by Jordana Choucair | Jul 18, 2022 | Life Sciences
Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that the U.S. has failed to contain the outbreak of monkeypox and is “at the cusp” of seeing the virus become endemic. During an interview with CBS, Gottlieb noted that the U.S. is...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 18, 2022 | Life Sciences
GSK PLC completed the spinoff of Haleon PLC, a stand-alone consumer health care business that features products ranging from toothpaste and mouthwash to over-the-counter drugs such as Advil. GSK has said that the move will make it possible for the pharma giant to...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 18, 2022 | Payers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a 2.7 percent boost to outpatient hospital payment rates for next year in addition to an enhanced payment for facilities that purchase N95 masks that are manufactured in the United States. CMS...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 18, 2022 | Payers
UnitedHealthcare announced Friday it plans to stop charging fully insured members a co-pay for insulin. UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said on an earnings call that the timing of the move — which also includes cutting co-pays for other critical medicines like...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 15, 2022 | Access & Coverage
A new Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) analysis found that 610,000 postpartum women were disenrolled from Medicaid within a year of giving birth. Of those, 31 percent were disenrolled within six months after delivery and 40 percent were disenrolled within a year. Among...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 15, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to AZ Swagg Sauce LLC and Electric Smoke Vapor House for not submitting a premarket application for is synthetic nicotine vaping products. The agency said the move, along with the other 107 warning letters...
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