by Jordana Choucair | Aug 17, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized a rule allowing hearing aids to be sold over the counter. The rule allows people with mild to moderate hearing loss to purchase a hearing aid over the counter “without the need for a medical exam, prescription or a...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 17, 2022 | Life Sciences
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report indicating that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) did not take action against institutions and labs running government-funded clinical trials that...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 17, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Biden administration said a new type of COVID-19 vaccine specially designed to protect against the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants will be available next month. According to White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish, the shots will be available if...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 15, 2022 | Life Sciences
A Reuters analysis found that the median yearly price of 13 novel medicines the Food and Drug Administration approved for chronic conditions in 2022 is $257,000. The price is higher than a recent JAMA study, which found that the median annual price for 30 drugs last...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 12, 2022 | Life Sciences
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. factory will destroy 135 million doses of tainted Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. According to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, the manufacturer said the vaccines had been set aside due to quality issues and...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 10, 2022 | Life Sciences
The FDA authorized that Jynneos’ monkeypox vaccine can now be given to high-risk adults in a way that will allow health care providers to get five doses out of a standard one-dose vial. The move could increase the number of vaccine doses in the national stockpile from...
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