The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state’s constitution guarantees a “limited right” to abortions after reproductive rights activists challenged the abortion ban that was signed into law last year, with the court issuing a partial injunction on a bill prohibiting women from terminating their pregnancies while upholding another. In May, Oklahoma Gov….
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Wyoming bans mifepristone in a national first
Welcome to The Hill’s Health Care newsletter {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Wyoming will be first state to specifically ban mifepristone Wyoming will outlaw mifepristone, one of two drugs taken as part of a medication abortion, after Gov. Mark Gordon (R) signed a bill into law on Friday. © AP The…
Paxlovid gets closer to full approval
Welcome to The Hill’s Health Care newsletter {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Paxlovid gets closer to full approval A panel of independent experts voted this week to recommend that Paxlovid, the COVID-19 medication made by Pfizer, be granted full approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). © AP The FDA’s…
Biden, divided Congress seek common ground on health care reforms
President Biden’s budget proposal includes ambitious measures seeking to bring down health care costs, but the divided government poses a steep challenge to these proposals, and lawmakers have yet to indicate where they’re willing to come together. Biden’s budget proposes increasing discretionary funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by $14.8 billion…
New study cites Wuhan raccoon dogs as possible origin of COVID-19
A new analysis of genetic information conducted by an international group of researchers has found evidence to suggest that COVID-19 originated from infected animals sold at a market in Wuhan, China. As first reported by The Atlantic, French evolutionary biologist Florence Débarre recently uncovered genetic data from the global virology database GISAID. The data had…
Sanofi cuts the price of its most prescribed insulin by 78 percent
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi, one of the top three insulin manufacturers for the U.S., announced on Thursday it would be cutting the list price for its most prescribed insulin product Lantus by 78 percent, joining fellow major insulin manufacturers in drastically minimizing the prices of some of their insulin products. Along with cutting down the…
Biden administration names first round of drugs to face Medicare rebate penalties
The Biden administration has released its first list of nearly 30 drugs covered by Medicare that will be subject to the penalties included in the Inflation Reduction Act, because their prices increased faster than the rate of inflation. Under the act, drug manufacturers are required to pay rebates to the federal government if the price…
Reproductive rights advocates brace for abortion pill hearing
Welcome to The Hill’s Health Care newsletter. After the judge delayed public notice, a hearing on access to mifepristone is tomorrow {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Mifepristone lawsuit hearing set for Wednesday Doctors and reproductive rights advocates are bracing for a hearing in a court case that, if successful, could end…
Novo Nordisk becomes second company to announce cuts to US insulin prices
Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk announced on Tuesday it would be lowering the prices of some of its insulin products in the U.S. by up to 75 percent, becoming the second company to take such action after Eli Lilly’s announcement earlier this month. Four of Novo Nordisk’s “legacy products” will see price drops ranging from…
Women sue Texas over abortion ban: Law endangers ‘lives of my future babies’
A group of Texas women are suing their state government over its abortion ban, saying the legislation which enacted it is too vague and left doctors unable to provide necessary care to protect their health as well as the health of their fetuses. The suit was filed by five women who sought abortions after the…