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Pharmaceuticals

Valeant, distancing itself from its past, will change its name to Bausch Health | The New York Times

The company has been known to raise drug prices by as much as 1000%.

The U.S. is facing an EpiPen Shortage | Bloomberg

Mylan might be in trouble again, as patients are having a hard time getting EpiPens.

Information technology

Lyra Health raises $45M to expand its therapist network | Medcity News

Former Genentech and Facebook CFO Dave Ebersman founded the company to give employers a way to manage their employees' mental health.

Precision medicine

Can precision medicine do for depression what it's done for cancer? It won't be easy | Stat

Providers and researchers are looking for ways to target specific depression treatments to specific patients. But depression varies greatly from patient to patient, which could make the approach difficult to carry out.

In other news

Scientists have developed a new plastic that can be recycled infinitely | Quartz

Colorado State University scientists have created a plastic that can be recycled again and again without deteriorating in quality. The plastic could create a new, sustainable plastic economy. It would also make used plastic valuable, since it would be considered a raw material, not just garbage.