Redesigning Prescription Medication Inserts
Six everyday items were re-imagined by designers in this week’s New York Times Magazine. A data visualization firm, Periscopic, and […]
Mom takes on Vertex CEO about pricey Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Drugs
In October, Oklahoma-based journalist and mom Juliana Keeping traveled to Boston with her son to confront Jeffrey Leiden, the CEO of […]
How Much Do Orphan Drugs Cost?
The high cost of CFTR correctors and potentiators has been in the news since the drugs were approved by the […]
Survey Shows A Lot of People Save Leftover Painkillers
More than half of patients who get a prescription for opioid painkillers have leftover pills and keep them to use […]
New Antibiotic Discovered in our Noses could help treat Staph and MRSA
Staphylococcus lugdunensis, a bacteria that kills staph and MRSA, could someday add to the arsenal of weapons that help people […]
Bugs into Drugs: Beyond Fecal Transplants
Read about the drug company: Vedanta “Vedanta is a little different. It focuses on isolating specific bacterial strains that scientists […]
DNA ‘cages’ deliver drugs with zap of light
Very interesting article relating to drug delivery via ‘dna cages’. Getting drugs to go just where you want them inside […]
Understanding Pharma Controversies in the News
Many people have heard of the company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, which last year raised the price of a drug by over […]
Cystic Fibrosis treatment: lung transplant facts and member experiences
Lung transplantation is something a person with Cystic Fibrosis might consider late in the progression of the disease, when life […]
Wabi Baby Steam Sterilizer Contest
Photography Contest for Cystic Fibrosis Awareness MonthEnter to Win! Take a photograph of your system for cleaning CF respiratory or feeding […]