TOP STORIES Aided by machine learning (AI), scientists find novel antibiotic able to kill superbugs. A powerful antibiotic that kills some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria in the world… Read more »
The News: Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee, said last Wednesday she hoped for a return to “boring, normal times” after the 2020 election, voicing skepticism of her party’s populist… Read more »
Support for Medicare for All is showing signs of slippage as top-tier Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders struggle to sell the proposal without providing specifics on… Read more »
Commentary: Steve Walker The “Medicare for All” plan embraced by leading 2020 Democrats looks more lavish than what other advanced countries offer, compounding the cost but also potentially broadening its… Read more »
The News: Healthcare stocks swooned again last week after President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed the pharmaceutical industry for high prices of prescription drugs and vowed to allow US states… Read more »
Here we go again. The S&P 500 healthcare sector fell 4.4% two weeks ago, its worst weekly decline since late December. The move ended with more than 93% of healthcare stocks trading… Read more »
The News: The month of September has been blitzed with healthcare bills. Last week alone, Democrat and Republican senators introduced both a single-payer plan and an Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal and replacement… Read more »
Every now and again I’ll read about what seems on its face a boneheaded business deal between two Pharma companies and try to blow the lid off some super-stealthy, strategic,… Read more »
Steve’s Take: Marathon Pharmaceuticals LLC (Northbrook IL) caught my attention last month at the inception of an outcry when the company first announced the $89,000 price tag for its newly… Read more »
The News: Last week (January 30, 2017), President Trump promised some of the nation’s top drug-company executives in a meeting at the White House that he would shrink Food and… Read more »
