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Op-ed: DEA and Fda procedures exacerbate Adderall scarcity
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Op-ed: DEA and Fda procedures exacerbate Adderall scarcity

30mg tablets of Shire Plc’s Adderall XR. JB Reed | Bloomberg | Getty Photographs Josh Disbrow is chairman and CEO of Aytu BioPharma, which will make a competing drug to treat ADHD called Adzenys XR-ODT. A nationwide scarcity of Adderall has still left several clients battling to deal with their awareness deficit hyperactivity condition, better acknowledged […]

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Democratic attorneys general sue FDA to drop all remaining restrictions on abortion pill
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Democratic attorneys general sue FDA to drop all remaining restrictions on abortion pill

Boxes of mifepristone, the first pill given in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Women’s Reproductive Clinic of New Mexico in Santa Teresa, U.S., January 13, 2023.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A coalition of a dozen Democratic attorneys general sued the Food and Drug Administration on Friday to force the agency to drop […]

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FDA says Guillain-Barre syndrome is possible risk of Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for older adults
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FDA says Guillain-Barre syndrome is possible risk of Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for older adults

This 1981 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows an electron micrograph of Respiratory Syncytial Virus, also known as RSV. CDC via AP The Food and Drug Administration sees a possible risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome with Pfizer‘s RSV vaccine for older adults and has asked the company to conduct a […]

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Medicare rejects Alzheimer’s Association request for unrestricted coverage of treatments like Leqembi
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Medicare rejects Alzheimer’s Association request for unrestricted coverage of treatments like Leqembi

Medicare will not provide broader coverage of the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi until it receives more evidence that the treatment is reasonable and necessary, according to the federal agency that runs the program for seniors. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rejected a request from the Alzheimer’s Association for unrestricted coverage of antibody treatments approved […]

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Moderna misses on earnings as costs rise from surplus production capacity, lower Covid shot demand
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Moderna misses on earnings as costs rise from surplus production capacity, lower Covid shot demand

A vial of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, September 8, 2022. Hannah Beier | Reuters Moderna on Thursday missed earnings expectation for the fourth quarter, as costs rose from surplus production capacity and lower demand for its Covid-19 […]

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West Virginia asks judge to dismiss lawsuit seeking to overturn state restrictions on abortion pill
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West Virginia asks judge to dismiss lawsuit seeking to overturn state restrictions on abortion pill

West Virginia’s attorney general is urging a judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s restrictions on the abortion pill. State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday asked the federal court in West Virginia’s southern district to throw out the suit brought by GenBioPro, which manufactures the generic version of the abortion pill […]

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Flu vaccine was 68% effective at preventing hospitalization in children but less protective for seniors this season
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Flu vaccine was 68% effective at preventing hospitalization in children but less protective for seniors this season

Paquita Bonillo, 84 years old, receives the fourth dose of Covid-19 and flu vaccine in the garden of the Feixa Llarga nursing home on September 26, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. Zowy Voeten | Getty Images The flu vaccine has been 68% effective at preventing hospitalizations in children but has been less protective for seniors this […]

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CDC advisors recommend mpox vaccine for at-risk adults in future outbreaks
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CDC advisors recommend mpox vaccine for at-risk adults in future outbreaks

Vials of the JYNNEOS Monkeypox vaccine are prepared at a pop-up vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California, on August 9, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent advisors on Wednesday unanimously recommended administering the two-dose Jynneos vaccine to adults at risk of mpox in the […]

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Pfizer RSV vaccine that protects infants could receive FDA approval this summer
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Pfizer RSV vaccine that protects infants could receive FDA approval this summer

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pfizer‘s vaccine that protects infants from respiratory syncytial virus could receive Food and Drug Administration approval by the end of this summer. Pfizer on Tuesday said the FDA is reviewing the vaccine on an expedited basis. The agency is expected to make a decision on whether to […]

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Enjoy are living: Biden speaks in Poland forward of a person-12 months anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine
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Enjoy are living: Biden speaks in Poland forward of a person-12 months anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine

(The stream is slated to start out at 11:30 a.m. ET. Remember to refresh the web page if you do not see a video clip above at that time.) President Joe Biden is in Warsaw, Poland on Tuesday to supply a speech on the 1-yr anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The president will make […]

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