May 30, 2019
Exclusive: Canada Told Drugmakers It Would Limit Scope Of Some New Price Rules
TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian government has assured the pharmaceutical industry that new features of its plan to cut drug costs would apply only to new medicines, Health Canada said, offering some relief to drugmakers even as other regulations could still lower prices of medicines already on the market. FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist counts pills...
U.S. Football Player's Overdose Death Spotlighted In J&J Oklahoma Opioid Trial
(Reuters) – The father of a college football player who died of a drug overdose gave emotional testimony about the U.S. opioid epidemic’s personal cost on Wednesday in the second day of trial of a lawsuit by the state of Oklahoma accusing Johnson & Johnson of fueling the crisis. Craig Box, whose son Austin Box...
Atrial Fibrillation Incidence follows Obesity Epidemic in Patients
The incidence and prevalence of atrial fibrillation in the U.S. has increased in the last several years and is predicted to continue to increase in future decades. It is estimated approximately 12-15 million people in the United States will have atrial fibrillation by 2050. The aging population plays a role in the increasing incidence with...