Category: pharma

FDA: Here’s Yet Another Blood Pressure Medication Recall For Cancer Concerns

This time the potential cancer-causing contaminant is Nitrosamine Drug Substance Related Impurity (NDSRI), N-Nitroso-Quinapril.

Is New Senate GOP Covid-19 Pandemic Origin Report More About Politics Than Science?

The report from the office of Richard Burr (R-NC) claimed that “the COVID-19 pandemic was, more likely than not, the result of a research-related incident.” But what evidence did the report actually provide?

USDA: Bob Evans Farms Recalling Over 7,500 Pounds Of Italian Pork Sausage

Here’s how to check if your sausage may have been contaminated and is part of the recall.

#COVIDIsAirborne #BringBackMasks Trend, Questioning CDC Director’s Tweet on Covid-19 Precautions

Folks on Twitter have wondered why the Biden Administration hasn’t been emphasizing face mask wearing and air filtration/purification more.

Robert Malone’s New Claims About Seasonal Flu Vaccines, Manufacturing, And Markets

Robert Malone, MD, MSc, who’s made a lot of questionable Covid-19 vaccine claims during the pandemic, asserted that people are being coerced to get the annual flu vaccine in order to “maintain warm base manufacturing in case something like 1918 ever ha…

Another Example Of A “Shkrelian” Drug Price Increase

Fortunately, Shkreli’s behaviors have not been mimicked – until now.

What’s Driving The Covid-19 Vaccine Price Increases?

Welcome to the convoluted world of U.S. healthcare. In the height of the pandemic, the government negotiated directly with the drug companies – no list price/net price worries, no middlemen – and everyone could get vaccinated for free. Now we are back …

Centene Reports $738 Million Profit And Picks Cigna’s Express Scripts As PBM

Centene reported $738 million in quarterly profits and announced Cigna’s Express Scripts will be its PBM In 2024.

Brain, Heart, Spine: The Anatomy Of Healthcare Leadership

To achieve excellence in healthcare, leaders must be able to change people’s minds, generate emotion and maintain courage in the face of adversity. Putting the anatomic pieces together, success will be determined by how leaders use their brains, hearts…

CDC: Surge In Young Kids Hospitalized With Respiratory Illnesses Like RSV, Flu

Hospitalizations due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections, influenza, and other respiratory illnesses are already pushing children’s hospitals to capacity in different parts of the U.S.