New treatments are changing once deadly forms of the disease into manageable long-term illnesses. But not all patients are benefiting.
Tag: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)
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New Obesity Drugs Come With a Side Effect of Shaming
Wegovy and other drugs expose a social tension between a quest to medicate illness and a stigmatizing belief that obese people lack sufficient willpower to lose weight.
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When Politics Saves Lives: a Good-News Story
The decision to fund medications to treat H.I.V.-AIDS patients in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean flew in the face of expert advice. But the U.S. did it anyway.
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Merck Sues Over Medicare Drug-Price Negotiation Law
The company is heavily reliant on a cancer drug that could be targeted by a program intended to lower drug prices.
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An Appeals Court Gave the Sacklers Legal Immunity. Here’s What the Ruling Means.
In return for the shield, the billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma are committed to paying up to $6 billion to help compensate communities and individuals for the ravages of the opioid epidemic.