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(MedPage Today) -- The administration of President Donald Trump filled four senior positions at the FDA on Tuesday, promoting several officials who had been serving in acting roles to permanently fill the spots, including the agency's top leaders...
Read full article →Upcoming statutory limits on providers’ state-directed payments (SDPs) are expected to trim tens of billions of dollars from states’ Medicaid spending, and for 17 hard-hit states could range from 10% to 25% of their total annual Medicaid spending.
Read full article →As insurance premiums continue to rise, a new study finds that escalating healthcare spending is the leading factor behind the trend.
Read full article →A federal appeals court Wednesday heard arguments in a case that could eventually wipe out access to medication abortion, even in blue states that protect abortion. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals peppered questions on…
Read full article →Two supplements marketed for dogs are being recalled over potential salmonella contamination.
Read full article →Patient trust, physician credibility, and payer goodwill are not soft considerations alongside the balance sheet; they are the mechanism by which a pharmaceutical product generates revenue over time. The post Ethics Isn’t a Pharma Value — It’s a Competitive Moat…
Read full article →AI can't change the ER's problems, which exemplify health care's bigger problems, writes Brittany Trang in this week's AI Prognosis.
Read full article →A new FDA CBER head, AI company Schrodinger with a new startup, and more biotech news from The Readout
Read full article →An AstraZeneca drug reduced the dangerous flare-ups that worsen COPD in a pair of late-stage trials
Read full article →A CDC Covid restructuring, public trust in Fauci, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Read full article →Caspian Therapeutics, is launching with $50 million in financing to develop menin inhibitors for diabetes and other cardiometabolic diseases.
Read full article →Bangladesh has seen over 50,000 confirmed or suspected cases of measles this year. The death toll among children just surpassed 1,000. How are officials trying to bring the outbreak under control?
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