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Brand-brand competition in the U.S. pharmaceutical market has not lowered drug list prices

Brand-Brand Competition Has Not Cut Prices in Pharma Market

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Review shows evidence that brand-brand competition was mediated by quality of competing drugs

July 2019 Briefing – Critical Care

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Critical Care for July 2019. This roundup includes the...
Americans could import less expensive prescription drugs from Canada under a plan being developed by the Trump administration.

Trump Admin Announces Plan to Allow Drug Imports From Canada

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Plan will start by exploring options for importing certain prescription drugs to lower costs for Americans
Symptoms of burnout seem to be associated with greater explicit and implicit racial bias among resident physicians

Burnout Symptoms May Up Racial Bias Among Resident Physicians

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Residents with burnout had greater explicit racial bias, implicit racial bias scores after adjustment
National norms have been developed for assessing empathy among men and women at different levels of medical school education

National Norms Developed for Assessing Medical School Empathy

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Any raw score on the Jefferson Score of Empathy can be converted to percentile rank
Three drug companies will pay a total of nearly $70 million to California to settle charges of delaying the sale of generic drugs to keep brand-name drug prices high

$70 Million Settlement Reached in Generic Drug Delay Case

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In pay-to-delay deals, generic drug makers paid to keep cheaper version of the drug off market
Pediatricians should play a role in advocating to redress biases and inequalities in the health system and other systems

Pediatricians Have Role to Play in Addressing Racism

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Infants of color, especially African-Americans, are most often disadvantaged in NICU
The rare brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri has been confirmed as the cause of death of a North Carolina man.

N.C. Man Dies of Brain-Eating Amoeba After Visiting Water Park

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Infection can occur when Naegleria fowleri-contaminated water enters body through the nose
A predictive model that uses prenatal risk factors to help identify women at higher risk for admission to the maternal intensive care unit has low positive predictive value

Model Fails to Predict Risk for Maternal ICU Admission

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Model intended to predict admission to maternal ICU based on cumulative effect of multiple risk factors
Acute exposure to pollutants in the week prior to delivery and day of delivery is associated with increased odds of neonatal intensive care unit admission

Exposure to Air Pollution Tied to Raised Odds of NICU Admission

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Acute exposure during week prior to delivery, day of and day prior to delivery may up odds of admission