Drug Shortages Aren’t New. The Tripledemic Just Made You Look
[ad_1] Shortages persist because of complex structural problems. Take, for instance, one that the pandemic briefly made visible: the reality that many American medications are manufactured somewhere else, at the end…
The Era of One-Shot, Multimillion-Dollar Genetic Cures Is Here
[ad_1] The company said the price was determined with consideration of the “clinical, societal, economic, and innovative value represented by this novel gene therapy.” Earlier last month, the Institute for…
America’s Adderall Shortage Could Kill People
[ad_1] Earlier this month, the US Food and Drug Administration announced a nationwide shortage of immediate release amphetamine mixed salts. For many people who take this medication, the announcement just…
Big Pharma Says Drug Prices Reflect R&D Cost. Researchers Call BS
[ad_1] At the end of September, a spot of good news: Relyvrio, a new drug for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—or ALS, a neurological disorder without a cure—was approved in the…
How Does a Variant-Specific Covid Booster Work?
[ad_1] The Covid-19 messenger RNA vaccines are getting an update. The new booster shots rolling out across the US and Europe this week are specifically tailored to currently circulating Omicron…
Martin Shkreli Is Back With a Web3 Drug Discovery Platform
[ad_1] Martin Shkreli—the notorious ex-pharmaceutical executive fresh from prison after his 2017 fraud conviction—announced his latest, eyebrow-raising venture this week: the creation of a blockchain-based Web3 drug discovery platform that…
California Wants to Make Cheap Insulin. Here’s How It Could Work
[ad_1] Insulin was first discovered in 1921, and the following year, a 14-year-old boy suffering from diabetes became the first person treated with it. The medical breakthrough won a Nobel…
The Covid Virus Keeps Evolving. Why Haven’t Vaccines?
[ad_1] On March 16, 2020, the first volunteer received a shot of Moderna’s then-experimental Covid-19 vaccine, just 63 days after the company had generated a genetic blueprint of the new…