Tag: Epidemics
Medicare will allow pharma firms to discuss drug price negotiations
Hundreds of 1199SEIU health care workers staged a rally and sit to block 3rd avenue where some were arrested. They protested against health care cuts [...]
Fraudsters stole $200 billion in Covid loans: watchdog
(L-R) Kevin Chambers, Director for COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement, Department of Justice; Hannibal "Mike" Ware, Inspector General, Small Business Administ [...]
Drugmakers aim to fight Medicare negotiations at SCOTUS
Chief Executive Officers of pharmaceutical companies testify before the Senate Finance Committee on "Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Chang [...]
Democrats press Walmart, Costco, Kroger on mifepristone
In this photo illustration, packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland. Anna [...]
FDA advisors OK AstraZeneca, Sanofi antibody for infants for RSV
Narisara Nami | Moment | Getty ImagesA panel of independent advisors to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously recommended Thursday that the ant [...]
Universal flu vaccine based on mRNA tech to be tested by NIH
A woman receives a booster dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination centre in Antwerp, Belgium, February 1, 2022.Jo [...]
U.S. Covid public health emergency ends
A sign outside of a hospital advertises COVID-19 testing on November 19, 2021 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe U.S. public health emer [...]
U.S loses HIV patent suit against Gilead Sciences over PrEP
The logo of Gilead Sciences pharmaceutical company is seen in Oceanside, California, April 29, 2020.Mike Blake | ReutersA Delaware federal court jury [...]
CVS earnings Q1 2023
CVS Health on Wednesday reported first-quarter results that beat earnings and revenue expectations, but the company lowered its full-year profit guida [...]
Gilead, U.S. fight in court over HIV prevention drug
Gilead Sciences logo displayed on a laptop screen and medical pills are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on October 18, 2021. ( [...]
Patients may wait years for new drugs
Juanmonino | E+ | Getty ImagesSeniors with early Alzheimer's disease will face major hurdles to get treated even if promising new drugs roll out more [...]
Eli Lilly weight loss drug tirzepatide data released
Patients who took Eli Lilly's weight loss drug tirzepatide lost up to 34 pounds on average, or 16% of their body weight, the company said in clinical [...]
Eli Lilly (LLY) Q1 earnings 2023
Medical bottles and syringe are seen with Eli Lilly and Company logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Krako [...]
Mpox shows smallpox risk, vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic says
A health care worker prepares a dose of the JYNNEOS Monkeypox vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California, on August 9, 2022.Pat [...]
Drug company CEOs will testify at Senate Health on insulin price
In this photo illustration, an insulin pen manufactured by the Novo Nordisk company is displayed on March 14, 2023 in Miami, Florida.Joe Raedle | Gett [...]