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FDA fines four companies for selling unapproved vapes
FDA fines four companies for selling unapproved vapes WASHINGTON — For the first time ever, the Food and Drug Administration has fined four businesses that have ignored its orders to stop selling unapproved vapes. The move is the latest escalation by the agency’s tobacco center, which has been criticized in recent months for allegedly standing…
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STAT+: Here’s another sign the Biden administration is taking a harsher stance on hospital consolidation
STAT+: Here’s another sign the Biden administration is taking a harsher stance on hospital consolidation WASHINGTON — The Biden administration this month quietly rescinded pivotal, Obama-era guidelines that let physicians sidestep antitrust scrutiny if they were pursuing certain kinds of “value-based” care — yet another sign that it’s taking a closer look at consolidation among…
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Opinion: State of the Union highlights America’s awkward conversation on financing the development of new medicines
Opinion: State of the Union highlights America’s awkward conversation on financing the development of new medicines Science, medicine, health care, and paying for medicines featured prominently in President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. What I found interesting — and symbolic of the health policy dilemma facing the United States — was how these…
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In State of the Union, Biden pitches addiction, mental health care policies as opportunities for bipartisanship
In State of the Union, Biden pitches addiction, mental health care policies as opportunities for bipartisanship WASHINGTON — President Biden strived with Tuesday night’s State of the Union address to find a plank of bipartisan support in a split Congress, with health care priorities holding up the frame. The president, halfway through his term, pointed…
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