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Pharmaceuticals

'Pharma bro' Shkreli is in prison, but Daraprim's price is still high | Kaiser Health News

Former Turing Pharmaceuticals (now Vyera Pharmaceuticals) CEO Martin Shkreli raised the price of Daraprim from $13.50 a pill to $750 in 2015. The drug now costs more than that.

Information technology

HealthTap has a new CEO following Ron Gutman's ouster | Medcity News

The board of directors kicked out Ron Gutman as CEO after he threatened employees. The company's new CEO is Mohr Davidow Ventures partner Bill Gossman.

Medical devices

Lightning struck her home. Then her brain implant stopped working | The New York Times

A woman in Slovenia had electrodes implanted in her brain for deep brain stimulation. The electrodes stopped working after her building was struck by lightning.

Facebook's Oculus backs VR game to help teens kick e-cigarette habit | CNBC

Researchers are testing a virtual reality game to see if it helps teens stop vaping by helping them deal with peer pressure.

In other news

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature has been postponed following a sex scandal | Quartz

The Swedish Academy will not award a Nobel Prize this year, opting to award two in 2019 instead. The Swedish Academy has been dealing with a sexual assault scandal that's resulted in resignations and arguments: A photographer who's received money from the academy and who's married to an academy member is accused of assaulting women, including at Academy-owned properties.