#Snapchat cracks down on drug dealing after fentanyl overdoses

#Snapchat cracks down on drug dealing after fentanyl overdoses

“#Snapchat cracks down on drug dealing after fentanyl overdoses” Snapchat is cracking down on drug sales through its disappearing-photos app following reports of dealers using it to sling deadly fentanyl-laced pills.  The company is ramping up automatic “proactive detection” systems that boot drug dealers from the app, according to a Thursday blog post. It’s also…

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#Groups make own drugs to fight high drug prices, shortages

#Groups make own drugs to fight high drug prices, shortages

“#Groups make own drugs to fight high drug prices, shortages” Impatient with years of inaction in Washington on prescription drug costs, US hospital groups, startups and nonprofits have started making their own medicines in a bid to combat stubbornly high prices and persistent shortages of drugs with little competition. The efforts are at varying stages,…

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#Drug prices set by Washington would be a disaster for health care

#Drug prices set by Washington would be a disaster for health care

“#Drug prices set by Washington would be a disaster for health care” Through the near-miraculous success of vaccines at ending the coronavirus pandemic, it’s clear that medical innovation both saves and improves lives. Yet many leading congressional Democrats are pushing a deeply flawed bill that will harm patients by undermining the very innovation that delivered…

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#Bristol-Myers Squibb sued for .4B over delayed cancer drug

#Bristol-Myers Squibb sued for $6.4B over delayed cancer drug

“#Bristol-Myers Squibb sued for $6.4B over delayed cancer drug” Bristol-Myers Squibb was sued for $6.4 billion on Thursday for allegedly delaying its Breyanzi cancer drug to avoid payments to shareholders of the former Celgene, which the drugmaker bought in 2019. According to a complaint in Manhattan federal court, Bristol-Myers failed to use contractually required “diligent efforts”…

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#Tiger Woods and his many car accidents explained

#Tiger Woods and his many car accidents explained

“#Tiger Woods and his many car accidents explained” Tiger Woods may be one of the world’s best when it comes to golf but he’s had a series of troubles behind the wheel throughout his career — including two crashes that rattled his personal life.  Most infamously, in 2009 he smashed up his Cadillac Escalade when…

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