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One Tech Startup’s Legal Fight With Big Pharma Highlights Challenges Faced By New Companies
Posted on · Shortly after coming out of the Texas Medical Center’s startup accelerator, SensorRx got into a fight over intellectual property.
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Houston Matters
Full Show: Day Care Deaths, And Harris County’s Opioid Lawsuit (Dec. 13, 2018)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: We preview tonight's HISD board meeting. Then, an investigative report examines deaths at Texas day cares. Plus, we check in on Harris County’s lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies for their alleged role in the opioid epidemic. And the Apollo Chamber Players perform some holiday music in studio.
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UPDATE: Harris County Sues Pharmaceutical Companies, Doctors For ‘Opioid Epidemic’
Posted on · Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan filed against 21 manufacturers and distributors, 4 doctors, and 1 pharmacist operating in the area
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Trump Names Former Drug Executive As New Health Secretary
Posted on · Trump picked a former top pharmaceutical executive to fill the position, overseeing a $1 trillion department responsible for major health insurance programs, medical research, food and drug safety, and public health.
Houston Matters
Local Doctor Asks Cancer Patients, Survivors to Join Campaign Against High Drug Costs
Posted on · Dr. Hagop Kantarjian's is calling on cancer patients and survivors to join a grassroots effort in denouncing the high cost of cancer drugs. The chair of MD Anderson Cancer Center's leukemia department initially launched a campaign about two years ago, but says little has happened since those initial efforts. Now, Dr. Kantarjian says the only […]