by Jordana Choucair | Jun 14, 2022 | Payers
eHealth released a survey indicating that 13 percent of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees had a claim or pre-authorization request denied. Of those, 43 percent said their plan told them the claim was excluded from coverage. Another 15 percent said coverage was denied...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 13, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released briefing documents indicating that Moderna’s and Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccines are both effective and safe for children 5 years old and younger. The FDA documents found that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 13, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Biden administration is eyeing a policy change to push tobacco companies to cut nicotine levels in cigarettes sold in the U.S. to nonaddictive levels. The move would be the government’s biggest step to curb smoking since the Master Settlement Agreement in 1998....
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 13, 2022 | Life Sciences
Sanofi SA and GSK PLC said a late-stage trial showed their experimental COVID-19 booster shot activated a substantial boost in antibodies against several variants — including omicron BA.1 and BA.2 — compared to its first-generation booster shot. Sanofi and GSK also...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 13, 2022 | Life Sciences
An Associated Press review of federal records found that U.S. regulators did not inspect the three biggest baby formula manufacturers in 2020, as the onset of the pandemic disrupted the typical annual cadence of site visits. Following a two-year lapse in inspections...
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