The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company partners with EmsanaRx, a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) focused on employer plans, to make lower-cost prescription drugs more accessible to patients through their employers. The program, EmsanaRx Plus, is described as “a stand-alone pipeline” allowing employers to provide drugs to employees through Cost Plus Drugs, an online pharmacy …
Kennewick, WA Hospitals in the Tri-Cities are full and wait times for emergency care are long as the region is hit by a tripledemic of influenza, RSV and COVID-19. In addition, drugs that help treat these respiratory diseases are rare. “We are concerned about the activity we are seeing,” said Dr. Larry Jecha, acting health …
“Respiratory Virus Crisis.” The Tri-Cities hospitals are full, the drugs are short Read More »
Nearly 6 million Americans have taken Paxlovid for free, thanks to the federal government. The Pfizer pill has helped prevent many people infected with COVID-19 from to be hospitalized or die, and he may even reduce the risk to develop a long COVID. But the government plans to stop footing the bill within months, and …
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This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hi. I am Art Caplan. I am the director of the division of medical ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York. New York City is at the forefront with a highly controversial agenda. It has two centers that function as overdose prevention centers, where people …
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An in-house oncologist provides insight into how older, affordable drugs can open the door to other options for managing these conditions Treating our canine patients has become more expensive over the years, especially with newer drugs. Researchers evaluated older drugs and found that losartan and propranolol may have other uses. Losartan is traditionally a drug …
Three respiratory illnesses, influenza, RSV and COVID-19, are all circulating in children right now. The so-called triple-demic is straining the capacity of children’s hospitals, and in some areas parents are noticing a shortage of over-the-counter ibuprofen and acetaminophen for children. It is a matter of demand. Children get sick, parents seek relief for them, and …
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Some doctors are warning against using a type 2 diabetes drug for weight loss after some patients said it helped them lose a few pounds. Approved by the FDA in 2017, the diabetes treatment sold as Ozempic helps lower blood sugar, but many patients prescribed the drug have reported weight loss as a positive side …
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Researchers from the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California have developed a “heart attack on a chip,” a device that could one day serve as a test bed for developing new heart drugs and even personalized drugs. “Our device replicates some key features of a heart attack in …
DENVER — The state of Colorado has officially submitted its plan to the federal government to begin importing prescription drugs from Canada. The Section 804 Import Program (SIP) application has listed 112 drugs that the state hopes to start moving across the border to save people money. “The big picture is that we have Coloradans …
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