[ad_1] Opill Oral Contraception Source: Perrigo A panel of experts who advise the Food and Drug Administration unanimously recommended Wednesday that the agency for the first time allow women to obtain a birth control pill without a prescription. The panel had been asked whether the benefits of selling HRA Pharma‘s birth control pill Opill outweighed…
[ad_1] Opill Oral Contraception Source: Perrigo The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday raised substantial concerns about a drugmaker’s application for sales of a birth control pill without a prescription. A committee of independent experts who advise the FDA is meeting Tuesday and Wednesday to make a recommendation on whether data submitted by HRA Pharma…
[ad_1] Medical personnel use a mammogram to examine a woman’s breast for breast cancer. Hannibal Hanschke | dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Most women should get screened for breast cancer every other year starting at age 40, a decade earlier than previously recommended, according to draft guidelines issued Tuesday by a government-backed panel…
[ad_1] The logo of Gilead Sciences pharmaceutical company is seen in Oceanside, California, April 29, 2020. Mike Blake | Reuters A Delaware federal court jury on Tuesday cleared Gilead Sciences of civil claims by the U.S. government that the company violated patents held by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for an HIV prevention…
[ad_1] Activists for transgender rights gather in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2023. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The Department of Justice is suing Tennessee for allegedly discriminating against transgender youth with a new state law banning the use of puberty blockers, hormones, and other medical…
[ad_1] In this photo illustration, packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images The abortion pill mifepristone is either banned or restricted to varying degrees in 27 states despite a Supreme Court decision that — for now — maintains Food…
[ad_1] Chiquita Brooks-LaSure testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during her nomination hearing to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Washington on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Caroline Brehman | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Medicare will cover the new Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi for all patients eligible under the medication’s…
[ad_1] In this photo illustration, an insulin pen manufactured by the Novo Nordisk company is displayed on March 14, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images The top executives of the three drug companies that control 90% of the global insulin market will testify May 10 before the Senate…
[ad_1] In this photo illustration, insulin pens manufactured by the Novo Nordisk company are displayed on March 14, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Bipartisan Senate legislation introduced Friday would cap the price of insulin at $35 per month for people with private insurance. The bill, drafted by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.,…
[ad_1] Eighteen people, some of them doctors, were criminally charged with Covid-19 health-care fraud schemes that netted hundreds of millions of dollars from false billings and theft from federally funded programs, the Department of Justice said Thursday. The charges, which span nine federal judicial districts, comprise the largest coordinated law enforcement action in the U.S….
