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First Approved Alexander Disease Treatment Arrives with a List Price Above One Million Dollars Per Year
FDA approved Zanvastro for Alexander disease. Ionis set the list price at $285,000 per dose, or about $1.14 million a year at quarterly dosing.
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Federal Regulators Can Order a Food Recall but Almost Never Do, as a Seed Supplier Stays Silent
The FDA asked a sprout seed supplier to recall an implicated alfalfa seed lot. The supplier has not responded, and mandatory recall orders are rare.
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Ten Percent of Americans Carry a Penicillin Allergy Label, and Fewer Than One Percent Truly Have One
About 10% of Americans report a penicillin allergy, but the CDC says fewer than 1% truly have one. Testing is often a single supervised oral dose.
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