'The Top Line': How to support patients during a drug shortage, plus this week's headlines

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'The Top Line': How to support patients during a drug shortage, plus this week's headlines
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In this episode of "The Top Line," Zoey Becker talks with Dr. Andrew Norden, Chief Medical Officer at OncoHealth, about the ongoing chemotherapy shortage sweeping the nation and what oncologists and health insurance companies can do to best support patients amidst these supply chain issues.
We also cover the a single-injection treatment for sickle cell disease, battery-powered gene therapy, and the rest of the week's headlines.
To learn more about the topics in this episode:
National cancer group reports widespread chemo shortages, calls on government and industry to help resolve them
FDA to allow temporary overseas production to shore up supplies of chemo drug
FDA can't solve drug shortages on its own, agency's oncology chief says
FDA links 4 deaths to recalled Abiomed Impella pumps after TAVR collisions
Quest launches blood test for Alzheimer's disease aimed at general consumers
One injection to cure sickle cell? Researchers give it a shot with new mRNA gene therapy
With 3 AA batteries and 2 acupuncture needles, a device controls gene expression in live mice
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