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Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Ensuring Drug Prices Don't Widen the Income Gap
CNBC's Healthy Returns summit discusses what is shaping the future of health care innovation with investors and executives.
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Doctors Are Running Out of Effective Drugs Because of Poor Financial Incentives to Develop Them Opens in a new window)
In some cases, doctors have no drugs to give their patients for what once were treatable infections but are now life-threatening.
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Why Drugs Cost More in America
In the United States, drugs get to patients differently than almost everywhere else in the world.
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The Intersection of Race and Blood Opens in a new window)
Blood can be racially or ethnically specific.
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The Safety Record of Medical Devices Opens in a new window)
The Advanced Medical Technology Association says strong review by the Food and Drug Administration is key.
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Tainted Drugs: Ex-FDA Inspector Warns of Dangers in U.S. Meds Made in China, India Opens in a new window)
Massoud Motamed says the FDA struggles to police the sprawling number of overseas drug manufacturers who may hide problems in their production lines.
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Experimental Drug For Huntington's Disease Jams Malfunctioning Gene Opens in a new window)
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Bubonic Plague Strikes In Mongolia: Why Is It Still A Threat? Opens in a new window)
The medieval plague known as the Black Death is making headlines this month.
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The Numbers Don’t Lie: How Inequality is Baked into the NZ Health System Opens in a new window)
It turns out healthcare isn’t maths.
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Amid U.S. Measles Outbreak, Who Needs an Additional Dose of the Vaccine? Opens in a new window)
The United States is in the midst of its largest measles outbreak in 25 years.
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When Travelers Bring Skin Infections Back as Souvenirs Opens in a new window)
As more people travel abroad, travelers and doctors need to be alert to unusual and often perplexing skin infections.
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How Helpful Would A Genetic Test For Obesity Risk Be? Opens in a new window)
The story behind this back-and-forth is, at its core, a question of when it's worth diving deep into DNA databanks when there's no obvious way to put that information into use.
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Novartis Drug Helps Broader Group of Rare-Disease Patients Opens in a new window)
Gene therapy strengthens children with spinal muscular atrophy.
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Aim Your Baloney Detector at the BS in Health Care Opens in a new window)
We’ve noticed an influx of BS in health care.
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Congo Ebola Deaths Surpass 1,000 as Attacks on Treatment Centers go on Opens in a new window)
The WHO is already using another experimental vaccine made by Merck.
