FDA approval

For more than a decade, patients who've needed certain controlled medications have suffered from ill-advised, untenable policies the U.S. government has instituted, allegedly to mitigate the ever-surging numbers of drug overdose deaths.

Let’s begin with the data. Infection or Severe Illness

There is widespread anticipation of the availability of vaccines to prevent COVID-19 infections so that Americans can get their lives back to some semblance of normal.

Like the diseases they treat, medical interventions follow a time course. Intervention can be too early or late but is best at some mythical “Goldilocks” moment.

October 31st will mark the 37th anniversary of one of biotechnology’s most significant milestones -- the approval by the FDA of human insulin synthesized in genetically engineered bacteria.  It launched a revolutionary ne

The cancer drug business is quite a profitable one. A “high risk, high reward” proposition has been the narrative for those in research and development (R&D). Successes, marketing, patent protection and discovery cost money.