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STAT+: A ‘renaissance in neuroscience’ could deliver a fresh crop of psychiatric medicines

STAT

It was the early 2000s, and as America warmed to the sounds of Sisqó and Shakira, the world’s largest pharmaceutical firms were running out of ideas to treat mental illness. One by one, the companies behind Zoloft, Prozac, and Paxil soured on psychiatry.

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Rejecting ICER’s bad advice

PhRMA

America leads the world in biomedical innovation today because our system rewards investment in research and discovery of new treatments.

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Supporting mental health requires multifaceted collaboration

Fierce Healthcare

In this conversation, Tarek Rabah, President and CEO of Otsuka North America Pharmaceutical Business is interviewed for Mental Illness Awareness Week. While the road to equity is complex, Otsuka’s commitment is to see a world where every mind is valued.

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Poor people in the developing world have a right to medicine | Bernie Sanders

The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

No one in America, or anywhere in the world, should die or suffer unnecessarily because they cannot afford a prescription drug which, in many cases, costs a few cents or a few dollars to manufacture. People should not die because of their income or where they were born.

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Opinion: State and local governments across the country are sidelining science

STAT

After four torrential days, 75 people had died, and Houston — America’s fourth largest city — was deep under water. The National Aeronautics and Atmospheric Administration offered to fly an airplane equipped with the world’s most sophisticated air samplers over Houston to monitor air pollution.

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U.N.: Progress on reducing global maternal mortality has stalled since 2015

STAT

The progress the world has made in reducing maternal mortality has stalled in recent years, with some regions — including Europe and Northern America — backsliding since 2015, according to a new report from United Nations agencies.

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A physician’s Mother’s Day gift: reclaimed time with my children — and for myself

STAT

As a child, I fondly remember running through the kids’ aisle at Video World with my younger brother. My family had recently relocated from England to America, and my mother and father, both doctors, were working hard to find footing for us in a new country. As foreign-trained physicians, they had to study for U.S.

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