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STAT+: U.K. pharma increasingly violates voluntary industry marketing codes, and probes are taking longer

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Between 2004 to 2021, the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority, a self-regulatory body overseen by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, ruled on more than 1,100 cases involving nearly 160 companies where there was a breach of the industry code. Moreover, such instances have occurred more frequently.

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Opinion: Long waits to see a doctor are a public health crisis

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In 2004, the physician search firm Merritt Hawkins first issued their Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times. That year, the national average wait to get in to see a new physician was 21 days, an unacceptable amount of time to wait to access care. But that number has only gotten worse.

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STAT+: Insitro, biotech AI’s quiet unicorn, unveils efforts in ALS, liver disease, and cancer at JPM

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Insitro, a South San Francisco firm, was founded in 2018 by Daphne Koller, who had previously been a Stanford professor, a 2004 MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, and the co-founder and co-CEO of the online course company Coursera. But in biotech, one of the most well-funded AI players has been quiet.

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STAT+: Gilead gets a boost from California court in a case over slow-walking an HIV drug

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Back in 2004, Gilead explained its decision by maintaining the medicines were not sufficiently different, but internal documents produced in court suggested the company made this move in order to maximize profits.

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Why nearly half of Americans with Parkinson’s don’t see a neurologist

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A district manager for a convenience store chain, he first noticed symptoms in 2004 when his voice would suddenly falter while speaking to large groups of employees. It took Richard Huckabee nine years to get a Parkinson’s diagnosis. “It’s probably just stress,” Huckabee remembered his doctor saying.

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Life-extending epilepsy surgery performed less often in Black children, study finds

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between 2004 and 2020 found that those who had cranial surgery, which involves removing or disconnecting the brain portion where seizures occur, were 83% more likely to be alive after 10 years. The study of 18,000 children who were treated at 49 pediatric hospitals in the U.S.

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STAT+: More drug and device patents were invalidated for bad info than those filed by other industries, analysis finds

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Between 2004 and 2021, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration were more frequently invalidated due to information misrepresented or withheld from patent examiners than any other industry sector, according to a new analysis.

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