Raoul announces $45 million settlement with CVS Caremark in pharmacy benefit rebates
Illinois Attorney General Kwane Raoul said on Wednesday that his office has reached a $45 million settlement to recover $45 million from CVS Caremark in pharmacy benefit rebates.
Cunningham to retire as Medicaid administrator
Illinois Medicaid Administrator Kelly Cunningham said Friday she intends to retire at the end of June.
Baxter-spinoff Vantive to make Deerfield U.S. headquarters
Vantive, the former kidney care segment of Baxter International, said Friday it will invest $23 million into its new U.S. headquarters in Deerfield.
Is Constipation Tied To Heart Disease Risk? Here’s What Experts Say.
Marie Vanderweide-Murray via Getty Images “If you said to me, ‘Oh, someone’s constipated, they’re going to have a heart attack’ … I would probably tell you that I don’t think there’s enough evidence for that,” said Dr. Andrew Freeman. You’ve probably considered what constipation means for your stomach health and diet choices, but you may […]
John Fetterman Stopped Fearing Death After Debilitating Stroke
LOADINGERROR LOADING Sen. John Fetterman (D) said his near-fatal stroke completely changed how he looks at death. “People in their middle age talk about their mortality,” Pennsylvania’s junior senator told Men’s Health in an interview published Monday. “I’ve experienced my mortality, so I’m not afraid of it anymore.” Fetterman explained why his 2022 stroke was […]
‘Bridgerton’ Star Says Netflix And Shondaland Ghosted Her After ‘Psychotic Breaks’
LOADINGERROR LOADING “Bridgerton” star Ruby Barker said the makers of the period drama series ignored her after she suffered two serious mental health episodes. (Watch the video below.) “Not a single person from Netflix, not a single person from Shondaland, since I have had two psychotic breaks from that show, have even contacted me or […]
Sotorasib’s Confirmatory Data in NSCLC Unreliable, Says FDA Panel
An FDA advisory committee on Thursday said the confirmatory trial data for the KRAS inhibitor sotorasib (Lumakras) in previously treated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cannot be reliably interpreted in the CodeBreaK 200 study. Most members of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) agreed with FDA staff that multiple sources of systemic bias during the […]
Study Pinpoints Growing Use of Cannabis to Manage Menopause Symptoms
PHILADELPHIA — One in 10 midlife women said they used cannabis in the past month, some of which was to manage menopausal symptoms, a researcher reported here. In a nationally representative sample of U.S. women, ages 45 to 64, 42% said they had ever used cannabis either recreationally or for medical purposes in their lifetime, […]
FDA Advisors Grapple With Logistical, Ethical Issues of Artificial Womb Technology
While members of the FDA Pediatric Advisory Committee (PAC) said much of the existing artificial womb technology (AWT) research is promising, they noted that the logistical and ethical concerns previously raised by the agency’s staff members are complicated. The committee did not vote during their 2-day meeting this week. Further discussion about first-in-human trials for […]
Physician Assistants Also Feel Post-Pandemic Burnout
NASHVILLE — Nearly a third of board-certified physician assistants (PAs) said they experienced burnout in the past 3 years, according to a national cross-sectional analysis. Looking at over 111,000 PAs who worked in at least one clinical position, 30.6% self-reported at least one symptom of burnout, found Andrzej Kozikowski, PhD, of the National Commission on […]