by Jordana Choucair | May 26, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced that the state reached a tentative $161.5 million settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals Inc. and AbbVie’s Allergan over the opioid epidemic. Under the tentative deal, West Virginia would receive more than $134.5...
by Jordana Choucair | May 26, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that firearms were the leading cause of death for kids one and older for the first time in 2020. Nearly two-thirds of the 4,368 U.S. children up to age 19 who were killed by guns in...
by Jordana Choucair | May 25, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
A new Kaiser Family Foundation brief explores the impact of climate change on health, examining how climate-related health threats could increase going forward and the effects of climate change on health equity. The brief notes that climate change is “poised to...
by Jordana Choucair | May 25, 2022 | Life Sciences
Senators Maria Cantwell and Chuck Grassley introduced legislation that would prohibit certain pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from engaging in unfair pricing tactics such as “spread pricing” or deceptive claw back payments made to pharmacies. The “Pharmacy Benefit...
by Jordana Choucair | May 25, 2022 | Life Sciences
Pfizer Inc. said it will sell 23 of its patent-protected drugs and vaccines at not-for-profit prices to 45 low-income countries beginning later this year, including treatments for cancer, heart conditions, and autoimmune diseases. In 2020, sales to developing...
by Jordana Choucair | May 25, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Trust for America’s Health and Well Being Trust released data indicating that there was a 20 percent year-over-year increase in deaths connected with alcohol, drugs, and suicide in 2020. There was a total of 186,763 substance misuse deaths – the highest number...
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