WRBL

Midday Interview: National Drug Take Back Day

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Saturday, Oct. 25 is National Drug Take Back Day, sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration, seeks to get unused prescription drugs out of homes. Pamela Kirkland, media ...
Health Affairs

What Medicare Negotiation Tells Us About Drug Pricing In The U.S.

In August, the Biden administration marked an important moment in the history of Medicare. For the first time, the program completed negotiations with pharmaceutical manufacturers to establish what it ...
NPR

As strikes on alleged drug boats grow, so do questions about their legality and goal

The U.S. military carried out three more strikes on alleged drug boats this week. Two of those attacks were not in the Caribbean Sea but in the eastern Pacific Ocean, signaling an expansion of the ...

FDA chief warns U.S. is losing ground to China in early drug development, calls for faster trial approvals

Makary pointed to three bottlenecks: hospital contracting; ethical reviews and approvals; and the Investigational New Drug ...
The Atlantic

Hot in Mexico: Interview With a Wanted Drug Lord

The drug war in Mexico has claimed over 18,000 lives, with heavily-armed cartels engaged in open combat with the Mexican army. Wanted kingpins rarely make appearances in the press. So it came as a ...
Bloomberg L.P.

FDA Offers to Trade Faster Drug Reviews for Lower US Prices

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said his agency may fast-track new drugs from pharmaceutical companies that “equalize” the cost of their medicines between the US and other ...
PBS

FDA's new expedited drug program raises legal questions and concerns

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration commissioner's effort to drastically shorten the review of drugs favored by President Donald Trump's administration is causing alarm across the ...
Daily Local News

Chester County DA asks for help in halting drug-unit cuts

WEST CHESTER — The Chester County District Attorney has appealed to federal legislators to halt proposed cuts to a regional anti-drug trafficking effort that he contends not only helps to rid ...
CNBC

Trump is unlikely to end Medicare drug price talks — here's what that means for patients and pharma

President Donald Trump likely won't do away with a process that allows Medicare to negotiate drug prices with manufacturers, even as he erases Joe Biden's other policy accomplishments. But Trump will ...
Politifact

What’s driving down US overdose deaths? Experts cite drug supply changes, increased naloxone

Beginning in 2023, there was less fentanyl in the U.S. drug supply. The opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone’s availability is increasing and so is access to addiction treatment. Experts say the ...
The New York Times

Accused of Failing to Halt Drug Trade, an Ally Braces for Trump’s Response

Millions in military and development funds for Colombia hang in the balance as Washington questions the country’s fight against cocaine. By Genevieve Glatsky Reporting from Bogotá, Colombia As the ...