Friday, March 06, 2026




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FDA vaccine chief to step down in April / Beckers

Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - Vinay Prasad, MD, the FDA’s top regulator of vaccines and cell and gene therapies, will step down at the end of April, an agency spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. Dr. Prasad joined the agency in 2025 on a one-year sabbatical from the University of Calif…

#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #biotech #drugdevelopment #fda #vaccinesafety #infectiousdisease


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Hospitals urge regulators to halt drugmakers’ expanded 340B data policies / Healthcare Dive

Emily Olsen / healthcaredive - The American Hospital Association argues new policies from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk requiring providers to submit more claims data on dispensed 340B drugs is onerous and unlawful.

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #drugpricing #publichealth #governmentpolicy #hospitaloperations #healthcarefinance


Friday, March 6, 2026, 12:23 pm / permalink 20277 / 4 stories in 4 days


GLP‑1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people / Medical Express

medicalxpress - A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn't use a patch. He didn't set a quit date. He simply lost interest. It happen…

#obesity #healthcare #pharmaceuticals #elililly #novonordisk #weightloss #publichealth #drugdevelopment #behavioralhealth


Friday, March 6, 2026, 12:23 pm / permalink 20276 / 8 stories in 4 days


AI blood test finds silent liver disease years before symptoms / Science Daily Cancer

sciencedaily - Researchers created an AI-driven liquid biopsy that scans patterns in fragments of DNA circulating in the blood. The system detected early liver fibrosis and cirrhosis—conditions that often go unnoticed until serious damage occurs. By analyzing genome-wid…

#healthcare #publichealth #biotech #digitalhealth #medicaldevices #healthcarefinance


Friday, March 6, 2026, 1:22 am / permalink 20251 / 5 stories in 5 days


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