Tag: medication
How should the opioid settlements be spent? Those hit hardest often don’t have a say
People with substance use disorder across the country are not getting a formal say in how most of the approximately $50 billion in...
Better drugs through AI? Insitro CEO on what machine learning can teach Big Pharma
WASHINGTON -- Artificial intelligence is changing the way companies do business — helping programmers write code and fielding customer service calls with chatbots.But...
A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it?
MEXICO CITY -- It’s been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine against the AIDS virus.The twice-yearly shot was...
Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans
WASHINGTON -- Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare or...
Even with access to blockbuster obesity drugs, some people don't lose weight
Unlike scores of people who scrambled for the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy to lose weight in recent years, Danielle Griffin had no...
Trump nominates Marty Makary, a critic of some COVID-19 health measures, to lead the FDA
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Donald Trump on Friday nominated Dr. Marty Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration, selecting a surgeon and author...