Viewpoints: Questions To Ask Before Starting A GLP-1; As AI Advances, There Are Things To Look Out For
Opinion writers discuss these public health topics.
What we don鈥檛 yet know about GLP-1s 鈥 and why it鈥檚 important to find out. (Leana S. Wen, 11/13)
The long era of sitting quietly while the doctor pronounces what ails us and what to do about it is ending. (Cory Franklin, 11/14)
For decades, the pharmaceutical industry鈥檚 approach to mental health was a playbook of conservative, incremental innovation. The market was saturated with me-too drugs 鈥 slight variations on existing antidepressants and antipsychotics that offered predictable, modest returns. For investors, it was a safe bet. For patients suffering from the most severe forms of mental illness, it was a story of stagnation. (Khutaija Noor, 11/14)
The road map to fighting Alzheimer's disease is a matter of updating government policy to match the current science. (Robert R. Redfield, 11/14)
Uniqure CEO Matt Kapusta told a group of investors at a private dinner on Tuesday that the Trump White House 鈥渄oesn鈥檛 like all the drama鈥 inside the Food and Drug Administration, just a week聽after the company said the agency had upended its plan to seek a speedy approval for a gene therapy to treat Huntington鈥檚 disease.聽(Adam Feuerstein, 11/13)