called the Target and…
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Common flu vaccine based mostly on mRNA expertise to be examined by NIH
A woman receives a booster dose of Moderna coronavirus vaccine (COVID-19) at a vaccination center in Antwerp, Belgium, February 1, 2022. Johanna Geron | Reuters The National Institutes of Health announced Monday that patients are now enrolling in an early clinical trial to test a universal influenza vaccine based on messenger RNA technology. Scientists hope…
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Free Covid vaccinations for the uninsured following a public well being emergency
A health care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a immunization clinic at the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts on Wednesday, January 26, 2022. Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty Images For now, uninsured Americans will continue to have free access to Covid-19 vaccines even after the US public health…