Patients and doctors expect drug regulators to provide an unbiased, rigorous assessment of new medicines before they hit the market. But an investigation published by The BMJ today finds that industry money permeates the ...
Jun 30, 2022
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Medical industry sponsorship of economic evaluations on new treatments are more likely to be found 'cost-effective' than independent research across a range of diseases,
Jun 22, 2022
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President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday announced it would develop a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels—a move that would deal a powerful blow to the tobacco industry.
Jun 21, 2022
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A brief research report found that Medicare could have saved up to $3.6 billion by purchasing generic drugs at the same prices as the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC) in 2020. These findings suggest that Medicare ...
Jun 20, 2022
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A new study has highlighted the apparent effect of Brexit and the pandemic on the trade in the illegal party drug ecstasy (MDMA).
Jun 8, 2022
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A new study presents a novel approach to drug repurposing that incorporates two-stage prediction and machine learning. The study is published in the peer-reviewed OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology.
Jun 7, 2022
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After the Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine in August, public health experts were hopeful vaccine uptake would skyrocket.
Apr 6, 2022
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No one gave a second thought to the safety of dining out before the pandemic. Fast-forward to today, and it's normal to wonder whether there is a city, state or federal policy around whether you need a mask or proof of vaccination ...
Apr 4, 2022
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In his work as a pain management pharmacist, Dan Arendt has seen some of his patients stigmatized as "drug seekers" or blamed for their use of opioids rather than being acknowledged as a person who is suffering from a severely ...
Feb 18, 2022
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A recent study has found that so-called "drug checking" programs have unexpected benefits, allowing public health programs to reach and work with people who use drugs who would otherwise not access services such as HIV testing.
Feb 7, 2022
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