Kim Kardashian Warned by FDA For Promoting Drug on Social Media


Kim Kardashian and a drug manufacturer got in trouble after Kardashian promoted a drug on her social media accounts. The Federal Drug Administration issued a warning letter to the makers. It says the...

How To Prevent Antibiotic Apocalypse


Want to protect your kids from drug-resistant bacteria? Open your  wallet. Governments and insurance companies need to commit to paying 10 or 50 times more than they already do if industry is...

A Digital Health Acquisition To Watch


RxAnte, which applies predictive analytics to medication adherence, became part of Millennium Laboratories in December. The companies are mum on details of the sale. Aberdare Ventures partner...
    






The Avorn-Stossel Debate On GSK Halting Payment To Doctors For Drug Promotion


GSK recently announced that it would no longer pay doctors to promote its drugs, a move that has generated a good deal of discussion.  The PBS Newshour entered the fray by featuring a debate between...
    






Hydrocodone Dispensation being Limited by FDA


In what looked to be a radical step in the right direction, the FDA has finally decided to severely curtail the sale of hydrocodone painkillers. The addiction that this drug causes is in the same...