Ed Silverman
Assessing Operation Warp Speed: What’s working, what’s not
Is [Operation Warp Speed] working? Roughly five months after top U.S. health officials coalesced around the idea of a public-private ...
$10 COVID saliva test with results in three hours approved for rollout
[A] new test, which is called SalivaDirect and was developed by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health, allows ...
Gilead’s remdesivir offers little benefit for coronavirus patients in early trial
The antiviral medicine remdesivir from Gilead Sciences failed to speed the improvement of patients with Covid-19 or prevent them from ...
Unconventional drug ‘lottery’ will hand out 50 doses of Zolgensma, world’s most expensive gene therapy
The lottery that began [recently] was not about money, or about choosing a school, or about obtaining a visa. It ...
FDA investigation: Traces of possible carcinogens found in common heartburn meds, including Zantac, raising pharmaceutical supply chain safety concerns
Regulators in the U.S. and Europe are investigating why traces of a possible carcinogen were found in certain heartburn drugs, ...
Do we really need a more potent, and more addictive, opioid?
In the midst of a national opioid crisis, how badly do we need another formidable painkiller? This vexing question has ...
Opioid controversy: FDA approves powerful new drug despite addiction concerns
In a highly controversial move, the Food and Drug Administration approved an especially powerful opioid painkiller despite criticism that the ...
FDA changing policy on how best to spur development of biosimilar drugs that resemble brand-name biologics
In an unusual step, the Food and Drug Administration withdrew a draft guidance that was issued last fall to help companies develop ...
FDA pressed by Congressmen to approve controversial Duchenne drug
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As a crucial deadline ...
Unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions hindering efforts to curb antibiotic resistance
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As public health officials ...
