Category: Current Events

How CADTH thinks about equity. FDA-approved pharmaceuticals for dogs. State Freedom Index.  Ho-hum: another $10 billion deal in pharma. Sociopath or saint?

Are hospitals compliant with price transparency rules? The era of CRISPR has arrived.  AMA urges coverage of obesity drugs.  Mark Cuban’s cost plus model gaining traction among competitors.  The worst job ever? Solution to fixing primary care physician shortage is obvious.

What is the Bayh-Dole Act? What does the word liberal mean? Who should make IP rules in health: nations, WHO or WTO? Who Will Care for Older Adults? What’s going on in Copenhagen next week?

What would happen if we allowed drug importation? An analogy from the European PC market.   Infant deaths in the US on the rise.  14 year-old invests cancer-fighting soap. UK firms to consider private health insurance? Is the AMA for or against single payer?

Cato approach to health reform. Water quality in rural America. Benefits of vaccinating pregnant mothers. The real cost of weight loss drugs. Health care worker burnout.

Independent pharmacies view of PBMs. Techno-Optimist Manifesto. Assigning homework with ChatGPT. Honest aging. International travel and the spread of COVID. Do Tobacco-21 laws work?

Chemotherapy shortages…and a solution? FTI Healthcare Q3 in review. Walgreens dives into telehealth. Who profits most from America’s baffling health-care system? Showtime!

FDA’s START program for gene therapies for rare disease. Impact of retirement on health behaviors. COVID impact on health care workers: reduced altruism? ICER solution to IRA’s elimination of QALYs? evLYG. Ghost therapists. Interview with Katalin Karikó.