A regulatory framework is in place for additional Rx-to-OTC switches where appropriate, including the opioid overdose antidote naloxone. It is up to sponsors to work with the FDA to deliver more switched products.
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How GDPR Will Affect Privacy And Security Standards In US Health Care
GDPR may signal a change in how health care professionals treat patient data.
Why Aren’t Prison Inmates With Hepatitis C Being Treated?
As a matter of general health policy, states should aggressively treat hepatitis C in prisons.
4 Regulations That Would Terrify US Drug Companies Ahead Of The 2018 Midterms
What a strange two months it has been for U.S. pharmaceutical companies. With the future of drug policy unclear, here are four regulations that would terrify American drug makers.
An Aspirin A Day? Not So Fast.
Daily, low-dose aspirin has been shown to reduce the risk of heart attacks and several types of cancer. Now, though, a new study shows that a one-dose-fits-all regimen doesn’t work for everyone. People who weigh over 70 kg (154 lbs) should reconsider t…
Biotech Entrepreneur, 29, Raises $32 Million To Use AI To Develop Drugs For Parkinson’s, ALS
Alice Zhang was a graduate student at UCLA when she decided that there was a tremendous opportunity to speed up the process of drug development. “We could start taking the guesswork out of drug discovery.”
How this Founder Bootstrapped a Profitable SaaS Product for Dentists in Under Three Years
Sophia Chou, dentist turned web product professional has been building Auxpanel, a business intelligence dashboard to help dentists manage their practices. Chou shares how she was able to bootstraps and become profitable in under three years, how she o…
FDA Approves TPOXX To Be The 1st Drug For Smallpox
“You have smallpox,” are 3 words that you never want to hear. But having a treatment available like this one manufactured by SIGA Technologies is still quite important.
Doctors To Trump: Suspending Insurer Payments Hurts Our Sickest Patients
A coalition of more than 500,000 U.S. physicians say the Trump administration’s move to suspend billions of dollars in payments to insurers hurts patients with “chronic health conditions and pre-existing conditions.”
Where Are Your Crabs From? FDA Warns About 4 State Vibrio Bacteria Outbreak
Oh crab. Contaminated crab meat from Venezuela may be the source of a Vibrio parahaemolyticus outbreak that has so far affected 4 states. This is what to do.
