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Trump decides to demand lower drug prices under Medicare
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Trump Administration Joins Medicare Drug Negotiations
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday celebrated drug price reductions it achieved through a program created by Democrats — despite Republicans’ long-standing antipathy toward the policy. The Inflation Reduction Act, a 2022 law supported only by Democrats and signed into law by then-President Biden, allowed the Trump administration to obtain lower prices on 15 […]
Inside Kennedy’s Rise at HHS: Meeting MAHA Priorities for Trump
WASHINGTON — On Independence Avenue, inside a brutalist gray building considered by many to be the ugliest in this city, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. built a monument to his family. In the well-lit, royal blue hallway leading to his private offices, framed historic American flags are interspersed with pennants representing the campaigns and slogans of […]
Trump officials take aim at Coalition for Health AI, as Amazon drops out
Mario Aguilar covers technology in healthcare, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearables, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how technology is changing the practice of health care and the business and policy challenges of realizing the promise of technology. He is also co-author of the free bi-weekly STAT Health Tech newsletter. You can reach […]
Trump threatens 100% pharmaceutical rates unless companies should do medication in the United States
Washington – President Trump Thursday evening threatened pharmaceutical companies with a 100% price unless they build manufacturing factories in the United States The price would start on October 1 and could affect all “brand or patented” drugs, “said the president in an article on social networks. Companies could avoid this by building manufacturing facilities in […]
The autism researcher cited by Trump officials had been thrown into testimony
A dean of Harvard and a pre -eminent epidemiologist whose work was quoted by senior health officials in the Trump administration as justification to seriously reduce the use of tylenol by pregnant women due to an supposed link with autism provided a testimony of experts in a lawsuit against the manufacturer of drugs that a […]
With Trump in the United Kingdom, GSK boasts $ 30 billion in the United States over 5 years
Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine and biopharmal industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on signal in Drewqjoseph.45. London-The manufacturer of drugs based in the United Kingdom said early Wednesday that he planned to invest $ 30 billion in the United States over five years, an announcement from this week’s state visit here by President […]
The Trump administration has restored funding for the major diabetes study. The stop is still stung
Trump administration The restoration of federal research funding at Columbia University has relaunched a historic study of diabetes that has followed patients for almost 30 years and a considerably extended understanding of the disease, its treatment and its prevention. The study, who has been led by a professor from the Harvard Medical School since his […]
If Trump does not dismiss RFK Jr., he must at least restore the CDC director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have long been the most prestigious public health agency in the world. The CDC has led global efforts to eliminate smallpox, fight HIV / AIDS, move the perception / use of the public of tobacco products and considerably reduce dental care problems by promoting the use of fluoride in […]
Trump order threatens supervised consumption, reduction of misdeeds
President Trump threatens to retain funds from supervised drugs consumption sites and potentially to pursue criminal sanctions against them, offering his clearest position to date against the philosophy of the reduction of misdeeds and the marking of a significant climbing of his rhetoric on the consumption of substances and dependence. The new position, announced in […]