Anthem to Federal Government: Approve Merger and We’ll Expand to More Obamacare Exchanges
(By Melissa Quinn for The Daily Signal) Despite projections that it’s losing money this year, Anthem offered to expand its
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Month: August 2016
Lifting the Ban on Part Human and Part Animal Embryos
On Thursday, the federal government announced plans to life the moratorium on funding of certain controversial experiments that use human
Read MoreZika Is ‘Game-Changer’ For OB-GYN Doctors In Florida
(By Sammy Mack, WLRN, for Kaiser Health News) Late last fall, Dr. Christine Curry was at a faculty meeting with
Read MoreFDA warns Chinese drug maker over lying
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) The next time that employees at Xiamen Origin Biotech want to lie to regulators about
Read MoreIn cancer, it’s back to the future as old treatments make cutting-edge ones more effective
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) New cancer drugs that unleash the immune system on tumors are all the rage, getting
Read MoreAbsolutely shameless’: 7 marketers of anti-Zika repellents slapped with cease-and-desist letters
(By Rebecca Robbins for STAT) As the Zika virus spreads, wristbands and patches being touted as protection against the disease
Read MoreUS researchers now testing Zika vaccines in human subjects
(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) Federal health researchers have started testing an experimental Zika vaccine in people, officials announced Wednesday.
Read MoreThere’s a possible cure for ‘bubble boy’ disease. It will cost $665,000
(By Damian Garde for STAT) GlaxoSmithKline has developed what looks like a cure for a rare and deadly disease, and
Read MoreMost Californians support a measure to obtain state discounts on drugs
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) The pharmaceutical industry may be losing a heated battle over drug prices in California. Continue
Read MoreGilead fires back at medical journal report critical of its pricing
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) After getting beaten up last week over the pricing of its hepatitis C treatments in
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