Roche alleges counterfeit diabetes medical devices were sold on Amazon

Roche alleges counterfeit diabetes medical devices were sold on Amazon

Roche Diabetes Care Inc. Accu-Chek brand glucose test strips are arranged for a photograph in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 4, 2019.  Alex Flynn | Bloomberg | Getty Images Roche, one of the world’s largest biotech companies, said “dangerous counterfeits” of its diabetes medical devices ended up for sale on … Read more

Abbott receives FDA approval for Libre Rio and Lingo

Abbott receives FDA approval for Libre Rio and Lingo

Abbott Chairman of the Board and CEO Robert B. Ford delivers a keynote address at CES 2022 at The Venetian Las Vegas on January 6, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images Abbott Laboratories announced on Monday it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for two new continuous glucose … Read more

Moderna combination Covid, flu vaccine shows positive late-stage data

Moderna combination Covid, flu vaccine shows positive late-stage data

Empty bottles of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine. Fred Tanneau | AFP | Getty Images Moderna on Monday said its combination vaccine that targets both Covid-19 and the flu was more effective than existing standalone shots for those viruses in a late-stage trial.  The biotech company is the first to release positive phase three data on a … Read more

Trump claims credit for Biden’s insulin price cap

Trump claims credit for Biden’s insulin price cap

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Jay Paul | Reuters Former President Donald Trump on Saturday recognized that the price of insulin is lower under President Joe Biden, but he still wants voters to credit his own administration. “Low INSULIN PRICING was gotten for millions of Americans by me, and … Read more

DOJ settles CityMD Covid fraud allegations for $12 million

DOJ settles CityMD Covid fraud allegations for  million

People wait in in a queue to enter CityMD, a health clinic that offers coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing, on the Upper West Side as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 19, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Walgreens-backed CityMD will pay $12.04 million to settle Covid fraud allegations … Read more

Child care crisis costs U.S. businesses

Child care crisis costs U.S. businesses

Vadym Buinov | Moment | Getty Images The Covid-19 pandemic brought to the surface both cracks and resilience in the American economy, with child care taking center stage as day cares shuttered, schools went remote and parents attempted to juggle their children with their jobs. While employment in the child care sector has made a … Read more

FDA approves GSK RSV vaccine for adults 50 to 59

FDA approves GSK RSV vaccine for adults 50 to 59

A view shows GlaxoSmithKline headquarters in London, Britain, January 17, 2022. Hannah Mckay | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration on Friday expanded the approval of GSK‘s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine to adults ages 50 to 59 who are at increased risk of getting severely sick from the potentially lethal virus.  The shot, called Arexvy, … Read more

Waystar shares slip in debut after pricing IPO in middle of range

Waystar shares slip in debut after pricing IPO in middle of range

Waystar celebrates their IPO at the Nasdaq on June 7th, 2024.  CNBC Waystar shares slid about 3% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday, after the health-care payment software vendor priced its IPO in the middle of the expected range. The stock opened at $21 per share, below the IPO price of $21.50 per share late … Read more

AstraZeneca, drugmakers release promising cancer data

AstraZeneca, drugmakers release promising cancer data

Attendees walk through the lobby at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago. Tim Boyle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Good morning! I’m back in New York City after spending the last weekend in … Read more

Oscar Health CEO Mark Bertolini set to take on employer market

Oscar Health CEO Mark Bertolini set to take on employer market

Mark Bertolini has helped Oscar Health move toward profitability after taking over as CEO of the health insurer a year ago. Now, he says the company’s next phase of growth and profitability will focus on tapping into the employer market. That effort will include “going after the 71 million lives that are in small group … Read more