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(MedPage Today) -- While brand-name pantoprazole (Protonix) costs $200 for a 30-day supply on TrumpRx, the same generic prescription costs just $16.99 at Costco, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said during a hearing on the proposed HHS budget...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Suicide by poisoning with the common food preservative sodium nitrite and its oxidised metabolite, nitrate, is disproportionately high among young men, U.K. researchers warned. (BMJ Public Health) Meanwhile, a Canadian man facing...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- Injecting the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo) directly into high-risk oral precancers proved safe and reduced lesion size in the vast majority of patients enrolled in a small phase I study, allowing some to avoid...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Suicide deaths among adolescents and young adults declined across the U.S. after the launch of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline in 2022, according to an observational study. From July 2022 through December 2024, 35,529 suicides...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- These days, we're overwhelmed with data. Every chart on every patient is packed full of data -- some of it incredibly useful and important, some of it just a lot of noise, some of it just copy-and-pasted and brought forward...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Cemdisiran, an investigational small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapy targeting complement component 5 (C5), met both its primary and a key secondary endpoint in the phase III NIMBLE trial of generalized myasthenia gravis, whether...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- Clearance of circulating tumor (ct)DNA after neoadjuvant therapy correlated significantly with pathologic complete response (pCR) and distant metastasis in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), according to a study...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Surging interest in the purported benefits of psychedelic drugs has given rise to books, documentaries, and conferences dedicated to the mind-altering substances. Now add one more business to the list: psychedelic retreats....
Read full article →The data, compiled by the Brookings Center on Health Policy, shows that average prices for some services like imaging were seven-times higher than Medicare prices.
Read full article →The Indianapolis-based insurer raised its 2026 earnings guidance after posting a better first quarter than Wall Street expected. Still, Elevance lodged a $935 million expense to cover what it might owe the CMS over faulty data reporting.
Read full article →A program that got caught up in HHS’ decision to abandon mRNA research was revived by a public-private coalition and is now beginning a large, late-stage test that could support a future approval.
Read full article →The company argues the offering is a more comprehensive approach to weight management, allowing patients to receive ongoing support care and transparent pricing on prescriptions.
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