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Companies Seek To Increase Life-Span By A Decade Or More.
But keep in mind that it’s going to be a long while before such drugs are actually available.
To Really Impact Healthcare Costs Look Beyond Drug Prices
At a time when the opportunities for discovering and developing new medicines is the greatest in our history, we will be doing less. What we really should be doing is investing more in order to generate new medicines thus reducing downstream healthcare…
The Inflation Reduction Act Will Lead To Fewer New Medicines
But, make no mistake – the IRA will have a major impact on biopharma R&D and, as a result, fewer important medicines will be available.
Novo Nordisk’s Huge Financial Bet On Obesity Drug Wegovy Wins Big
The SELECT trial is a game changer. Yes, Novo Nordisk achieved winning results. But obesity patients with heart disease now have a major new drug to extend their lives – and that’s an even bigger win.
U.S Government Wants Reasonably Priced Covid-19 Vaccines.
Unfortunately, Becerra’s rhetoric reinforces many misconceptions about the history of the discovery and development of the Covid-19 vaccines, work that was critical in…
Fattening Doctors To Promote Weight Loss Drugs
In order to promote its weight-loss and diabetes drugs, Novo Nordisk bought doctors almost a half a million meals in 2022.
Biopharma Facing Two Major Crises – A Huge Patent Cliff And Price Controls
Out of necessity, the industry will have to make significant cuts to its R&D operations. Research sites will be cut back or eliminated, therapeutic areas will be dropped and jobs will be lost.
Harvard Professor Wrongly Belittles MRNA Covid Vaccine R&D In Congressional Testimony
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, when thousands of people were dying on a daily basis, the hopes of the world rested on the biopharmaceutical industry for rapidly finding vaccines, antibodies and therapeutants.
Getting Ozempic And Other Drugs From Canada? Not Likely.
Clearly, Canada would find such a situation untenable and the steps now being taken by British Columbia for Ozempic would be adopted across Canada.
Are TV Drug Ads Bad For Your Health?
So, why do people hate TV drug ads? Based on a survey conducted by STAT, the reasons vary.People also hate the descriptions of the side effects that drugs can cause.
