Category: pharma & healthcare

Throwing The Baby Out With The Bath Water: Congress Considers Banning The QALY

If policymakers are prevented from using incremental cost-per-QALY analyses to inform decisions – or even just the QALY as a metric – then there better be an alternative in mind that’s workable and can be operationalized. Otherwise we’re deluding ourse…

Pharmacy Benefit Managers Are Again In The Crosshairs Of Congress And The FTC: Action To Reform Drug Pricing Increasingly Likely

PBMs are again in the crosshairs of Congress and the FTC. This time, Congress is seeking ways to coordinate with the FTC to enact reforms. It’s becoming increasingly probable that some kind of action will be taken to create a more transparent drug pric…

Availability Of Over-The-Counter Narcan Could Help As A Tool To Combat The Illicit Fentanyl Crisis, But Affordability Remains An Issue

Narcan nasal spray is the first naloxone product to formally be available OTC. While it may take months before Narcan becomes available OTC – and once in pharmacies as an off-the-shelf product its price could keep it out of reach for many – this still…

Anti-ACE2 Monoclonal Antibodies To Prevent And Treat COVID-19

Anti-ACE2 antibodies may provide a new path for Covid-19 treatment in the wake of viral variants.

Opening The Door To The Use Of Antibodies To Protect Plants From Pathogens

New technologies are currently being explored to protect our agriculturally important plants from invading pathogens.

Cell Therapy Prevents Risk Of Heart Attack or Stroke: Study

A recent study searches for a permanent solution to repair the heart via stem cell therapy.

Lance Reddick’s Death Triggers Conspiracy Theorists To Once Again Blame The Covid-19 Vaccine

Conspiracy theorists have once again hopped aboard the anti-vaccine train, claiming that Lance Reddick’s death was caused by the Covid-19 vaccine.

Progress Toward Effective Monoclonal Antibodies Treatments Against Covid-19 And Other Coronavirus Diseases

New advances in S2 antibodies may pave the way for more broadly effective monoclonal antibody treatments in the future.

Altered CAR T Therapy Shrinks Ovarian Tumors In Mice

CAR T cells with upgraded cell signaling shrink ovarian cancer tumors in mice better than standard CAR T cells, according to recent study results.

New T Cell Antibody Treatment Improves Outcomes For Covid Patients

A new study shows that T cell targeting antibody Foralumab may protect against patients from severe Covid symptoms.