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The Laboratory Corporation of America will pay $2.1 million to settle allegations that it overcharged the Defense Department for genetic testing involving children and fetuses, the Justice Department announced Monday. A former Lab Corp Whistleblower-turned employee Donna Hecker-Gross sued the diagnostic testing company under the False Claims Act on behalf of the federal government in …
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Cassie Jupin grew up wanting to be a nurse. She sought a position at St. Peter’s Health Partners Hospital in Albany, New York and landed a position in the same maternity ward where she was born. “Knowing that I can come back to work any day and work with a group of women and people …
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Vials of the Pfizer/BioNtech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are displayed before being used at a mobile vaccine clinic in Valparaiso, Chile, on January 3, 2022. Rodrigo Garrido | Reuters shares of BioNTech on Monday slipped more than 6% in morning trade after the German drugmaker shared a gloomy 2023 sales outlook for its jointly developed …
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Abortion is legal again in Wyoming, oddly as a result of a state constitutional amendment pushed by anti-Obamacare conservatives more than a decade ago. Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens, in a ruling Wednesday, temporarily blocked enforcement of the state’s newly enacted abortion ban that went into effect Sunday. Owens’ decision pointed to a …
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That’s what Carl Icahn claimed on Friday EnlightenmentThe company’s directors called for additional personal liability insurance before the biotech signed a $7.1 billion acquisition of cancer test developer Grail in 2021. The allegation is the latest development in a looming proxy fight between the activist investor and San Diego-based Illumina, which have traded blows over …
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A prescription for Pfizer’s Paxlovid tablets outside of his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 25, 2022. (Photo by Rachel Wisniewski/For the Washington Post) Rachel Wisniewski | The Washington Post | Getty Images people who take PfizerAntiviral Covid treatment Paxlovid shortly after infection may reduce the risk of long-term Covid illness, regardless of age, vaccination …
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A logo on the Sanofi exhibition space at the Viva Technology conference on innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 15, 2022. Benoît Tessier | Reuters shares of Sanofi And Regeneron both rose more than 6% on Thursday after the pharmaceutical companies released promising data showing their jointly …
A pedestrian walks past Biogen Inc.’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday, June 7, 2021. Adam Glanzmann | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration’s independent advisory panel voted against the effectiveness of on Wednesday biogenic ALS drug under investigation for a rare and aggressive form of the disease. The drug Tofersen was …
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(The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if the video does not autoplay at that time.) Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel testifies before the Senate Health Committee Wednesday about the pricing of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine. The Boston-based biotech plans to charge $130 per dose once the vaccination program …
A fungus that is often resistant to drugs has been spreading at an “alarming rate” in healthcare facilities across the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Candida auris is an emerging fungus that is serious and potentially fatal for hospital patients, particularly those with multiple medical conditions. The fungus was …
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