Reposted by Walid Gelladjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/06/2026shoutout to everyone who recommended Apteka in pittsburgh. one of the best meals i have had this year 63198776
Reposted by Walid GelladAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Pittsburgh is awesome, man. You all have an amazing american city here. I want to come back asap 4666623
Walid Gellad @walidgellad.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I haven’t posted in a while, so just letting everyone know things are good here. 030
Walid Gellad @walidgellad.bsky.social · 24/04/2026to those who are focusing on the secondary outcome of self reported time to clinical recovery, remember this is open label. Can’t draw any firm conclusions, as the authors state Also remember EPIC-SR, placebo controlled, did not show a difference in median time to sustained alleviation of symptoms 110
Walid Gellad @walidgellad.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Breaking into bluesky to say that PANORAMIC data on paxlovid‘s (lack of) efficacy in reducing Covid hospitalizations and death in vaccinated cohort is out The drug’s efficacy in this group was so exaggerated by those who should have known better but had reasons not to www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....nejm.orgOral Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir for Covid-19 in Higher-Risk Outpatients | NEJMNirmatrelvir–ritonavir has been shown to reduce progression to severe illness from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in unvaccinated high-risk outpatients. The effectiven... 140
Reposted by Walid GelladSarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social · 21/02/2025this study made me think of @walidgellad.bsky.social www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/dat...cidrap.umn.eduData suggest Paxlovid doesn't reduce severe COVID in older, vaccinated adults 121
Reposted by Walid GelladAlexander Tin @alexander-a-tin.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Remember E. coli outbreak linked to onions in McDonald's Quarter Pounders? FDA inspectors found dozens of violations at supplier, like: - ignoring biofilm/debris buildup - not using handwashing sinks - cleaning chemicals getting on food www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-rep...cbsnews.comFDA finds little handwashing, dirty equipment at McDonald's supplier linked to E. coli outbreakMore than a hundred E. coli cases were linked to contaminated onions produced by Taylor Farms used in McDonald's burgers. 12613
Reposted by Walid GelladStacie Dusetzina @dusetzinas.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Truly, one of the best changes to Medicare in decades. If you need a very expensive medicine (or a lot of medicine) and you are on Medicare you now have a hard cap on spending starting on 1/1. That is awesome. 1296
Reposted by Walid GelladScott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · 27/12/2024FDA transfers regulatory oversight of medical maggots and leaches from its device center (the organisms previously regulated as medical devices) to biologics center public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31266.p... More on their clinical applications here pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... 43013
Reposted by Walid GelladMichael L. Barnett @mlbarnett.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Some news ... I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining the Brown School of Public Health as a Professor of Health Services Policy & Practice this upcoming summer, 2025! I'm excited for the move and the opportunity to grow my research in new directions. hspp.sph.brown.eduhspp.sph.brown.eduHealth Services, Policy & Practice | School of Public Health | Brown UniversityImagine a world where everyone has access to quality health care—regardless of their social status, ethnicity or financial situation. 191154
Reposted by Walid GelladJacob Wallace @jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 16/12/2024I'm looking for a third paper for a Medicaid managed care-focused panel for ASHE. DM me if interested! Please RT, I'm new to the blue skies... 32334
Reposted by Walid Gellad Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing @pittcp3.bsky.social · 02/12/2024CP3 Associate Director Dr. Katie Suda is learning from past #drugshortages to help mitigate future ones. take a look at her most recent paper comparing US vs Canada. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comDifferences in Drug Shortages in the US and CanadaThis longitudinal cross-sectional study compares how frequently reports of drug-related supply chain issues were associated with drug shortages in the US compared with Canada. 032
Reposted by Walid GelladAntonio Ciaccia @aciaccia.bsky.social · 26/11/2024When prescription drug costs are subjectively set by conflicted intermediates who profit off higher prices and misaligned incentives, the sticker shock isn’t really a shock at all. www.wsj.com/health/healt... @wsj.comwsj.comSame Drug, 2,200 Different PricesMiddlemen negotiate widely different prices for prescriptions, depending on your Medicare insurance plan. 1549298
Reposted by Walid Gellad Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing @pittcp3.bsky.social · 26/11/2024🆕from @LilyBessette & CP3's @TimAndersonMD - a third of patients eligible for weight loss 💊would have been excluded from their clinical trials. Read more @JAMAInternalMed jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comGeneralizability of Clinical Trial Findings of Novel Weight Loss MedicationsThis cross-sectional study investigates the extent to which individuals meeting label criteria for novel weight loss medications may not have been included in pivotal trials. 012
Reposted by Walid GelladScott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Reprising this from my AEI colleague Ben Ippolito on the cost of Medicare coverage for GLP-1s. CMS appears to see writing on wall here: As additional indications are approved, most Medicare recipients will get coverage for other co-morbidities. Also, Semaglutide subject to IRA price controls in 2027 13014
Reposted by Walid GelladScott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024My article in @statnews.bsky.social on GLP-1 compounding: the @fda.gov needs to maintain the integrity of its authorities — and the implementation of the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA). www.statnews.com/2024/11/19/f... 24310
Reposted by Walid GelladStacie Dusetzina @dusetzinas.bsky.social · 21/11/2024I do hope it sticks this time @katiepalmer.bsky.social! Nice comments from @walidgellad.bsky.social and @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social.statnews.comBluesky is the new destination for X/Twitter’s health and science community. Here's why#MedTwitter is migrating en masse from X to Bluesky, suddenly making it an essential hub for scientific discourse. Here's why. 1198
Reposted by Walid Gellad Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing @pittcp3.bsky.social · 19/11/2024ICYMI: Our team previously showed ⬆️prices for indomethacin suppositories. Now, we found wide variation in hospital charges for this drug - charges passed to patients b/c the suppositories are excluded from Medicare Parts B&D. More in JAMA Network Open jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 011
Reposted by Walid GelladAlexander Tin @alexander-a-tin.bsky.social · 02/03/2024Oral naltrexone is one of main medications doctors can turn to for treating alcohol use disorder FDA now lists it in shortage, with multiple manufacturers citing a "Shortage of an active ingredient" or "Demand increase for the drug" www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/drug... 052
Walid Gellad @walidgellad.bsky.social · 02/03/2024I’m not posting much here, but I’d like to point out that it is tweets like this that exaggerate study findings. Stat shouldn’t do this. This study design cannot measure impact of COVID on cognition. Rather it compares cognition in those with and without COVID/symptoms with no baseline measure. 040
Reposted by Walid GelladColeman Drake @colemandrake.bsky.social · 09/10/2023Prospective PhD students: Applications are now open for the #PittHPM Health Services Research and Policy PhD program! Join #PittPubHealth for info sessions in October (virtual) and November 3 (in-person)sph.pitt.eduAdmissions Events | School of Public HealthProspective Bachelor's Students Register for an in-person or virtual information session for the Bachelor of Science in Public Health program through Pitt Undergraduate Admissions. 101
Walid Gellad @walidgellad.bsky.social · 27/09/2023The Department of Health Policy and Management at Pitt is hiring tenure track faculty in policy and health services research. Apply. French fries on salads. cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pit… 084
Reposted by Walid GelladAdrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 16/08/2023Re-upping this since the health policy contingent is slowly but steadily growing: BlueSky has "feeds," which are sort of like Twitter's lists, but you typically need to use a keyword (or key emoji) to have a post feature in the feed. I created a health policy feed here: 21310
Reposted by Walid GelladStacie Dusetzina @dusetzinas.bsky.social · 17/07/2023Welcome, @bnrome.bsky.social ! Check out the health policy list and instructions for contributing to that feed. You can pin the feed to easily get back to it. 011
Walid Gellad @walidgellad.bsky.social · 15/07/2023Original Humira’s list price grew so much that its actual price after rebates to Medicaid was zero. (It will be fascinating to see what happens in Medicare with inflation rebate). #healthpolicy jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetwor… 041
Reposted by Walid GelladDmitriy @dmitriy.bsky.social · 13/07/2023ICER's report on sickle cell disease🧪 is out today! Current evidence suggests that lovo-cel and exa-cel would achieve common thresholds for cost-effectiveness if priced between $1.35M to $2.05M #healthpolicyicer.org 054
Walid Gellad @walidgellad.bsky.social · 10/07/2023“Another hospital attempted to charge a patient a facility fee of up to $350 for a telehealth visit because the doctor was on hospital property.” 🙃 #healthpolicy www.statnews.com/2023/07/07/hospita…statnews.comNew Biden initiative targets controversial hospital 'facility fees' that often surprise patientsA new Biden administration initiative requires hospitals to “make information about these facility fees publicly available to consumers.” 064
