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Dmitriy
@dmitriy.bsky.social
Researcher at the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), an independent nonprofit that analyzes the cost-effectiveness of drugs

Creator of Demography feed: https://tinyurl.com/bskydemo
Some uplifting 🧪news from the latest Cure SMA annual report:

The mortality rate of SMA in 2024 has dropped nearly 80% since 2014.

Why? Newborn screening = earlier treatment & 3 FDA-approved therapies.

ICER is currently reviewing a fourth therapy: icer.org/assessment/s...
April 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
@charlespiller.bsky.social recently wrote a great book on ALZ and scientific misconduct in the field
March 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Google AI slop is relentless

@kagi.com seems to get it right.
February 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Havis and snow are a beautiful combo. 😍
December 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Not sure what your tolerance is for paid search engines, but @kagi.com recently updated their image search to have a "No AI" filter that's perfect for your use case.
November 22, 2024 at 10:19 PM
The Eviction Lab at Princeton is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Assistant.

Apply here: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

#AcademicSky🧪
October 6, 2024 at 2:21 AM
November 8, 2023 at 7:55 PM
My little winner of the local Halloween costume contest
November 1, 2023 at 2:20 PM
Making some new friends at the dog park 🐶
October 28, 2023 at 2:14 AM
The global number of cigarettes smoked is dropping but litter remains a huge problem

hakaimagazine.com/videos-visua...

Great short piece by @judeisabella.bsky.social 🧪📊
October 23, 2023 at 11:53 PM
Enjoying the most photogenic season of NJ. It was also the first non-rainy weekend day in a long time
October 16, 2023 at 12:15 AM
A gene therapy for hearing loss that can be delivered under general anesthetic is very exciting! 🧪

Trial here: clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT057...
October 11, 2023 at 2:06 PM
New report from IMAK: A staggering $158 billion in revenue amassed by drugmakers after the expiration of primary patent protection from just 4 biologic drugs: Humira, Avastin, Rituxan, and Lantus. 🧪#healthpolicy
October 3, 2023 at 3:47 PM
45% of U.S. adults say three or more children is the ideal family size

#demography

(Also testing out a new Bsky feed I just made)
September 28, 2023 at 3:14 AM
🧪Been doing some reading about the potential removal of oral phenylephrine from the US market.

It's been known for many years (at least since 2006) that it doesn't work.

The stuff that works, pseudoephedrine, is inconvenient to get partly due to the Patriot Act.
September 13, 2023 at 6:13 PM
Every day I count my blessings that I met my partner before online dating apps were a thing.
August 30, 2023 at 4:15 PM
The All of Us Research Program is inviting one million people to help build one of the most diverse health databases in history. 🧪

As of August 2023, they're nearly half there: 472,000 fully enrolled! The program is also at 80% UBR (under-represented in biomedical research).
August 25, 2023 at 1:38 AM
List prices (not net!) of the emerging T2 diabetes/obesity drugs by country (Reported by KFF)

This helps explain the proliferation of knock-off online sellers of these drugs in the US, as reported by the WSJ yesterday

#healthpolicy
August 17, 2023 at 6:06 PM
I have one installed in my kitchen. It's hard to say how accurate it is but when I'm stir frying something, the numbers go in the direction that I would expect them to
August 8, 2023 at 1:36 PM
Date night 🥰
August 4, 2023 at 11:42 PM
This book by @rfkuang.bsky.social got me out of a reading slump 📚👀
August 3, 2023 at 12:44 AM
Happy birthday to Medicare!

Love the LBJ quote.

#healthpolicy
July 30, 2023 at 3:08 PM
July 11, 2023 at 12:03 PM
*cracks knuckles* OK time to file some bug reports
July 6, 2023 at 3:22 PM
Hope everyone had a relaxing 4th!

In between the thunderstorms, I managed to make it to Buttermilk Falls.
July 4, 2023 at 11:58 PM