EU judges grill Ursula von der Leyen’s lawyers over missing text messages [with Pfizer chief during COVID] ~society politics Link 12 votes
US FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine, phenylephrine, from market ~health medicine Article 647 words 31 votes
Assessing the ability of GPT-4o to visually recognize medications and provide patient education ~tech Link 4 votes
Kalundborg in Denmark is a modern-day 'gold rush' town – but pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has invested more than £6.5 billion and it still isn't booming ~society politics Article 908 words 6 votes
Amid backlash, US FDA changes course over shortage of weight-loss drugs ~health medicine Article 971 words 23 votes
Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it had a role in the deadly opioid addiction crisis ~health Article 834 words 15 votes
US Federal Trade Commission sues insulin middlemen, saying they pocket billions while patients face high costs ~health medicine Article 558 words 37 votes
Epilepsy drug Sulthiame could help people with sleep apnea get a good night's rest, Swedish study finds ~health medicine Article 499 words 11 votes
New antiviral HIV drug with 100% prevention efficiency in African women gets prolonged standing ovation at scientific conference ~science medicine Link 45 votes
How medical research is failing women. For years, the process for developing and testing new drugs has focused disproportionately on male bodies — to the detriment of female patients. ~life.women Link 25 votes
The growing scientific case for using Ozempic and other GLP-1s to treat opioid, alcohol, and nicotine addiction ~health Article 6921 words 39 votes
The US will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA pandemic flu vaccine ~health medicine Article 235 words, published Jul 2 2024 29 votes
A new way to prevent HIV delivers dramatic results in trial ~health medicine Article 1038 words 17 votes
Ozempic and Wegovy linked to rare blindness risk, study finds ~science medicine Article 720 words 27 votes
US Supreme Court rejects liability shield at center of Purdue Pharma settlement ~health medicine Article 1500 words 31 votes
Novo Nordisk is to invest more than $4bn in US manufacturing as it battles to keep up with booming demand for its obesity and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic ~health medicine Article 543 words 9 votes
The opaque industry secretly inflating prices for prescription drugs ~health healthcare medicine Article 3966 words 18 votes
Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication ~society politics Article 637 words 46 votes
Rapid UTI test that cuts detection time to forty-five minutes awarded Longitude prize – could herald sea change in antibiotic use by identifying correct treatments ~health medicine Article 764 words 26 votes
mRNA melanoma vaccine halves the risk of death and recurrence ~health medicine Article 620 words, published Jun 4 2024 16 votes
Scientists pinpoint driver of IBD and other disorders; work under way to adapt existing drugs ~health medicine Article 782 words 14 votes
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is weaponizing consumer protection laws against nonprofit organizations ~society politics Article 3249 words 23 votes
US, European nations consider vaccinating workers exposed to bird flu ~health healthcare Article 941 words 9 votes
Denmark's economy contracts with drop in pharma production – Danish GDP fell 1.8% in the first quarter ~finance economics business Article 77 words 7 votes
US biotech executive sentenced to seven years in jail for COVID test fraud ~health Article 174 words 18 votes
The fight for abortion pills – In the US, UK and around the world, the backlash against safe, at-home abortion medication is growing ~health Article 934 words 26 votes
There is no evidence that CBD products reduce chronic pain, and taking them is a waste of money and potentially harmful to health, new research finds ~health healthcare medicine Article 779 words 58 votes
How the entire country of Denmark became a company town – economists warn of "Nokia-style" overdependence on a single sector with Ozempic boom ~finance economics business Article 4 votes
The war on recovery: how the US is sabotaging its best tools to prevent deaths in the opioid epidemic ~health medicine Article 4140 words, published Mar 5 2024 17 votes
Cystic fibrosis breakthrough has given patients a chance to live longer ~health medicine Article 7811 words 18 votes
NEXT Life Sciences announces successful clinical evaluation of the delivery method for Plan A contraception for men ~life.men Article 564 words, published Feb 12 2024 25 votes
US prescription market hamstrung for nine days (so far) by ransomware attack ~health Article 599 words 39 votes
A US drugmaker’s feud with the DEA is exacerbating the ADHD meds crisis ~health.mental Article 2737 words 36 votes
Finland used to have one of the highest suicide rates in the world – how the country halved it and saved countless lives ~health.mental Article 2167 words 28 votes
AstraZeneca unveils successes in treatment of lung cancer – best-selling Tagrisso drug slows progression of most common form of the disease at an early stage ~science medicine Link 22 votes
Niacin has long been a public health darling. But an excess could be bad for the heart, study suggests. ~health medicine Article 1023 words 15 votes
Senators ask CEOs why their drugs cost so much more in the US ~society politics Article 780 words, published Feb 9 2024 60 votes
Research at the heart of a US lawsuit against the abortion pill has been retracted ~health Article 898 words 28 votes
US Senator Bernie Sanders set to interrogate pharma executives about prices ~society politics Article 1381 words 33 votes
EBay will pay $59 million settlement over pill presses sold online as US undergoes overdose epidemic ~health Article 929 words 10 votes
The man in room 117 – Andrey Shevelyov would rather live on the street than take antipsychotic medication. Should it be his decision to make? ~health.mental Article 4421 words, published Jan 28 2024 21 votes
Pharma bro Martin Shkreli goes ballistic on US federal appeals court for upholding lifetime ban from pharma industry ~health Article 586 words 41 votes
Gene therapy allows an 11-year-old boy to hear for the first time ~health Article 1820 words 30 votes
Why are antidepressants so popular in Iceland? | Mindset ~health.mental Video 18:31, published Jan 14 2024 6 votes
Psychoactive drug ibogaine effectively treats traumatic brain injury in special ops military vets ~health.mental Article 744 words, published Dec 6 2023 31 votes