An antibiotic apocalypse is coming. It threatens to reverse medical practice by 100 years by making life-saving operations impossible and turning routine infections into killers … If the ‘antibiotic apocalypse’ happens, it’ll be because our politicians let itRead more
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How Big Pharma Fuels the Opioid Epidemic
Over a 40-year career, Philadelphia attorney Daniel Berger has obtained millions in settlements for investors and consumers hurt by a rogues’ gallery of corporate wrongdoers, … How Big Pharma Fuels the Opioid EpidemicRead more
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Good-guy bacteria may help cancer immunotherapies do their job
Individuals with certain types of bacteria in their gut may be more likely to respond well to cancer immunotherapy, researchers at the Harold C. Simmons … Good-guy bacteria may help cancer immunotherapies do their jobRead more
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Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals
WHO is recommending that farmers and the food industry stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals. In some countries, … Stop using antibiotics in healthy animalsRead more
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Galena Biopharma to Pay $7.5 Million to Settle False Claims Charge
Galena Biopharma will pay more than $7.55 million to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to doctors to induce them to prescribe its fentanyl-based drug … Galena Biopharma to Pay $7.5 Million to Settle False Claims ChargeRead more
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How Two Common Medications Became One $455 Million Specialty Pill
Everything happened so fast as I walked out of the doctor’s exam room. I was tucking in my shirt and wondering if I’d asked all … How Two Common Medications Became One $455 Million Specialty PillRead more
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Novo Nordisk to Pay $58 Million to Settle False Claims Charge
Novo Nordisk will pay $58.65 million to resolve allegations that the company failed to comply with the FDA-mandated Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for … Novo Nordisk to Pay $58 Million to Settle False Claims ChargeRead more
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ready-to-eat foods
Research presented at the ASM Microbe 2017 meeting by Bryan Sanchez of California State University-Northridge in Northridge, Calif., show that antibiotic-resistant bacteria are present in … Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ready-to-eat foodsRead more
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Worst Epidemic in U.S. History
opioid epidemic and a new crackdown by the Trump administration. During a joint news conference with Drug Enforcement Agency officials Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General Rod … Worst Epidemic in U.S. HistoryRead more
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Woman Killed by a Superbug
Public health officials from Nevada are reporting on a case of a woman who died in Reno in September from an incurable infection. Testing showed … Woman Killed by a SuperbugRead more