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FDA Halts, Then Resumes Gene Therapy After Three Deaths
After the deaths of three patients, the maker of an investigational gene therapy stopped shipments of the drug after it refused a request from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pull the drug from the market. Elevidys, made by Sarepta Therapeutics, is the first gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The…
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Kennedy Cancels $500 million in mRNA Contracts
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is canceling $500 million of contracts to develop mRNA vaccines for flu and COVID, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced. “We reviewed the science, listened to the experts,” said Kennedy in announcing the decision. “BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments…
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Texas Attorney General Accuses Drug Company of Kickbacks
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a civil lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, alleging the company illegally induced medical providers to prescribe some of its most profitable drugs, including high-demand GLP-1 weight-loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound. The suit alleges violations of the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act. The law sets forth thirteen…
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Public Grows Weary of ‘Harm Reduction’ – Commentary
Blue cities are moving away from so-called harm reduction strategies in combating overdose deaths from use of hard drugs. Harm reduction aims to decrease the negative consequences of risky behavior and is a hodgepodge of different initiatives such as needle exchanges, providing safer drug paraphernalia, Narcan stockpiling, and decriminalization of drug use in a few…
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Alcohol Use Down, Cannabis Use Up
Self-reported alcohol consumption among American adults is at its lowest in 90 years, a Gallup poll finds. The poll found 54 percent of U.S. adults reported consuming alcohol, the lowest level in Gallup’s nearly 90 years of tracking the trend. The second-lowest rate, 55 percent, was recorded in 1958. The annual Consumption Habits survey, conducted…
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HHS Investigates Drug History of Child Killers
The Health and Human Services is investigating the possible link between drugs and mass shootings, says Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said. After the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 27, Kennedy told “Fox & Friends” his department is “launching studies” into the contribution of drugs to school shootings. Kennedy was asked…
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Homelessness and Untreated Mental Illness Put the Public at Risk, Trump EO
President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) in July urging local governments to clear homeless individuals from public areas, increase the use of involuntary commitment for psychiatric treatment, and reduce support for government programs such as Housing First and harm reduction, efforts that try to mitigate the consequences of risky behavior. The order also…
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Report Calls for Gender Industry Accountability
Describing the accounts of several people who underwent gender medical treatments and later regretted it, a new report makes a case as to why the transgender industry must be stopped and held accountable for the harms and abuses it inflicts on vulnerable individuals. The American Principles Project (APP) published the report in July because “transgenderism…
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Congress Aims to ‘Bust Up the PBM Monopoly’
Congress is considering a bill to protect patients and pharmacies from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), middlemen who administer drug plans and negotiate prices between pharmacies and insurance providers. Eleven members introduced the bipartisan “PMB Reform Act” on July 10. The bill is now in the hands of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. PBMs…
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Court Decision Favoring California Telehealth Restrictions Appealed
A renowned radiation oncologist trying to help a woman in California suffering from a rare bleeding disease is appealing their failed court challenge to the Golden State’s restrictions on telehealth. The plaintiff is Sean McBride, M.D., of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. The patient, Shellye Horowitz, lives in a small California coastal…
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