FDA will broaden how it evaluates new addiction treatment drugs
(By Lev Facher for STAT) The Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced a shift in the way it evaluates drugs
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Emerging Health Issues
How Rival Opioid Makers Sought To Cash In On Alarm Over OxyContin’s Dangers
(By Fred Schulte for Kaiser Health News) As Purdue Pharma faced mounting criticism over deaths linked to OxyContin, rival drugmakers
Read MorePatients With Chronic Pain Feel Caught In An Opioid-Prescribing Debate
(By Will Stone for Kaiser Health News) It started with a rolled ankle during a routine Army training exercise. Shannon
Read MoreNew report suggests rebates are not to blame for increasing drug prices
A new report by the consulting company Milliman prepared for America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), suggest that drug rebates are
Read MorePurdue Pharma Edits Public Service Ad In Washington Post
(By Fred Schulte for Kaiser Health News) In a new public service ad, drugmaker Purdue Pharma suggested that taking opioids
Read MoreMerck joins the list of drug makers agreeing to freeze or lower some prices
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) As political pressure on the pharmaceutical industry builds, Merck has become the latest big drug
Read MoreNovartis hits the brakes on price hikes as political pressure builds
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) In response to the heated political rhetoric over the cost of prescription drugs, Novartis has decided not
Read MorePotential DNA damage from CRISPR has been ‘seriously underestimated,’ study finds
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) From the earliest days of the CRISPR-Cas9 era, scientists have known that the first step
Read MoreFDA forming a task force to focus on drug shortages
Although new drug shortages have declined in recent years, the Food and Drug Administration is forming a new task force
Read MoreOpioid stigma is keeping many cancer patients from getting the pain control they need
(By Sara Ray and Kathleen Hoffman for STAT) History is repeating itself. Twenty years ago, a pain management crisis existed.
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