Blog July 30, 2018
FDA had another busy week: recalling Ritz crackers & goldfish, committing to create a modernized definition of what is a “dairy product,” approving new magnetic systems to prevent breast cancer patients from being exposed to excessive radioactive materials during biopsies.
Blog July 23, 2018
Over at TWTW headquarters, we’ve got Elastigirl-envy because the constant barrage of breaking health stories had us stretched thin. With all of the approvals, price tweets, guidances and policy talk, we started thinking we needed super-human powers to keep up with the incred
Blog July 16, 2018
We took the holiday to rest, play with fireworks (the legal kind, mostly) and now we’re back in action for this week’s dose of health care headlines. This week we take inspiration from the eponymous popcorn king, Orville Redenbacher. Born on July 16, nearly 110 years ago, Or
Blog July 2, 2018
Summer hit the country hard this week, with temps on both coasts and most of the Midwest reaching near-triple digits. Last week’s headlines were nearly as extreme. From one biopharma’s Right-to-Try misstep to political shade thrown at BIO and PhRMA for the infamous PABNAB ra
Blog June 25, 2018
Summertime…and the livin' is easy. Well, sort of. It was another intense week in healthcare headlines. The FDA may get a new name; Facebook is redirecting users searching for opioids and the WHO has us wondering if our Candy Crush obsession is unhealthy.
Blog June 18, 2018
Gooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!!!!!!!! Sorry folks, we've been feeling inspired by the World Cup kicking off and needed to get that out of systems since 2014. While the rest of the globe is focused on soccer (or football), we haven't missed last week's penalty k
Blog June 11, 2018
From the Warriors and the Capitals to Bob Baffert, Mike Smith, and Justify doing the near-impossible at the Belmont, June started off with some seriously big wins. We’ve also seen a lot of action on the healthcare front this week
Blog June 4, 2018
Happy Monday readers! We’ve got a busy week behind us and another underway so let’s get to it. The FDA was all business this week, Arkansas became the first state to test a work requirement for non-disabled Medicaid beneficiaries and PhRMA is checking ICER - here is TWTW!
Blog May 21, 2018
We are gobsmacked at the amount of pharma pricing activity following the release of President Trump’s “Blueprint” to lower drug prices. Read our take on this and other healthcare news.
Blog May 14, 2018
President Trump and HHS Secretary Azar gave a slightly delayed, much anticipated speech on the Administration’s Blueprint to lower drug prices.
Blog May 7, 2018
Good morning folks. It’s Monday, we’re caffeinated and its one week away from Mother’s Day (you’re welcome). There were so many healthcare issues last week that we’re suffering a bit of whiplash. Hold on to your seats, for these healthcare headlines:
Blog April 30, 2018
In the largest multi-state food-borne E. coli outbreak since 2006, at least 84 people across 19 states have been infected with E. coli from romaine lettuce in the past month. The team at TWTW is counting ourselves lucky that we are unusually big fans of kale. In other news..
Blog April 23, 2018
Happy Monday, readers! While we’re busy celebrating Earth Day by eating local, non-bagged lettuces and reading and recycling newspapers, we also caught up on breaking news in healthcare headlines
Blog April 16, 2018
Whether you spent the weekend jamming at a music festival in the sunny, warm desert, or doing something more mundane like taxes switching between heat and air conditioning in your apartment, you may have missed this week’s healthcare and crisis comms headlines.
Blog April 9, 2018
TWTW team spent this weekend doing some spring cleaning in the hopes that it would bring us East Coasters some, well, spring…Fingers crossed that a little wishful thinking and the removal of some pretty major dust bunnies will get the warm weather vibes coming our way.
Blog April 2, 2018
APRIL FOOLS’! No, the CEOs of Pfizer and Regeneron are not shaking hands and working it out following their heightened rhetoric about drug prices two years ago. It may be April 2nd, but we couldn’t let April Fool’s pass without The Week That Was team having a little fun.
Blog March 26, 2018
Happy Monday! The Week That Was team survived the 4th (and hopefully last) nor’easter of the season and is taking in the storm of news that blew in with it.
Blog March 19, 2018
We know its Monday and the weather on the east coast is still hovering around 30º, but hang in there, fasten your seat belts, put up your tray tables and read on for The Week That Was...
Blog March 12, 2018
Just when we thought spring might be around the corner, a second nor’easter comes along (no need to be smug West Coast readers, we know you’ve got the sun). While many of you took a well-deserved snow day, The Week That Was team was glued to our computer screens.
Blog March 5, 2018
March made quite the entrance this year. The Week That Was team is relieved to be back online after that wicked nor’easter gusted through town, taking out power, crippling train lines and most certainly mussing our hair. Here are a few healthcare news highlights.
Blog February 26, 2018
What a week! As the debate over gun control dominated national media, we kept our eyes on another busy week of healthcare news.
Blog February 19, 2018
Spent last week watching Shaun White win his third gold medal? Finding yourself enthralled by every Curling match on TV? Seriously, we just don’t get that one… Regardless, if you missed last week’s breaking healthcare news, we’ve got you covered.
Blog February 12, 2018
CEO’s were making headlines last week for a host of reasons. Oh, and it’s been reported that next week, the Trump Administration is expected to propose new rules and legislative initiatives to reduce the cost of prescription drugs to Medicare patients. Read on for TWTW...
Blog February 5, 2018
One Super Bowl game, 1.33 billion chicken wings and 12.5 million pizzas later, we know the feeling all too well. So we’ll wrap up this intro, grab our emotional support peacock, and get right to the headlines from last week. Read on for The Week That Was...
Blog January 29, 2018
Well, that was quick! No, we’re not talking about the weekend…we’re talking about the three-day government shutdown. Philadelphia became the first city to plan and support the opening of safe injection sites for drug use under medical supervision. This is The Week That Was..
Blog January 22, 2018
Hello Readers, the federal government may be shut down, but The Week That Was team is firing on all cylinders! And it’s a good thing because healthcare is not lacking in the headlines.
Blog January 15, 2018
The first week of January was brimming with activity for life sciences companies. In DC, former Eli Lilly exec Alex Azar appeared before the Senate Finance committee for his second confirmation hearing in his bid for HHS Secretary. Read this and more in this week's TWTW!
Blog January 8, 2018
The Week That Was is back in the New Year, with a new look and new company name: Syneos Health. The new brand represents the combined CRO capabilities of your old friends at inVentiv Health and INC Research, which you may recall, merged last May. New year, new company.
Blog December 18, 2017
With the year rapidly coming to a close, we’ve decided to take you on a trip down memory lane to recap the biggest stories and trends of 2017. We don’t know about you, but we’ll admit that this year had us in disbelief more than a few times. Settle in for The Year That Was…
Blog December 4, 2017
December is here and elves have started hiding on shelves—but there’s no sign that things are slowing down as we head toward the holidays. CVS is moving closer to buying Aetna and the senate passed its version of the GOP tax overhaul. So read on for The Week That Was.
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