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A New York doctor is suing a patient for $1 million over negative online reviews. (CBS News)

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) says 'right to try' was intended to "diminish the FDA's power over people's lives." (STAT News)

FDA announces new policies to stop pharma companies from exploiting REMS programs to block competition from makers of generics. Plus, here's what the agency is doing about IV drug shortages, many of which are low-profit generics.

Some 44% of drivers in fatal car crashes who were tested for drugs tested positive -- eclipsing the 38% who tested positive for alcohol. (U.S. News & World Report)

CDC says death from injury is on the rise in young people.

A physician gets some surprises in his tax bill after he retires from medicine. (KevinMD)

Three people who were given a homemade herbal AIDS "cure" by former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh are suing. Jammeh said the concoction of herbs would cure the disease in 3 days, so long as it was applied on a Thursday. (BuzzFeed)

Hookup app Grindr is considering adding a way for users to share their STI status. (Mashable)

A group of community oncologists is suing HHS over cuts to Medicare Part B, MedPage Today's Joyce Frieden writes.

The ethics of "firing" vaccine-denying patients. (Science-Based Medicine)

Utah becomes the latest state to sue Purdue Pharma over the way it marketed Oxycontin. (Deseret News)

A single-pill combination of celecoxib for osteoarthritis pain and amlodipine for hypertension (Consensi) gets FDA approval, says drugmaker Kitov. Though celecoxib doesn't raise blood pressure on its own anyhow.



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