Boston Scientific device recalled after patient dies | Boston Globe
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued another warning about failures in artery-clearing tools made by Boston Scientific Corp. that resulted in one patient dying.
Beijing aims to refill medicine chest with 'Made in China' drugs | Reuters
China, already a global powerhouse in high-tech areas from solar panels to bullet trains, is turning its industrial might to the challenge of making more of its own drugs for a vast and aging population
How a system meant to develop drugs for rare diseases broke down | STAT
Drugs that people want or need to take—erectile dysfunction drugs or a daily statin for cholesterol control—are made by multiple drugmakers. But a cure for Ebola? That cupboard is bare, at least in terms of therapies approved by regulators.
Kevorkian archive opens as physician-assisted deaths rise | Associated Press
A collection of Dr. Jack Kevorkian's files has been opened to the public at the University of Michigan. Kevorkian, a graduate of the university’s medical school, sparked the national right-to-die debate.
FTC to appeal dismissal of LabMD data breach ruling | SC Magazine
A little more than a week after a Federal Trade Commission administrative law judge tossed the FTC's data breach case against LabMD, the agency has filed an appeal of the ruling.
Experts warn opioid epidemic could bring new AIDs cases | Seacoastonline.com
Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day and, while the disease is better managed today than ever before, experts are warning about the potential link between the current opioid drug epidemic and the risk of new cases.
In hiring weed czar, California seeks technocrat, not stoner | San Francisco Chronicle
If there’s one nagging concern keeping you from applying to be the chief of California’s new Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation, here’s some good news: There’s no pre-employment drug test. But if passing that test would have been a problem, there’s some bad news: You might not have what it takes to be California’s first weed czar.
