Ike Swetlitz

@ikeswetlitz

I don't check DM's; contact me here: https://www.ikeswetlitz.com/contact-me Bloomberg @business health reporter in Boston. Previously: @SearchlightNM @statnews

Boston, MA

Joined March 2013

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Ike Swetlitz@ikeswetlitz · Sep 19, 2022

👇 My latest story: Boston Scientific managers allegedly "turned a blind eye" to complaints that devices were used in unnecessary surgeries, according to a lawsuit against clinics. Do you know anything about the situation? Get in touch. Contact info in bio, or DM me. Thanks!

BBloomberg@business · Sep 19, 2022

Boston Scientific ignored complaints from its employees that a medical chain was performing unnecessary procedures with its devices, according to a lawsuit against the vascular clinics trib.al/MS42K2F

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Riley Ray Griffin@rileyraygriffin · Oct 16, 2023

There’s a shortage of generic drugs in the US, including amoxicillin. Listen to @ikeswetlitz, @weskosova + me talk supply chain security on today's Big Take podcast: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business

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Sophie Alexander@sooo__phie · Jun 25

The first known US company to work on editing the genes of embryos has been quietly growing in the Bay Area. Scientists and ethicists say it’s an unproven technology that could usher in a new era of designer baby eugenics. w/ @ikeswetlitz @FayCortez 🎁: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Michelle Fay Cortez@FayCortez · Jun 25

EXCLUSIVE SCOOP: Bootstrap Bio is raising seed money to work on editing the genes in reproductive cells, one of the most controversial technologies in medicine and a step toward creating designer babies. From @sooo__phie and @ikeswetlitz bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Ike Swetlitz@ikeswetlitz · Jun 10

Crypto billionaire @FEhrsam hired at least 8 people from @elonmusk's @neuralink for his new brain-tech startup @nudge, trying to build a headset that will treat diseases, improve your mood, help you sleep. What's he up to? w/@bizcarson for @business: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ikeswetlitz's tweet card. Coinbase Global Inc. co-founder Fred Ehrsam has become the latest Silicon Valley billionaire to jump into the brain-health business, with his startup hiring at least eight people who used to work at...

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Ike Swetlitz@ikeswetlitz · Sep 12

Major US health insurer Anthem is demanding at least $1 million from health care providers for allegedly improper Ozempic prescriptions. Prescribers deny the allegations, and experts are scratching their heads at Anthem's behavior. Mine for @business: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ikeswetlitz's tweet card. Anthem sends contested drug bills directly to prescribers.

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Ike Swetlitz@ikeswetlitz · Aug 14

News: @EliLillyandCo sent cease-and-desist letters demanding doctors stop selling and promoting compounded versions of Mounjaro and Zepbound made at state-licensed facilities. My story with @g0ingmad for @business: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ikeswetlitz's tweet card. Eli Lilly is going after telehealth companies and med spas to stop promoting copycat weight-loss drugs

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Davey Alba@daveyalba · Jul 30

NEW with @ikeswetlitz: Google’s parent company spent billions on failed health projects. Will healthcare AI be its saving grace? bloomberg.com/news/features/…

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Ike Swetlitz@ikeswetlitz · Jul 25

SCOOP: WeightWatchers chief medical officer leaves her post after less than a year, @g0ingmad @damiangarde and I report for @business. Know anything more about what's going on at WeightWatchers? Call/text/Signal me 630-544-9414. Free story: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ikeswetlitz's tweet card. The chief medical officer of WW International Inc., better known as WeightWatchers, has stepped down from her role after less than a year, people familiar with the matter said.

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Ike Swetlitz@ikeswetlitz · Jul 22, 2024

Copycat weight-loss drugs are flooding the market, fueling a $1-billion-a-year industry that raises safety concerns. Two states have disciplined the pharmacies that make these drugs, and two more are investigating. My latest w/@g0ingmad for @business: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ikeswetlitz's tweet card. The first dose of a copycat weight-loss drug Lindsay Posey took from a new pharmacy worked well. The second didn’t quite suppress her appetite. It was the third dose that she thinks caused her...

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Anne Cronin@annecronin · Apr 19, 2024

The fast rise of Adderall use has a senior DEA official warning that this could turn into another drug crisis like the opioid epidemic @ikeswetlitz bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Ike Swetlitz@ikeswetlitz · Sep 27, 2023

CVS pharmacists in Kansas City are staging a walkout to protest working conditions. Know more about this? Get in touch! [email protected], 630-544-9414 w/@Fi_Rutherford for @business: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ikeswetlitz's tweet card. CVS Health Corp. is facing a resumption of walkouts this week by pharmacists in Kansas City, Missouri, who are protesting working conditions in its drugstores and other locations.

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Ike Swetlitz@ikeswetlitz · Sep 12, 2023

The Adderall shortage has lasted more than a year and spread to other ADHD medicines. Major drugmakers say production is maxed out. People who need the medicine are suffering. Read below, w/@gerryfsmith for @business: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ikeswetlitz's tweet card. With supply constraints entering a second year, patients would like to see rules governing prescriptions loosened.

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Ike Swetlitz@ikeswetlitz · Jul 26, 2023

Scoop: as syphilis cases soar & the only drug to treat pregnant women runs low, US health officials debate the need to declare a public health emergency. Do you know more? Send me a message. w/@rileyraygriffin @Mattg2235 for @business: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ikeswetlitz's tweet card. A shortage of penicillin to treat a skyrocketing number of syphilis cases is so dire that US health officials are debating the need to declare a public health emergency, according to people familiar...

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Ike Swetlitz@ikeswetlitz · Jul 24, 2023

Tornado damage at Pfizer's Rocky Mount, NC plant may lead to disruptions in the availability of some basic hospital medicines, @pfizer told customers last week. My latest for @business. Tips welcome; you can be anonymous. Call/text/Signal 201-259-5623. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ikeswetlitz's tweet card. Dozens of drugs made by Pfizer Inc. may be more difficult for hospitals to purchase because they were manufactured at the company’s North Carolina plant that was damaged by a tornado last week.

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Ike Swetlitz@ikeswetlitz · Jul 20, 2023

Hospital drug buyers are scrambling to assess if the tornado damage at the Pfizer plant will affect the availability of basic medicines. Do you know more about this situation? Send me a message. You can be anonymous. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Ike Swetlitz@ikeswetlitz · Jul 10, 2023

Amid alarming shortages of cancer drugs, the FDA has allowed more importation of un-approved cisplatin from China. Previously, FDA cleared 4 lots of the drug. Recently, the agency cleared 10 more lots. Mine for @business: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ikeswetlitz's tweet card. US regulators are allowing imports of additional supplies of a cancer drug from China amid a nationwide shortage that has forced doctors to ration care, putting patients’ lives at risk.

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John Lauerman@LauermanJohn · Jun 15, 2023

The worst chemotherapy shortage in a decade has hit two of the most widely used cancer drugs, forcing clinics across the US to ration the lifesaving medicines bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @RobertLangreth @ikeswetlitz

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Riley Ray Griffin@rileyraygriffin · May 11, 2023

As US drug shortages hit a 5-year high & concerns mount about the safety of medicines, the Biden administration has quietly assembled a team to address chronic problems hurting America’s drug supply. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bpolitics

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Anna Edney@annaedney · May 10, 2023

SCOOP: Drug shortages and safety concerns have taken on new urgency at the White House where the Biden administration has quietly assembled a team to solve what's proved an intractable problem w @rileyraygriffin @ikeswetlitz bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Ike Swetlitz@ikeswetlitz · May 1, 2023

Some patients with a rare disease that causes intense pain in the sun face hurdles getting the only treatment. The drugmaker limits which docs can administer it. And they recently cut off Mass General, according to patients & a doc. My latest @business: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ikeswetlitz's tweet card. Victor A. Mejias had been taking a drug to treat a rare skin disease for about two years when its manufacturer effectively cut off his supply.

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