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Are new weight loss drugs an answer or problem?

World of DTC Marketing

Worldwide obesity rates have tripled since 1975, with 650 million adults obese in 2016, according to the World Health Organization. In 2019, the OECD declared that developed countries’ plans to tackle the problem largely failed. And the Covid-19 pandemic only underscored that obesity puts people at greater risk for infectious disease but are new weight loss drugs the answer?

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In Kabul, a new ritual: Hungry women wait for bread outside bakeries

NPR Health - Shots

Since the Taliban came to power, food insecurity has risen. Women in blue burqas sit in front of the city's upscale bakeries, silently waiting for charitable passersby to purchase bread for them.

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Opinion: Free the pill — and make it free

STAT News

This month, HRA Pharma announced it had submitted the first-ever application to the Food and Drug Administration to turn its birth control pill, Opill , from prescription to over-the-counter (OTC) status. This would allow people to purchase this birth control brand without a doctor’s visit and prescription, much as they might buy medicine-cabinet essentials like ibuprofen and acetaminophen.

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Africa is being left behind as wealthy nations push 4th COVID booster shots

NPR Health - Shots

Institutional racism, greed, and a broken global health system are all working against African nations where people are dying from COVID in silence, according to a scathing assessment from one expert.

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Unlocking Excellence: How Catalent Is Transforming Japan’s Clinical Research

Planning on running clinical trials in Japan? How can you reliably supply these studies? Discover Catalent’s clinical supply packaging facility in Shiga, Japan. Strategically located between Tokyo and Osaka, and one of largest in Japan, this 6,000 square meter facility offers comprehensive services including primary and secondary clinical packaging and labelling, comparator sourcing, cold chain storage, local and global distribution, local language support and white glove service to support stud

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Increasing access to provincial data on SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in Canada

Scienmag

Roadblocks to accessing data on vaccine effectiveness from provincial health ministries impede researchers’ ability to inform a national pandemic response and maintain public trust, according to an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) [link] Despite recommendations after the SARS outbreak in 2003 to fast-track access to administrative health data to guide pandemic responses, timely access […].

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The doctor who performed an abortion for a 10-year-old rape victim faces backlash

NPR Health - Shots

The Indiana doctor who provided an abortion for a 10-year-old girl last month is fighting back against suggestions that she made up the story and failed to file appropriate paperwork.

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New tentative approval for Eugia Pharma drug palbociclib

Drug Patent Watch

Palbociclib is the generic ingredient in one branded drug marketed by Pfizer and is included in two NDAs. There are six patents protecting this compound. Drug patent litigation for PALBOCICLIB.…. The post New tentative approval for Eugia Pharma drug palbociclib appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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CMS Proposes Rule to Implement Mandatory Medicare Part B Discarded Drug Rebates

FDA Law Blog

By Alan M. Kirschenbaum — Last November, we blogged about a provision of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that requires new rebates for discarded amounts of drugs that are covered under Medicare Part B, and that are packaged in a single-dose container or single-use package. An example of such a drug is a single-use vial of an injectable cancer drug that is dosed based upon weight, and therefore might not be entirely used for a lighter weight patient.

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Which pharmaceutical drugs have the most patents?

Drug Patent Watch

This chart shows the pharmaceutical drugs with the greatest number of patents still in force. The number of patents covering a drug can be indicative of the value of a…. The post Which pharmaceutical drugs have the most patents? appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Sky-High Prices Are Only Part of the Problem

NY Times

Inflation has unmasked the depths of our affordability crisis.

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The New Age of Decentralized Clinical Trials

White paper that delves into the complex topic of Decentralized Clinical Trials and how to master them within the confines of FDA Regulations