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Moderna’s vaccine hit, the MAHA report, and an ASCO preview

31 May, 2025
Aleksa NOA

Moderna’s vaccine hit, the MAHA report, and an ASCO preview What does the MAHA Commission have planned for the drug industry? Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. targeting mRNA vaccines? And what are Adam and Elaine getting up to in Chicago? We discuss all that and more on this week’s episode of “The Readout […]

Women and wealth!

31 May, 2025
Aleksa NOA

Focus on key factors As you help investors choose the right retirement solutions, remember other factors that can affect women. These include longer life expectancy, gender wage gaps and career interruptions for family reasons. Think long term: Statistically, women live longer than men. Prioritize products that help ensure they won’t outlive their […]

How do we know mRNA vaccines are safe and effective? An explainer

31 May, 2025
Aleksa NOA

How do we know mRNA vaccines are safe and effective? An explainer Senate hearing will probe claims that health officials ‘downplayed and hid’ adverse events Messenger RNA vaccines fueled the response to the worst pandemic the world has faced in a century and led to a Nobel Prize. This week, they’re set to face intense […]

Next-gen COPD drug from Sanofi, Regeneron shows mixed results in Phase 3 trials

31 May, 2025
Aleksa NOA

Next-gen COPD drug from Sanofi, Regeneron shows mixed results in Phase 3 trials The companies are looking for their next Dupixent An experimental COPD medicine from Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals produced mixed results in a pair of studies, the companies said Friday, sending both firms’ shares down in early and pre-market trading. The […]

31 May, 2025
Aleksa NOA

Forging a new path in Hodgkin lymphoma treatment Medical advances tend to unfold slowly over many years, fueled by successive clinical studies that build upon each other and together provide the evidence needed to change patient care. A key illustration of this point comes from a recent phase 3 clinical trial, published October 2024 in the New […]

Illumina’s PromoterAI unlocks rare disease clues in noncoding genome

31 May, 2025
Aleksa NOA

Illumina’s PromoterAI unlocks rare disease clues in noncoding genome Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Good morning. Today, we discuss how one Brown contrarian and cancer researcher wants $50 billion for the NCI, we see a UniQure case […]

The 401(k) moment for health care!!!

31 May, 2025
Aleksa NOA

Just a few decades ago, most Americans relied on pensions to fund their retirement. Employers carried the risk of a guaranteed payout, and employees had little control over how or where their money was invested. Then came the 401(k). Introduced in 1978, it flipped the model: Employers capped their liability, while employees gained control […]

Combination treatment reduces risk of tumor progression in aggressive form of breast cancer, study shows

31 May, 2025
Aleksa NOA

Combination treatment reduces risk of tumor progression in aggressive form of breast cancer, study shows Use of Gilead’s Trodelvy, Merck’s Keytruda together could change practice, experts say A triple negative breast cancer cell line stained for endothelial cells and blood vessel content.Charles M. Perou, PhD CHICAGO — A treatment that combines two different […]

Medicare plots ambitious tech agenda guided by former Palantir, Main Street Health executives

31 May, 2025
Aleksa NOA

Medicare plots ambitious tech agenda guided by former Palantir, Main Street Health executives A federal request for information offers a window into officials’ thinking on areas they want to improve Health Tech Correspondent Two agencies in the federal health department are plotting what officials say will be an ambitious tech modernization push to promote […]

25 million cavities and $9.8 billion: Study estimates the costs of removing fluoride from water

31 May, 2025
Aleksa NOA

25 million cavities and $9.8 billion: Study estimates the costs of removing fluoride from water Researchers model what would happen if all states ban fluoridation Even before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took office as health secretary, he promised to take action on water fluoridation. He would provide “good information” to municipalities, which regulate the […]