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

STAT

It was the early 2000s, and as America warmed to the sounds of Sisqó and Shakira, the world’s largest pharmaceutical firms were running out of ideas to treat mental illness. One by one, the companies behind Zoloft, Prozac, and Paxil soured on psychiatry.

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Opinion: State and local governments across the country are sidelining science

STAT

After four torrential days, 75 people had died, and Houston — America’s fourth largest city — was deep under water. The National Aeronautics and Atmospheric Administration offered to fly an airplane equipped with the world’s most sophisticated air samplers over Houston to monitor air pollution.

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U.N.: Progress on reducing global maternal mortality has stalled since 2015

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The progress the world has made in reducing maternal mortality has stalled in recent years, with some regions — including Europe and Northern America — backsliding since 2015, according to a new report from United Nations agencies.

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A physician’s Mother’s Day gift: reclaimed time with my children — and for myself

STAT

As a child, I fondly remember running through the kids’ aisle at Video World with my younger brother. My family had recently relocated from England to America, and my mother and father, both doctors, were working hard to find footing for us in a new country. As foreign-trained physicians, they had to study for U.S.

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Opinion: Needed: a new framework to make sure health companies play fair with patient data

STAT

As a health policy wonk and health economist who has worked in pharmaceutical companies in the United States, Latin America, and Europe, I’ve seen vast volumes of data generated, gathered, aggregated, analyzed, shared, and resold by health care companies and organizations.

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Bora Pharmaceuticals acquires Upsher-Smith

Express Pharma

The acquisition expands Taiwan-based Bora’s North American footprint with its first US manufacturing site Bora Pharmaceuticals (Bora) completed the acquisition of Upsher-Smith Laboratories (Upsher-Smith), a generics manufacturer and marketer based in Minnesota, US, from its sellers, Sawai Group Holdings and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas.

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Venus Remedies gets market authorisation for Bleomycin 15,000 IU in the UK

Express Pharma

As part of its efforts to make Bleomycin more accessible, the company has submitted sixteen additional applications to Ministries of Health (MOHs) around the world. The post Venus Remedies gets market authorisation for Bleomycin 15,000 IU in the UK appeared first on Express Pharma.