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Wisconsin hospitals filed 37% more lawsuits against patients from 2001 to 2018, study finds

Fierce Healthcare

Wisconsin hospitals filed 37% more lawsuits against patients from 2001 to 2018, study finds. Tue, 12/07/2021 - 12:07.

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Officials Release Draft Legislation Aimed at Prescription Drug Shortage Issues

Pharmacy Times

Ongoing and active shortages are currently at the highest number since January 2001.

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5 takeaways from the Human Genome Project investigation

STAT

But that’s not how it turned out: One individual’s DNA accounted for the vast majority of the genome when a first draft was released in 2001. Read the rest…

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Regulatory-first for gene editing therapy

European Pharmaceutical Review

The Investigational New Drug (IND) application for Intellia Therapeutics’ in vivo CRISPR-based candidate NTLA-2001, has been cleared as a gene editing therapy for transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) in the US. This supports NTLA-2001’s potential as a single-administration therapeutic.

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STAT+: Gilead to pay $40 million to settle claims it delayed newer HIV treatment to boost profits

STAT

” Here is the back story: In 2001, Gilead won U.S. For its part, the company issued a statement in which it did not admit wrongdoing and continued to maintain it has “never stopped working to improve the lives of people with HIV.”

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Number of ongoing US drug shortages reaches new high, pharmacist group says

Fierce Pharma

as of 2024’s first quarter—the highest number recorded since ASHP began tracking shortage data back in 2001. . | The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists has released new data showing there were 323 drugs in shortage in the U.S.

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Opinion: I grew up in one of Africa’s largest informal settlements. Now I’m helping heal it

STAT

In 2001, at the age of 13, I had come to Kenya’s largest informal settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi with my sister. I had only lived in Kibera for 15 minutes when I saw a police officer and was arrested. But it would be years before I saw a real doctor. When we arrived at 3 a.m.,

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