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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Bavarian Nordic’s mpox shot, a crackdown on Ozempic prescribing and more

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insurer is taking an unusually hard line on doctors who it says improperly prescribed the diabetes treatment Ozempic, escalating the ongoing war over drugs that have become wildly popular for weight loss , Bloomberg News reports. Enjoy, and see you soon… A major U.S. The amount demanded in a few cases totaled more than $1 million.

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Opinion: Most-read First Opinion essays of 2022

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But First Opinion authors also tackled other issues, like drug pricing, the dearth of funding for nutrition research, fixing the bias in health care-related artificial intelligence applications, personalizing the “death note” in medical records, and much, much more. Read the rest…

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about pharma asking Trump to pause Medicare talks, a Truveta database launch, and more

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… Several large drugmakers will ask the Trump administration to pause Medicare drug-price negotiations, even as Biden-appointed officials prepare a new list of medicines that should be targeted , Bloomberg News notes. And of course, do keep in touch. We have adjusted our settings to accept postcards and telegrams.…