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Americans are spending billions on drugs that don’t work because of the FDA’s drive to get new medications to patients quickly bloomberg.com/news/articles/… My latest reporting on the FDA's expedited drug approval pathways w/ Robert Langreth Tanaz Meghjani

Me for today's Prognosis newsletter: The FDA deleted its viral ivermectin tweet, ending a years-long legal battle. But instead of putting the issue to bed it has created an opportunity for more misinformation to spread bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

I'm thrilled that the body of work on the FDA's speedy drug approvals that I've been working on with Robert Langreth won third place in the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism. Thank you Association of Health Care Journalists for recognizing our work on this issue healthjournalism.org/contest-entry/…

Moderna’s Covid vaccine caused its stock to soar and made it a pandemic hero. Its second product, a vaccine for RSV, faces a tougher path, and will be a big test of whether Moderna — and mRNA technology — can make it in a post-Covid world. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Yesterday's FDA panel meeting focused a lot of flaws from the clinical trials for MDMA therapy. But it also exposed the flaws in the FDA process itself. Bloomberg w/ Fiona Rutherford and Robert Langreth bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

SCOOP w/ Fiona Rutherford & Robert Langreth: US regulators denied approval for an experimental MDMA drug to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, a setback to the nascent field of developing psychedelic treatments. Now confirmed by Lykos: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

The Trump administration quietly withdrew a proposal to ban menthol cigarettes this week. Advocates say the move is a huge setback for public health, especially for Black communities who’ve been disproportionately targeted by menthol marketing for decades. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ICYMI: Trump tossed the FDA's proposed bans on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars after listing the rules as “withdrawn” in a regulatory docket earlier this week. W/ Fiona Rutherford, Ike Swetlitz, and Sabah Meddings 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

RFK Jr said cannabis needs to be closely studied in order to shape public health policies. Nearly half of states have legalized marijuana for recreational use. "We have now a capacity to really study it and to compare it" bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

New York’s attorney general is taking on Puff Bar and a dozen other vape makers and distributors, accusing them of illegally selling products and marketing to kids bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

For my latest Bloomberg story, I dug into 450 pages of rider complaints sent to NJ Transit to illustrate a system plagued by years of underinvestment and a tricky relationship with its landlord, Amtrak. “NJ Transit is ruining my life," one rider wrote. bloomberg.com/features/2025-…

An FDA-funded study will look at how addictive kratom is. While results are years away, the findings could help settle a longstanding debate over its regulation bloomberg.com/news/articles/… w/ Immanual John Milton

Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff threats against Mexico are giving executives in the country’s iconic tequila industry a splitting headache bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff threats against Mexico are giving executives in the country’s iconic tequila industry a splitting headache, Valentine Hilaire Fiona Rutherford report bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

We interviewed members of the seventh and third generation of Mexican tequila-making families about the uncertainty generated by US tariffs. W/ Fiona Rutherford bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

US whiskey makers look to flood EU market ahead of 50% tariffs bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Fiona Rutherford

How Trump's policies are hurting beer sales. Fiona Rutherford Sabah Meddings via Bloomberg Economics Gift Link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Europeans saw Trump’s trade war coming and gorged on US booze bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Fiona Rutherford

Verano, one of the biggest US cannabis companies, is trying something new: a self-serve weed store. In Arizona, customers can grab flower, vapes or edibles straight off the shelf bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

“This allows customers to shop the way they would anywhere else...it should be as simple and easy as buying produce.” Verano EVP Rob Cohen outlines how we're flipping the script on traditional cannabis retail with the debut of bodega-style shopping at Zen Leaf Cave Creek. Read