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Opinion: The FDA’s risky action on compounding weight loss drugs

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When Makena, a drug designed to prevent preterm births, hit the market in 2011 at $1,500 per dose, it drew rife backlash. The drug was based on an active ingredient that had been available for many years at a much lower cost.

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STAT+: Sutter Health settles sweeping antitrust case, narrowly avoiding trial

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based Sutter want to be repaid for the money they spent on health insurance from 2011 through 2020.   Terms of the settlement were not immediately released on Monday, but it’s likely sizable given the scope of the case. The individuals and businesses suing Sacramento, Calif.-based Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: Gilead will pay $202 million to settle charges of paying kickbacks to docs for boosting HIV drug sales

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From 2011 through 2017, Gilead held more than 17,300 speaker programs of which 9,500 were dinners to promote sales of HIV drugs that were supposed to be educational. The dinners were at expensive restaurants that federal authorities maintained were “wholly inappropriate” venues for such gatherings.

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More than 70 babies have been born from uterus transplants: ‘It’s a complete new world’

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The first successful transplant was performed in 2011 — but even then, the recipient wasn’t immediately able to get pregnant and deliver a baby. The first modern attempt at transferring a uterus from one human to another occurred at the turn of the millennium.

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STAT+: Documents detail how pharmacy giants Walgreens, CVS, and Walmart failed patients in the opioid epidemic

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In 2011, Walgreens executives were under pressure. Amid a growing addiction crisis, and with the country already awash in prescription painkillers, the federal government was demanding accountability from the pharmacy giant for filling thousands of opioid prescriptions written by doctors in suspiciously large quantities.  

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Opinion: It’s time to rethink the Medicare annual wellness visit

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In 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services created the annual wellness visit (AWV), a new visit type with no cost to Medicare patients, better reimbursement to primary care practices, and higher assigned credit for clinicians’ work.

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Why AstraZeneca’s CEO is accusing British tabloids of ‘fake news’

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Damian here with news of a 2021-sized biotech round that has echoes of 2011, plus an ESMO recap and a curious stock move. Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today?    Sign up  to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Good morning, everyone. Read the rest…