My Daily Scribbles

Health insurance rules may decide whether infertility treatment is essential Is health insurance coverage of infertility treatments an essential benefit to help people manage a medical disorder? Or is it a life-enhancing benefit, nice to have perhaps but not essential because it doesn’t sustain a person’s life? Read more on Washington Post

Novartis Gains Positive CHMP Opinion For Gilenya(R), First Oral Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Recommended For Approval … The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion for Gilenya® (fingolimod) 0.5 mg daily as a disease modifying therapy in patients with highly active relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) despite treatment with [...]

Hu Jintao Gets Rock-Star Treatment in Chicago Hu Jintao tried his hand at public relations on Friday, visiting the Chicago high school that houses a Chinese cultural-outreach program. Read more on New York Times