Controlled substances became a little less controlled during the pandemic. That benefited both patients (for their health) and telehealth startups (to make money).
Reports indicate a proposal to give Medicare the power to “negotiate” drug prices could be a key feature of any compromise.
Drugs companies raised prices on hundreds of medications on Jan. 1, with most prices up 5% on average.
Prices went up on 460 drugs, which tracks in line with recent years, according to STAT News.
Moderna is upping the minimum number of doses it expects to make to 600 million, the company said Monday.
It’s safe to say that COVID-19, the country’s worst public #health crisis in a generation, was the single most important issue in the 2020 #Presidential race.
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The U.S. FDA announced today in a #Drug Safety Communication that it is requiring labeling changes for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
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Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the U.S. #healthcare system.
Some doctors prescribed blood thinners with anti-inflammatory drugs, raising the risk of haemorrhaging, the study says.
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A majority of the U.S. remains susceptible to a coronavirus infection, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told lawmakers Wednesday.
To slow the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) into the United States, CDC is working with state and local public health partners to implement after-travel health precautions.