California moves to cap insulin cost at $30 and manufacture its own naloxone
A 10-milliliter vial of insulin will be available for no more than $30, cutting costs by 90% for many.
Public health & disease
New nuclear medicine therapy cures human non-hodgkin lymphoma in preclinical model
A single dose of this radioimmunotherapy was found to eliminate tumor cells and extend the life of mice injected with cancerous cells for more than 221 days (the trial endpoint), compared to just 19 days in untreated control mice.
Kenya to expand use of ground-breaking malaria vaccine to more than 130,000 infants free of charge
The malaria vaccine – known as Mosquirix or RTS,s/AS01 – has seen a phased introduction in the country since a 2019 pilot program. This recent announcement represents a major step forward in the vaccine’s roll out.
U.S. FDA approves over-the-counter sale of overdose reversal drug Narcan
Naloxone is a life-saving drug that rapidly reverses or blocks the effects of opioids, restoring normal respiration, especially when given within minutes of the first signs of an overdose. Narcan is now the first naloxone-based drug available without a prescription.
Experimental pill achieves complete cancer remission in 18 people with aggressive leukemia
The new drug, called revumenib, has completely eliminated cancer in a third of the participants in a long-awaited clinical study from the University of Texas.
Safe, effective new procedure to surgically treat common arrhythmia
Called pulsed field ablation, the technique uses electrical pulses to create tiny holes in the membranes of heart muscle cells, causing the cells to die.
Novo Nordisk to slash U.S. insulin prices, following move by Eli Lilly
The Danish drugmaker will reduce the list price of its NovoLog insulin by 75%, and for Novolin and Levemir by 65%.
Breakthrough drug works against all the main types of primary bone cancer
The drug, developed by researchers at the U.K.’s University of East Anglia, increases survival rates by 50% without the need for surgery or chemotherapy.
Remnants of two banned insecticides nearly eliminated in Great Lakes region
In 2006, the U.S. EPA banned the agricultural use of lindane, linked to anemia, lung cancer, and lymphoma. In 2010, it began to phase out endosulfan, which experts say may damage the liver and kidneys.
Researchers cure toddler of deadly metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) for first time in history
A British girl born with a rare and deadly genetic condition is expected to live a long and normal life after becoming the world’s first person to be cured with the help of a revolutionary gene therapy.