drug – Page 6 – 9xm News

‘We’ll no longer tolerate’: Donald Trump signs executive order giving drugmakers 30 days to slash drug prices

President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order aimed at slashing prescription drug prices in the United States, giving pharmaceutical companies a 30-day deadline to cut costs or face action.“Starting today, the United States will no longer subsidise the healthcare of foreign countries… and we’ll no longer tolerate profiteering and price gouging from […]

Trump says his overweight friend takes ‘fat shot drug’. Internet thinks he gives a shout-out to Ozempic

Did Donald Trump describe Ozempic as the ‘fat shot drug’? As Donald Trump cuts medicine prices, matching it with other countries, he gave a little anecdote about a friend who told him about the huge price difference of medicines in the UK and the US.Trump said the friend is a brilliant businessman, highly neurotic and […]

Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay

President Trump will sign an executive order on Monday aimed at lowering some drug prices in the United States by aligning them with what other wealthy countries pay, he said on Truth Social on Sunday evening. The proposal he described, which alone cannot shift federal policy, is what he calls a “most favored nation” pricing […]

Son of El Chapo to Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Charges

Ovidio Guzmán López, one of four sons of the infamous Mexican crime lord known as El Chapo, plans to plead guilty this summer to sprawling federal drug charges, according to court papers filed on Tuesday. If the plea goes through as planned on July 9 in Chicago, Mr. Guzmán López would become the first of […]

San Francisco Moves Toward Recovery First Drug Policy Amid Heated Debate | World News

FILE – Supervisor Matt Dorsey is shown during a San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. (Credits: AP) SAN FRANCISCO: Reeling from drug overdose deaths and scenes of people smoking fentanyl on sidewalks, San Francisco moved closer Thursday to adopting a “recovery first” drug policy that sets abstinence from […]

EU approves sale of new Alzheimer’s drug, with conditions

BRUSSELS: The European Commission said Wednesday that it had given formal approval for Leqembi, a long-awaited new treatment for early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, to be sold in the EU under strict conditions.The authorisation was granted Tuesday based on a favourable decision by Europe’s medicines watchdog, which after initial misgivings endorsed the treatment last November for a […]

‘Will continue to deport monsters’: Trump on deporting drug cartel members under the Alien Enemies Act

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised the Supreme Court for clearing the way for his administration to press ahead with immigration actions. The ruling included deporting alleged gang members under a wartime law dating back to 1798 called the “Alien Enemies Act“.“Thanks to the Supreme Court yesterday and today, we had a big ruling, […]

A drug under trial reduces risk of heart attack, stroke

NEW YORK: As many as one in five people – about 64 million in the US – have elevated levels of a tiny particle in their blood that can greatly increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes. But few know about it, and few doctors test for it, because there was not much to […]