Emory UAEM

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/health/insulin-price-humalog-generic.html

Eli Lilly Will Sell Half-Price Version of Humalog, Its Popular Insulin The drugmaker’s decision to sell a generic version comes with the industry under pressure to do something about rising list prices.

This is an interesting opinion piece looking at how to address the rising number of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. Specifically, the author claims that providing a mandate at the federal level is would be unconstitutional and ineffective, and rather, we should focus efforts at the state level to educate people and to increase the percentage of children vaccinated.

~5-7 min read

Gottlieb's federal vaccine mandates threat: iffy legality, poor policy - STAT FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb may want the federal government to narrow vaccine exemptions, but that could violate the law and worsen vaccine resistance.

Important for those women who might be worried about getting a flu shot while pregnant! Be sure to get your flu shot!

New study finds no link between flu shots and miscarriages, allaying fears The reassuring finding contradicts an earlier study by the same researchers that raised questions about the safety of getting a flu shot during pregnancy.

https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2019/02/19/generics-drug-prices-collusion/?utm_source=STATNewsletters&utm_campaign=7db72b3b6b-Pharmalot&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-7db72b3b6b-150898913

This is an interesting read on alleged price fixing schemes. The unredacted emails appear in an unfavorable light for the generic drug makers.

The point of generic drug makers is to introduce competition to brand name products and reduce prices. Perhaps this strategy, used presumably to maximize profit, indicates the need for generic drug makers to maximize profit in order to continue competing with brand name pharmaceutical companies, but this is just speculation.

I encourage you to have a read (~7 min).

Here's how prosecutors say generic drug makers schemed to fix prices A copy of an unredacted lawsuit provides various examples in which state prosecutors alleged companies worked together to manipulate prices.