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Patients turn to 'gray market' for cheaper obesity drugs, but it's risky
Patients who want a deeper discount on obesity meds than compounding pharmacies can offer are turning to the gray market, where they buy the raw active ingredient from China and prepare it themselves.
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President Trump announces deal with Pfizer to sell its drugs on federal website
President Trump on Tuesday announced a deal with Pfizer to sell its drugs directly to consumers at discounted prices. They'll be available through a website operated by the federal government.
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President announces TrumpRx website for drugs, and pricing deal with Pfizer
The Trump administration says it is making deals with drug companies to lower prices U.S. consumers pay for medicines. But key details are missing on how the initiative would work.
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Trump deadline for drugmakers to lower prices comes due
The Trump administration sent letters this summer to 17 makers of name-brand drugs pushing them to lower prices to align them with what other countries pay. The companies had 60 days to "step up."
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Lawsuits against Tylenol's maker get a boost after Trump's comments
A law firm appealing a stalled case against Tylenol's maker, Kenvue, says people are calling to join the suit, alleging the painkiller caused autism in children whose mothers took it during pregnancy.
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Is taking acetaminophen during pregnancy really associated with autism in children?
President Trump's announcement this week linking Tylenol with autism could play a role in ongoing legal cases against the company that makes it.
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They want COVID shots to protect their health or family. They can't get them
Though the FDA narrowed criteria for the shots, many people still want them, to avoid illness and protect vulnerable family members. Some are turned down at the pharmacy or have to jump through hoops.
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COVID vaccine supply is ample, but so is confusion about access
As coverage of this year's crop of COVID boosters hangs in the balance under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s leadership, what is the vaccine supply situation this year?
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Trump signs memo directing FDA to crack down on pharmaceutical ads
President Trump signed a memo on Tuesday directing the FDA to crack down on direct-to-consumer drug advertisements. But there are limits to what any administration can do.
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Drugmaker Novo Nordisk slashes Wegovy sales forecasts, blaming compounding
Compounding pharmacies are crimping sales of Novo Nordisk's obesity drug Wegovy by making what are essentially copies of the name-brand medicine. The company says it trying to stop them.
