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Supreme Court oral arguments on mifepristone: what to know

March 26, 2024
A supervised consumption room in which patients can inject prescription heroin at Arud Centre for Addiction Medicine in central Zurich.

Switzerland had a drug overdose crisis. Then it made methadone easy to get

Switzerland has an opioid death rate that is roughly one-twentieth the rate in the United States. It got there by opening up treatment.

By Lev Facher


Supreme Court mifepristone arguments focus on physicians' right to sue, not FDA judgment

The Supreme Court arguments about the abortion pill mifepristone focused more on physicians' right to sue than the FDA's judgment.

By Sarah Owermohle


STAT+ | Viking Therapeutics to move its oral obesity drug into Phase 2 study after early success

The company said it would move the oral formulation of its obesity drug into a Phase 2 trial later this year.

By Andrew Joseph



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STAT+ | Merck drug for rare, deadly lung condition appears set for approval in U.S.

Sotatercept would be a novel treatment option for pulmonary arterial hypertension and a key growth driver for Merck.

By Elaine Chen


STAT+ | Amgen sues Colorado over its prescription drug affordability board

The move comes one month after the state board determined that a big-selling Amgen medication called Enbrel is unaffordable.

By Ed Silverman


Opinion: Eliminate the waiting period for sterilization covered by Medicaid

Medicaid's waiting period for sterilization, intended to right an egregious wrong, has outlived its usefulness and needs to be abolished.

By Amanda Masse and Nadi Nina Kaonga


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STAT+ | European antitrust regulators probe Zoetis over pain drug for dogs

EU regulators says that Zoetis may have unlawfully prevented the entry of a novel medicine to treat chronic pain in dogs.

By Ed Silverman


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