Yesterday, the New England Journal of Medicine published the results of a randomized study, which revealed that semaglutide can help manage heart failure symptoms in obese patients with preserved...
Yesterday, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), a subset of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), revealed that phase 1 vaccine trials for human immunodeficiency virus...
Last week, the American Red Cross announced a national blood shortage across the United States. In addition to a dire need for blood due to natural disasters and climate crises, the organization...
On September 12, 2023, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to eight companies, including Boiron Inc, CVS Health, DR Vitamin Solutions, Natural Ophthalmics Inc,...
Yesterday, the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met to discuss updated COVID-19 booster recommendations for the...
Last week, Abbott announced plans to acquire Bigfoot Biomedical in the third quarter of 2023. If successful, this acquisition could significantly enhance Abbott’s diabetes management portfolio,...
In a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health experts updated pneumococcal vaccination recommendations for...
On August 30, 2023, a leaked document revealed that the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to petition the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to reclassify cannabis...
Today, Visory Health announced that it is ranked the fourth-largest prescription discount card in the United States, based on an analysis from IQVIA. The company revealed that it has saved 3.25 million...
On August 24, 2023, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved Tyruko, natalizumab-sztn, a biosimilar for Tysabri (natalizumab), an injectable biologic for managing multiple sclerosis. The...
On August 23, 2023, the United States Food and Drug Administration distributed 15 warning letters to online retailers selling or distributing illegal and unauthorized e-cigarettes that appeal to...
Kicking off the much-awaited drug price negotiations, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — under authority...
On August 22, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published additional information on a Listeria outbreak linked to a recent food recall. Earlier that month, the United States Food and...
On August 22, 2023, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning to consumers on two methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) eyedrops, reporting bacterial and fungal contaminations as the...
On August 21, 2023, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Abrysvo, a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine. The drug aims to prevent illness in infants under six months by...
As weight loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro become increasingly popular in the United States, the financial weight of these drugs poses a significant burden for the US healthcare system....
A new study published in the Lancet provides a new route for improving the effectiveness of oral emergency contraceptives. According to the study, taking an anti-inflammatory pill alongside Plan B...
Early this week, Pfizer and the Scripps Research Institute announced that they would be suing Israel’s Dexcel Pharma for patent infringement affecting Vyndamax, a drug that already generated $818...
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) recently published statistics on ongoing drug shortages in the United States. The organization’s survey of hospital pharmacists revealed...
On Monday, Nektar Therapeutics released a scathing public statement that accused its former partner, Eli Lilly, of miscalculating and sharing clinical trial results that underrepresented the...
