FDA Offers Speedier Approvals to Drug Companies Aligning With ‘National Priorities’
2025-06-18
Agency is offering vouchers to some drug manufacturers to shorten review time for final drug applicationsContinue Reading
CDC Vaccine Expert Resigns After RFK Jr. Cuts Advisers
2025-06-18
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A senior scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has resigned, warning that changes in leadership may weaken the country’s vaccine program. Dr. Fiona Havers, who led the CDC’s tracking of hospitalizations from COVID-19 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus),Continue Reading
Eli Lilly to Buy Gene Therapy Firm Verve in $1 Billion Deal to Develop Heart Drug
2025-06-18
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Drugmaker Eli Lilly plans to buy Verve Therapeutics, a gene-editing startup, for about $1 billion upfront. The deal gives Lilly a potential new treatment for heart disease, The Wall Street Journal reported. The deal, announced June 17, includes a cash offer of $10.50Continue Reading
‘Gas Station Heroin’ Spurs Spike in Poison Control Calls, FDA Warning
2025-06-17
TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The small, colorful bottles hawked at convenience stores, smoke shops and filling stations as cognitive supplements or energy are often called “gas station heroin.” And, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns that they pose similar risks of addiction and life-threatening sideContinue Reading
Texas Invests $50M in Psychedelic Drug Research to Treat Addiction
2025-06-16
MONDAY, June 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Texas has moved to fund research into ibogaine, a psychedelic drug that may help treat addiction, depression and brain injuries. Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill last week approving $50 million in state funds for ibogaine research, The New York Times reported. TheContinue Reading
Innovative Once-Weekly Capsule Helps Quell Schizophrenia Symptoms
2025-06-16
MONDAY, June 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new breakthrough can help people with schizophrenia keep up with their psychiatric meds, researchers said. A pill taken just once a week, gradually releasing medicine from within the stomach, can greatly simplify the drug schedule faced by schizophrenia patients, researchers reported JuneContinue Reading
Turnaround Month In U.S. OD Death Crisis Pinpointed By Researchers
2025-06-16
MONDAY, June 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The turning point in America’s drug overdose (OD) crisis came in August 2023, a new study says. That’s the month when the national drug OD death rate began to decline, researchers reported June 12 in JAMA Network Open. OD death rates are nowContinue Reading
RFK Jr. Installs Critics on Vaccine Recommendation Panel
2025-06-12
THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Days after ousting all 17 members of the panel that makes U.S. vaccine recommendations, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has begun remaking it. On Wednesday, he named eight appointees, three of whom are critics of mRNA coronavirus vaccines, The Washington Post reported.Continue Reading
FDA Approves Polypill Widaplik for Hypertension
2025-06-11
Approval marks first triple-combination pill of telmisartan, amlodipine, and indapamideContinue Reading
Statins Appear Effective In Treating Sepsis
2025-06-10
TUESDAY, June 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Statins are a gold-standard treatment for lowering cholesterol, but a new study shows the inexpensive drugs could provide another life-saving service. Patients with sepsis appear to have a lower risk of dying if they’re treated with statins along with the usual cocktail ofContinue Reading