The Global Pharmaceutical Industry Isn’t Investing in Products for the Greatest Burden of Human Disease – Are Non-Profits a Solution?
Yves here. This post provides compelling evidence as to why running health care, and particularly pharmaceutical development, on a market basis is a bad idea. One has to wonder how much prejudice leads to the neglect of deadly diseases that afflict many millions….but in tropical areas, stereotyped as poor. The post does not mention as […]
A look at why many women undergo egg freezing, and the costs associated with it
Lynn Curry, nurse practitioner for Huntsville Reproductive Medicine, P.C., lifts frozen embryos out of IVF cryopreservation dewar, in Madison, Alabama, U.S., March 4, 2024. Roselle Chen | Reuters As legal battles over reproductive rights increase across the U.S., one area that could be impacted is egg freezing. In February, the Alabama state Supreme Court ruled […]
Inflation Remained Elevated in February
Chair Powell answers reporters’ questions at the FOMC press conference in March, 2023. When inflation picked back up in January 2024, many commentators described it as more noise than signal. The latest data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) casts doubt on that view. The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCEPI), which is the […]
Key Fed inflation gauge rose 2.8% annually as expected
Inflation rose in line with expectations in February, likely keeping the Federal Reserve on hold before it can start considering interest rate cuts, according to a measure the central bank considers its more important barometer. The personal consumption expenditures price index excluding food and energy increased 2.8% on a 12-month basis and was up 0.3% […]
