Another Winter Wave, and Other News

Howie and Harlan discuss the winter wave of COVID-19 and Howie's experience with the Novovax vaccine, report on potential side effects of the next-generation weight-loss drugs, and unpack the economics of Florida's plan to import drugs from Canada.  Links: Sid Wolfe "Sidney M. Wolfe, Scourge of the Pharmaceutical Industry, Dies at 86" COVID-19 "Florida surgeon general calls for halt on mRNA covid vaccines, citing debunked claim" "Safety and Adverse Events Related to Inactivated COVID-19 Vaccines and Novavax;a Systematic Review" "Paul Offit Debunks Florida Surgeon General's Anti-Vax Warning" "Does Novavax's Covid vaccine cause fewer side effects?" "SOTP: State-of-the-Pandemic: The pandemic's 2nd biggest wave of infections and what the JN.1 variant is telling us" "Deaths induced by compassionate use of hydroxychloroquine during the first COVID-19 wave: an estimate" Weight-Loss Drugs  "FDA looking into reports of hair loss, suicidal thoughts in people using popular drugs for diabetes and weight loss" "Semaglutide and risk of suicidal ideations" "January - March 2023 | Potential Signals of Serious Risks/New Safety Information Identified by the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS)" Elevance and Medicare "Elevance sues HHS over Medicare Advantage star ratings" "How the Tukey Method Could Impact Star Ratings" TriNetX: Explore. Discover. Connect Large Language Models "Diagnostic Accuracy of a Large Language Model in Pediatric Case Studies" "Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Clinical Medicine, 2023" Drug Imports "US FDA to allow Florida to import cheaper drugs from Canada" "FDA approves Florida's request to import cheaper drugs from Canada" "Price-Fixing Case Reveals Vulnerability of Generic Drug Policies" June Jackson Christmas  "June Jackson Christmas, Pioneering Psychiatrist, Dies at 99" Read an unedited transcript of this episode. Learn more about the MBA for Executives program at Yale SOM. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.