Shionogi & Co. stock slumped 16 percent in Tokyo after preclinical studies showed its experimental COVID-19 drug disturbed fetal development, triggering concerns about its approval. Kyodo News reported that the drug likely wouldn’t be recommended for pregnant women without giving attribution. The animal data, which showed harm when given at high doses, was submitted to Japanese…
Japan-Based Shionogi’s COVID-19 Drug Associated With Birth Defects: Bloomberg
April 14, 2022
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Police: Olympian’s Mother Unintended Victim of Drug Dispute
The mother of a Puerto Rican Olympian killed by a stray bullet in her Connecticut home was an unintended victim of a drug dispute that erupted into the firing of more than 20 gunshots, a police official said Tuesday. Mabel Martinez, 56, was shot in the head inside her Waterbury home on Saturday afternoon when…
Audio Files Being Consumed as ‘Digital Drugs’: Study
March 31, 2022
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A study on the Global Drug Survey 2021 has raised questions on the phenomenon of binaural beats in audio files being consumed as “digital drugs” capable of “eliciting mental and emotional responses” akin to psychoactive drugs. “We’re starting to see digital experiences defined as drugs, but they could also be seen as complementary practices alongside…
4 Men Hospitalized in Fentanyl Incident Days After Spring Breakers Overdosed, Deputies Say
By Eileen Kelley From South Florida Sun Sentinel Four men were taken to the hospital Sunday evening for a medical emergency involving the potentially lethal drug fentanyl. The incident was just three days after four U.S. Military cadets from West Point were among six people who overdosed at a rental home Thursday in Wilton Manors….
Dad Quits Drugs and Undergoes Incredible Transformation so He Can See His Daughter
A single dad has undergone an incredible transformation after he got clean from drugs and gained 63 pounds so that he could see his daughter. Austin Greene, 27, said that he started taking hard drugs when he was just 13, and they took over his life. However, after the birth of his daughter, who’s now…
CDC Taps Palantir to Support COVID-19 Drug Supply in US
February 23, 2022
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded Palantir Technologies Inc. a $5.3 million contract to manage distribution of COVID-19 drugs in the United States, the software maker said on Tuesday. The contract for supporting distribution of therapeutics is for a duration of six months, Palantir said. The new partnership is an extension…
You Say ‘Crack Pipes,’ We Say ‘Harm Reduction’
When headlines seemed to indicate that the Biden administration and its Health and Human Services agency would be handing out free crack pipes and needles for drug users, many people were shocked. But the Biden camp has tried to call that fake news, so we investigate what’s really going on and whether it’s an effective…
Inflation Speeds Up Again in January; Overdoses Cost U.S. Economy $1T Per Year: Rpt | NTD Business
Inflation has followed us into 2022, big style. The CPI shows prices are rising at the fastest pace in 40 years. We visited a grocery chain to see what’s going on. The biggest crypto exchange in the world becomes the biggest owner of iconic Forbes magazine, launching crypto further into the spotlight. Drug overdoses are…
GSK to Get $1.25 Billion to Settle HIV Drug Patent Row With Gilead
Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline will receive $1.25 billion from Gilead Sciences as part of a settlement between its HIV medicines unit and the U.S.-based drugmaker, ending a long-drawn patent dispute. The settlement, announced by GSK on Tuesday, relates to Gilead’s antiretroviral drug Biktarvy, a medicine used to check the AIDS-causing virus, which GSK said in 2018 infringed…
Jordan Says 27 Drug Smugglers Killed at Border With Syria
AMMAN—Jordanian soldiers killed 27 armed smugglers on Thursday as they tried to cross the border from Syria during a dawn snowstorm with a large quantity of amphetamines, an army spokesman said. Others also carrying drugs fled back into Syria during the attempted crossing, one of a growing number of such incidents over the past year,…
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