Long COVID patient-advocacy groups offered mixed reviews in their feedback to Senate health committee Chair Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) $10 billion research proposal ahead of his Tuesday (April 23) deadline for input.
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The Supreme Court seemed split Wednesday (April 24) over a key case determining whether Idaho can enforce its near-total abortion ban, but more broadly setting the tone for emergency medical protections, federal funding for hospitals and access to stabilizing treatment.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Tuesday (April 23) approved 3-2 and released a final rule that bars enforcement of non-competes agreements – a policy change that was immediately blasted by the hospital lobby, which is poised to sue after it had urged the agency to scrap the idea.
Long COVID patient-advocacy groups offered mixed reviews in their feedback to Senate health committee Chair Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) $10 billion research proposal ahead of his Tuesday (April 23) deadline for input.
FDA warns drug makers in a new draft guidance not to imply in their promotional and advertising materials that reference drugs are superior to their biosimilars, or that interchangeable biosimilars are clinically distinct from other biosimilars.
Weight-loss drugs drove a 13.6% increase in prescription medication spending in the United States in 2023, according to a report from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) published Wednesday (April 24).
Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday morning (April 22) announced CMS’ nursing home final staffing minimums and a sweeping long-term care worker rule stemming from the Biden administration’s April 2023 executive order on the direct care workforce.
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