CNBC |
Cigna won't cover OxyContin prescriptions for 2018, as health insurer targets opioid abuse
CNBC Big insurer Cigna said it will not cover the opioid OxyContin for customers who are insured through a job, starting in 2018. Cigna last year said it wanted to cut opioid use by 25 percent among its customers by 2019. More than half of the over 33,000 ... |
The San Diego Union-Tribune |
San Diego officials alerted city employees, vendors, early in hepatitis crisis, not so much the public
The San Diego Union-Tribune Mayoclinic.org and medlineplus.gov outline tips to prevent catching or spreading Hepatitis A. (Sept. 25, 2017) (Sign up for our free video newsletter here http://bit.ly/2n6VKPR). Jeff McDonaldContact Reporter. San Diego city officials warned employees ... San Diego to open camp for homeless after hepatitis outbreak To get ahead of hepatitis A epidemic, SF to vaccinate citizens of streets Not here yet, hepatitis A outbreak could spread to Ventura County |
New York Times |
Hurricane Damage in Puerto Rico Leads to Fears of Drug Shortages Nationwide
New York Times A factory owned by the pharmaceutical company Mylan, which makes the childhood leukemia drug methotrexate, in Caguas, Puerto Rico, is one of 80 drug manufacturing plants struggling to stave off shortages of critical medicines in the aftermath of ... |
The Pharma Letter |
Study questions European approval process for cancer drugs
ABC News FILE - This Friday, July 28, 2017 file photo, shows the headquarters building of the European Medicines Agency, EMA in London. A new study published online Thursday Oct. 5, 2017, in the journal BMJ, finds that only about half of the cancer drug ... No clear evidence that most new cancer drugs extend or improve life Majority of recent cancer drugs approved for use in UK show no survival benefits, study finds Cancer patients given new drugs that won't help them |
WBUR |
Las Vegas Hospitals Call For Backup To Handle Hundreds Of Shooting Victims
WBUR Hospitals across the Las Vegas area were inundated Sunday evening when hundreds of people injured in the mass shooting at a country music festival on the Strip arrived at their doors by ambulances and private car. And hundreds of doctors, nurses, and ... Complicated recovery awaits victims injured in Vegas attack Trauma Center Levels Explained - American Trauma Society Las Vegas Shooting Update: At Least 59 People Are Dead After Gunman Attacks Concert |