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Drug Rep Admits to Bribing Doctors to Prescribe
A former sales representative for a major drug manufacturer has admitted to charges she helped fuel the opioid addiction crisis by bribing doctors to prescribe a potent painkiller, authorities said. Michelle Breitenbach, who worked for the pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics, Inc., pleaded guilty Wednesday to a second-degree charge of conspiracy to commit commercial bribery, according to the state […]
Policies
F.D.A. Issues Policies to Open Path for Generics
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, has released new policies to crack down on brand drug manufacturers that try to block the entry of generic drugs to the market. Brand drugmakers are using FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) requirements to block timely generic entry, Gottlieb said. The REMS are required from manufacturers […]
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N.J. Enacts Law to Protect Healthcare Mandate
The goal of state officials to take back control of the health insurance marketplace may have been reached Wednesday, when Gov. Phil Murphy signed two bills dealing with coverage. The bills, from Sens. Joe Vitale (D-Woodbridge) and Troy Singleton (D-Moorestown), protect the individual mandate and create a reinsurance program at the state level, the latter […]
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Trump Signs ‘Right-to-Try’ Law
In a ceremony at the White House on Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed Right to Try legislation into law. The law will allow patients with life-threatening conditions to ask drugmakers for medicines that have not yet been FDA-approved but that have at least completed phase 1 testing. The patient must have run out of approved treatment options and must […]
Policies
Democratic Governors Threaten to Sue over Planned Parenthood Funds
The nation’s 14 Democratic governors are threatening to sue the Trump administration if it follows through on a proposal that would partially defund Planned Parenthood. “If this reckless policy is finalized as written, we will have no choice but to explore all possible avenues, including legal options, to block it from harming the women in our states,” […]
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Why Hurricane Maria Killed Thousands, Not Dozens
On its own, Hurricane Maria doesn’t seem to have killed a large segment of Puerto Rico’s population. The real culprit, it seems, was the loss of electricity, water and cellphone service in the following weeks and months after the hurricane’s impact, which fatally deprived thousands of the island’s residents of the medical care they desperately needed. Puerto […]
Health
Harvard Teaming With Google to Reduce Harmful Chemical Use
BOSTON – Harvard University is teaming up with Google to reduce the use of harmful chemicals in building products and materials. Organizers say the initiative announced Wednesday targets chemicals used in consumer products like furniture and carpets that science has shown have potential negative health effects. The goal is to create a set of tools […]
Blogs/Opinion
Risk for Women
President Donald Trump’s plan to withhold federal funds for organizations that perform abortions or make referrals for them will endanger women’s access to a wide range of health care, such as birth control, Pap tests for cervical cancer and testing for breast cancer and sexually transmitted infections. Trump’s effort is designed to placate a group […]
Disparities
Sudden Closing of Hospital Problematic for Expectant Mothers
KENNETT, Mo. — The sudden closure of a hospital has left some expectant mothers in the Missouri Bootheel region scrambling for care in an area that already has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the U.S. St. Louis Public Radio reports that Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett recently announced that it […]
Disparities
Professor: Ebola Could Spread to Europe
Dr. Ashish Jah said the spread of the disease to the urban city of Mbandaka last week poses serious concerns as to how far it spreads. The World Health Organisation said today there have been 22 confirmed, probable or suspected deaths from Ebola since April 4. But Dr. Jah warned it could spread to Europe and the […]
Policies
San Franciscans to Vote on Ban of Flavored Tobacco
SAN FRANCISCO — A major tobacco company is pumping millions of dollars into a campaign to persuade San Francisco voters to reject a ban on selling flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, certain chewing tobaccos and vaping liquids with flavors like cotton candy, mango and cool cucumber. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has contributed nearly $12 […]
Disparities
Disease Could Kill Millions, Bill Gates Warns
He’s one of the most highly-regarded figures in the technology industry, and now Bill Gates has warned that a deadly disease could be on its way. Speaking at a conference last month, Gates claimed that the disease could spread in as little as six months, wiping out up to 30 million people in the process. He said: “There’s one […]
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