A federal judge ruled Medicare can negotiate prices for prescriptions this fall
The US pays 2.4x the avg of industrialized nations for prescriptions
Brand name drugs make up 84% of total drug costs in the US—but account for only 8% of drugs sold
Tecartus +$25000 inc over 1yr
Fluconazole +1101% inc over 1yr
Lisinopril +539% inc over 1yr
Pfizer $10B revenue '22
Johnson & Johnson $95B revenue '22
You start working on a cure for high drug prices
We'll start working on a cure for MBAs
Congrats to my colleagues Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman on the Nobel Prize!
My favorite part of this news is knowing that more people (including kids) will get to hear and be inspired by the story behind the science and scientists (especially Kariko).
#COVID19 #vaccination 💉
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Covid-19: la nouvelle campagne de vaccination, avancée de 15 jours, débute ce lundi
This thread (by a compsci PhD I think) helps explain why we need 3 antigen tests over 4 days to get a reliable diagnosis of infection, and why you are highly, highly likely to get a false negative test if you only test once - even if you have symptoms.
The tests rely on detecting nucleocapsids, which is good for their longevity as the virus continues its blistering pace of mutation, but bad for timely diagnoses.
Sadly, it doesn’t mention FDA guidance to test 3 times.
https://progressives.social/@Wikisteff@mastodon.social/111143881142304564
Attached: 1 image However, the tests need nucleocapsid protein there to detect, which only appears later on in infections at high volumes. Early on in an infection, tests don't work great. Symptoms usually appear on Days 2, 3, and 4 after infection; however, RAT tests only have about a 34% sensitivity on Day 3, rising to 67% on Day 4, and 80% on Day 5 for symptomatic individuals. That's because most people have antibodies now, and our immune systems respond at lower doses than RAT tests.
Good morning, fedi. Do you know anyone currently studying (or carefully searching for) coordinated influence campaigns on federated networks?
ETA: I have a reasonably good sense of who the people are who study this elsewhere, but I’m wondering if I’ve missed any known and especially homegrown/born on-fedi work on influence campaigns in federated spaces. Many thanks!
Net Neutrality Returns to FCC Agenda Under Democrat Majority, and Immediately Draws Criticism
#Variety #News #Fcc #NetNeutrality
https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/net-neutrality-fcc-agenda-democrat-criticism-1235736049/
NIH asking for public comment on potential changes to the Policies for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) and the Potential Pandemic Pathogen Care and Oversight (P3CO) Policy Framework. If you do work with pathogens or potential pathogens you may want to take a look at the proposed language. The rules could apply to any US institution or foreign institutions that accept US gov't funding.
https://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/share-your-views-proposed-revisions-biosafety-policy
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