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More than 6.2 million New Yorkers are now enrolled, almost one-third of its 19 million people...The exchange, which was designed to connect uninsured New Yorkers with commercial policies, had the effect of bringing a larger number of low-income residents to the government-funded program.

1. Nexavar - approved for differentiated thyroid carcinoma
2. Adempas - treat pulmonary arterial hypertension
3. Entyvio - treatment of moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease
4. Innohep - treatment of venous thrombo-embolism
5. Zevtera - treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia

Dong-Pyou Han,…. sentenced to 57 months in prison for vaccine trial fraud,.. falsified data.. mixed human HIV antibodies with rabbit blood.. to falsely show…. immunity to HIV… two counts of making false statements in order to obtain NIH research grants…. fined $7.2 million on top of his prison sentence…

U.S. regulators are considering the reintroduction of bovine heparin.. Today, all heparin products… are derived from pigs… Seventy-five percent of the crude porcine heparin…comes from outside of the U.S., with a majority of that percentage originating from China… reintroduction of bovine heparin into the U.S. market would expand sources…

Don Versluys was accused of taking cash payments from customers instead of filing to insurance. He received a $10,000 civil fine, a six-month suspension of his pharmacy license, and three years of probation. He is also permanently restricted from owning a pharmacy or acting as a pharmacist-in-chief...

European regulators have approved Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Evotaz for the treatment of … HIV-1…once-daily therapy combines atazanavir,.. and cobicistat,.. there are 2.2 million HIV-infected individuals in the E.U. …those who are not resistant to protease inhibitors, Evotaz represents an important new treatment option that may help them attain and retain virologic suppression.

Matthew Peterson...pleaded guilty to federal charges of fraudulently acquiring pain medication while he was employed as a paramedic... abused his position of public trust by providing diluted pain medication to those facing critical health emergencies...also jeopardized their medical condition and potentially exposed them to contaminated medications...

An $8.4 million settlement has been reached with..Blanding Health Mart Pharmacy following an investigation of knowingly billing the government for improper and medically unnecessary customizing of pain prescriptions,..

"This is a crucial moment....in the ongoing battle to ensure access to safe, affordable medications for people worldwide. If the Trans-Pacific Partnership passes with the intellectual property provisions as currently written, it will have a draconian impact on hundreds of millions of people around the world, including the 800 million people in the TPP countries,"...

Senator David Vitter today introduced the Safe and Affordable Prescription Drugs Act of 2015, legislation would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for the reimportation of approved American-made prescription drugs from Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Israel, South Africa, and the European Union.