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Health economist, priority review voucher co-author, and basketball fan working at Duke University.

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If you're in the Triangle area and curious about the human microbiome, the science behind taste, or how benign parasites might impact medicine, join us at @fuqua.duke.edu on March 20 at 12:45 in the Kirby Reading Room for a talk by Rob Dunn, biologist and author of "Delicious" and other books.

17.03.2025 18:24 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

If a drugmaker increases its commercial price over time, it must pay a rebate to the US government. This somewhat dampens price increases and lowers the net price paid by the government. But what if the drugmaker resets its price by launching a new version? @warren.senate.gov wants an investigation.

12.03.2025 22:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Dr. Shelley Hwang - Surgical Oncologist, Mountain Climber
YouTube video by Duke University School of Medicine Dr. Shelley Hwang - Surgical Oncologist, Mountain Climber

Less is often more, according to Shelley Hwang, MD, MBA, of @DukeU. In @JAMA_current, she and coauthors demonstrated that monitoring is a safe, less invasive approach for low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
Video: youtu.be/_fuC8cFlsXU
Article: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

13.01.2025 16:59 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Novel Drug Approvals for 2024 Novel Drug Approvals for 2024

The @US_FDA published a great summary of novel drug approvals in 2024 here:
www.fda.gov/drugs/novel-...

11.01.2025 13:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In 2024, @US_FDA approved 50 novel drugs, including:
• 34 first approved in the US
• 26 orphan drugs (<200K Americans affected)
• 7 accelerated approvals (conditional approval on surrogate endpoints)
• 28 priority reviews (6-month FDA review)

Cancer drug Bizengri was all 4.

11.01.2025 13:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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