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Pfizer tops estimates, hikes low end of revenue guidance on strength of Eliquis, other drugs
Pfizer topped Wall Street's Q2 expectations and raised the low end of its full-year revenue guidance, driven by Eliquis and other non-Covid drugs, even as the company absorbed a $4.3 billion impairmen
Lilly Opens Retatrutide Access; California Court Backs Gilead
Eli Lilly will open early access to its experimental obesity drug retatrutide after initially granting it to a single patient, while California's Supreme Court ruled 6-1 in Gilead Sciences' favor in a
Analysis Questions Orphan Drug Pricing Exemptions
An analysis challenges the expansion of Medicare price negotiation exemptions for orphan drugs, questioning whether the broader protections in the Orphan Cures Act are justified.
Quebec's MAID Rate Hits 7.9%, World's Highest
Through the story of Quebec teacher Josée Lamère, an opinion piece examines why Quebec's MAID rate has climbed to 7.9% of all deaths — the highest of any jurisdiction in the world.
Kennedy Calls Medicaid Cuts 'Myth' as States Brace for Changes
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed Medicaid cuts as a 'myth' during a Michigan stop on his MAHA tour, but state officials and health policy experts say upcoming changes will reduce enrollment and force b
Open-Source Diabetes App Beats FDA-Approved Systems
Health economist Dana Goldman argues that open-source software manages her type 1 diabetes better than FDA-approved systems, calling on Congress to use the upcoming FDA user fee reauthorization to mod
NY Study Finds Voluntary Care Matches Forced Treatment
A new independent evaluation of New York's court-ordered outpatient mental health program found involuntary treatment reduced hospitalizations and arrests — but voluntary care achieved comparable resu
Top-rated mental health trust asked to save £24m
East London NHS Foundation Trust, one of the NHS's highest-rated mental health trusts, says it must make £24.1m in savings this year, with up to 330 posts at risk across nine front-line services servi
Breast cancer checks missing most women under 50 who are at risk, says study
A British Journal of Cancer study found that NICE's family-history-only breast cancer screening criteria miss up to 95% of women under 50 who develop the disease, while a broader risk tool identified
California Supreme Court Backs Gilead in HIV Drug Case
The California Supreme Court ruled 6-1 in favor of Gilead Sciences, overturning a lower court ruling that had allowed thousands of patients to hold the company liable for allegedly slow-walking develo
Eli Lilly Expands Access to Unapproved Retatrutide
Eli Lilly confirmed it will allow additional patients to apply for special access to its unapproved obesity drug retatrutide, six weeks after STAT revealed the company had quietly granted access to a
Michigan Confirms First U.S. Cyclospora Deaths
Michigan health officials confirmed two deaths from cyclospora — the first U.S. fatalities from the microscopic parasite — as the nationwide case count surpasses 20,000 in the largest outbreak on reco
Medicare Ends Breakthrough Device Payment Pathways
Medicare finalized a rule eliminating alternative payment pathways that had let FDA-designated 'breakthrough' medical devices automatically qualify for supplemental hospital payments, requiring them i
Children using social media at younger age appear to do worse in school tests
A study of more than 5,000 Italian schoolchildren found that those who opened social media accounts at 11-12 scored lower in maths and reading tests by age 16, falling roughly six months behind peers
Parasols Cool You Only 1°C — Infrared Blamed
Research presented at the European Geosciences Union suggests that parasols cut effective temperature by only about 1°C — and can make it slightly hotter under low sun — because the shaded fabric heat
Arginine Restores Immune Signal Against Cancer, Viruses
Rockefeller University researchers found that low arginine levels stall production of MHC-1, the protein that flags abnormal cells for immune destruction, and that replenishing arginine in mice reduce
Scientists may have found aging’s hidden trigger for brain disease
University of Cologne researchers have identified the protein EPS8 as a molecular switch linking aging to toxic protein buildup in diseases like ALS and Huntington's, with the mechanism conserved from
Two new compounds could reveal hidden drivers of Alzheimer’s disease
Vanderbilt researchers developed two novel compounds that selectively inhibit and activate TAOK proteins, opening new pathways to study Alzheimer’s disease mechanisms.
Deadly plant chemistry recreated inside tobacco plants
Researchers from Michigan State University and the Czech Academy of Sciences have identified six enzymes that wolfsbane and larkspur use to build atisinium, a complex diterpenoid alkaloid, and success
Orchardly builds agritech OS for Srinagar apple farmers
Orchardly, a bootstrapped Srinagar agritech startup, is combining farm intelligence, physical stores, soil testing and produce buyback into one integrated offering. Separately, Lena Lieberknecht is de
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