Stephen Colbert says he was told by CBS lawyers "in no uncertain terms" that he could not have Texas State Rep. James Talarico on his program. "Because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this."

COVER UP Trump administration will not share evidence in Alex Pretti’s killing with state investigators www.cnn.com/2026/02/16/p...

ICER's Chief Medical Officer, @davidrind.bsky.social, sat down with Bobby Dubois of the "Live Long & Well with Dr. Bobby" podcast to discuss GLP-1s for obesity management. Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/6...

This is who Trump is: Sick, racist, and completely deranged.

Great article on FL's inability to import lower-priced drugs. As Commissioner Califf notes, this was known. As just one example, FDA's 2019 preliminary regulatory impact assessment flagged this issue. 1/2

“Citizens” Bank. What a joke—when other big banks stopped funding the cretinous companies building private prisons for ICE, Citizens doubled down on their investment. Boycott them now: if you have money with them take it out if you can. www.boycottcitizens.org

Vertex, facing pressure from generics, and compulsory licensing cases, over its super expensive drugs for cystic fibrosis, files comments in the USTR Special 301 case, but claims confidential business information. www.regulations.gov/comment/USTR...

From a friend in Minneapolis, just now:

The government has folded its legal defense of stripping funding from schools with DEI programs. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u... THANK YOU, American Federation of Teachers, @aft.org, American Sociological Association, @asanews.bsky.social & Oregon public school district Eugene 4J. (1/2)

Hospitals and doctors are ignoring RFK Jr.’s new vaccine schedule and relying on pediatricians’ guidance instead www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/n...

Make America Healthy Again is a scam part 437

Here, here. "Congress must now also exercise its oversight responsibilities to ensure repairs to FDAs current and future capabilities, infrastructure, human resources, and reputation begin as soon as possible." Big deal coming from investors/companies. www.nopatientleftbehind.org/evidence-bas...

How Lindsey Halligan completely botched the James Comey case. youtube.com/shorts/89r1z...

Sarepta: Enough, For God's Sake | Science | AAAS share.google/WcxLae5lKrqy...

Great conversation on vaccine hesitancy (and all things US vaccine policy) hosted by the folks at @busph.bsky.social yesterday. Here’s the recording www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSCw...

Health Economics Methods Advisory Group Releases Draft Report: Assessing Treatment Benefits in HTA Decision-Making tinyurl.com/yc47dejv

4.2 million people may lose coverage if Congress doesn't extend premium subsidies for ACA plans. “These are your friends, neighbors, and colleagues who [will] lose insurance, and their health [will] suffer as a result.”— @rachelwerner.bsky.social in @bloomberg.com. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Was great fun to write this with Sarah Emond! A value-based approach could be used to reduce traditional access barriers and possibly mitigate back-end legislative remedies...

Val and I checked repeatedly because we simply couldn't believe no national or local news organizations covered this letter from 18 AGs in support of trans youth care and against FTC overreach. If you find any stories, let us know, but it seems to be our exclusive.

Institute for Clinical and Economic Review to Assess Vaccines for COVID-19: tinyurl.com/2tfn5pme

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

A new paper led by Harvard Health Policy PhD student Ye Shen finds that, in the current policy environment, more than six in ten kids will have been enrolled in Medicaid for some period of time by their 18th birthday; the program is absolutley critical for children. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Here’s what a Ball State University employee said that led to their termination:

Make your voice heard -- your opportunity to comment coming up! @htaiorg.bsky.social @cda-amc.bsky.social @nicecomms.bsky.social

The Health Economics Methods Advisory (HEMA) has a new website! hemamethods.org HEMA was convened by leaders at 3 global HTA organizations: ICER, @nicecomms.bsky.social, and @cda-amc.bsky.social to critically and independently examine and assess new methods and processes.

The first HEMA Draft Report will be published on September 24th, which will be open to public comment until October 15th. Mark your calendars and submit your public comments via [email protected]! Learn more: hemamethods.org

New @healthaffairs.bsky.social paper on how CMS can integrate formal aspects of #HTA, much of which is patterned after @icer-review.bsky.social practices! Many thanks to @commonwealthfund.org for their support. @basucally.bsky.social @leah-rand.bsky.social www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

@icer-review.bsky.social @tuftscevr.bsky.social @peterneumann11.bsky.social @pattysynnott.bsky.social

New @healthaffairs.bsky.social paper on how CMS can integrate formal aspects of #HTA, much of which is patterned after @icer-review.bsky.social practices! Many thanks to @commonwealthfund.org for their support. @basucally.bsky.social @leah-rand.bsky.social www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

#RIP to a kind, intelligent, and thoughtful researcher and evidence advocate. But as you can see from this @nytimes.com piece, also a true leader to the end: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/h...

Great application of our CEA Registry at the #Vanderbilt Center for Health Economic Modeling: 11 international fellows from #LMICs used the Registry to conduct CEAs of public health interventions. Read more at: tinyurl.com/88varaue @peterneumann11.bsky.social #ISPOR

Two weeks left to apply: Earn your #HEOR Certificate online from @tufts.edu with globally-recognized faculty like @peterneumann11.bsky.social, @dano-hta.bsky.social, James Chambers, and more from CEVR. Apply today! Deadline is Aug. 1. tinyurl.com/pr6drkhf #RWE #pharma

The Medsky feed is close to 200 likes, so if you can please support by liking, sharing, and pinning it! I know this sounds silly but the more engagement the feed receives the more likely it is that people will see there’s a dedicated space on Bluesky to discuss and share healthcare information.

Importantly, much work still to be done to explore the applicability of available frameworks and integration into #HTA processes. I look forward to the work ahead.

Traditional #valueassessment lacks methods to evaluate #oncology combination txs, posing challenges for drugmakers, HTA bodies, and payers. In a new commentary in Frontiers in Pharmacology, CEVR’s Dan Ollendorf et al explore available frameworks and chart a path forward: tinyurl.com/kh84ueb4

Pleased to introduce the 2025 cohort of the Tufts-CEVR CEA Registry Summer Fellowship Program, supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. cevr.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/news/2025-ce... @tuftscevr.bsky.social @pattysynnott.bsky.social

Excited to contribute to a special issue of @BMJ_EBM, offering timely analysis on India’s experience of institutionalizing health technology assessment, with lessons for other LMICs. Read on to see an adaptation of a @icer-review.bsky.social HTA report for the Indian context! ⬇ bit.ly/4h2UGGC

This Friday -- at 12 PM ET join us for the virtual public meeting on the comparative clinical effectiveness and value of tolebrutinib (made by Sanofi) for the treatment of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. Register here: shorturl.at/razPI #heor #hta

The FDA's AI, Elsa, can't even tell you who the FDA leadership is. Despite being updated thru April 2024, Elsa exclusively listed leaders who have left the FDA, including 3 that retired in 2022-23 and one that left in '21. More on Elsa (& which version of Claude it uses), only at AI Prognosis: 🖥️🩺

We're excited to announce Tufts-CEVR's new partnership with ISPOR to provide free, premium access to the CEA Registry for ISPOR members who are students or researchers in LMICs. More detail here: cevr.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/news/cevr-is... @djvanness.bsky.social @tuftscevr.bsky.social

CDC staff are still fighting the good fight with all available tools — including today’s MMWR email alert.

Looking forward to seeing colleagues and friends at ISPOR 2025 in lovely Montreal, QC next week! www.ispor.org/conferences-...

Excited to get this brand new book by Jerry Avorn from @portalresearch.org in the mail today! Can't wait to give it a read! @harvardmed.bsky.social

“There are only two genders!” “You can only study one of them!”

ICER will be attending #ISPORannual next month! To see the full list of ICER presenters, click here: icer.org/news-insight...

Thanks to all my wonderful Tufts-CEVR colleagues for putting on another great annual meeting! Proud to work with you! @dano-hta.bsky.social @brianreid.bsky.social @tuftscevr.bsky.social @mollytoba.bsky.social

Lawyers for Harvard University said the school will not comply with a new list of demands sent by the Trump administration on Friday.