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Opinion: Independent doctors like me are becoming an endangered species

STAT

My four-doctor gastroenterology practice came under severe stress in 2007 due to catastrophic fee schedule cuts from our two largest payers. Today, nearly  three in four physicians  are employees of larger health care entities or other corporations — a record high. Read the rest…

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STAT+: A ‘renaissance in neuroscience’ could deliver a fresh crop of psychiatric medicines

STAT

“The mindset of Big Pharma in those days was one pill for millions and millions of people,” said John LaMattina, who led Pfizer’s research division from 1999 to 2007. “Everyone was looking for the next Lipitor, and when that fizzled out, there was an exodus out of psychotherapeutic areas.”

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STAT+: In a rare move, FDA threatens to fine a company for failing to report clinical trial results

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federal law called the FDA Amendments Act, adopted in 2007, requires trial sponsors to register applicable studies on ClinicalTrials.gov within 21 days after the first human subject is enrolled and submit summary results information to the database within 12 months after the trial’s primary completion date.

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Opinion: Pregnancy complications heighten heart risks in later life. It’s time to pay attention

STAT

Between 2007 and 2019, high blood pressure in pregnancy, including preeclampsia — a disorder of elevated blood pressure and protein in the urine that can cause serious complications for pregnant people and their babies — doubled in the United States.

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Opinion: STAT+: The PATCH Act’s approach to securing medical devices actually gives malicious actors a blueprint

STAT

But several years earlier, government officials recognized the risk: Soon after the FDA made its announcement, former Vice President Dick Cheney revealed in a “60 Minutes” interview that when his pacemaker was replaced in 2007, his doctors took precautions to make it hack-proof.

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Opinion: The lab leak conversation shows it’s time to rethink our biosecurity infrastructure, not just policies

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Then, from 2007 , there was new attention paid to dual use research, or experiments that could both benefit and harm society, agriculture, or the environment. Read the rest…

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Bora Pharmaceuticals acquires Upsher-Smith

Express Pharma

Founded in 2007, Bora is reportedly the largest pharma manufacturer in Taiwan supplying more than 100 countries around the world. Upsher-Smith, founded in 1919, has a diversified portfolio of 48 generic products with manufacturing facilities in Plymouth and Maple Grove, Minnesota.

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