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Mayne Pharma submits new drug application for E4/DRSP to the FDA
16 April 2020 - Mayne Pharma and Mithra Pharmaceuticals today announced that Mayne Pharma has submitted a new drug application ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2020
Lower-priced versions of Humalog Mix75/25 KwikPen and Humalog Junior KwikPen now available
16 April 2020 - Non-branded insulins have a 50% lower list price than branded versions. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2020
FDA grants fast track designation to RemeGen's telitacicept as a treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus
15 April 2020 - RemeGen today announced that the US FDA granted fast track designation for RC18, a novel recombinant TACI-Fc ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2020
A strategy for improving U.S. health care delivery — conducting more randomised, controlled trials
16 April 2020 - Despite the prominence of randomised, controlled trials in medical research, they have rarely been used to evaluate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2020
Merck announces US launch of Ontruzant (trastuzumab-dttb), a biosimilar of Herceptin (trastuzumab)
15 April 2020 - Merck today announced the U.S. launch of Ontruzant (trastuzumab-dttb), as a biosimilar of the reference biologic ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2020
Vaccine development becomes reality TV. Can it make viewers rethink pharma?
14 April 2020 - The pharmaceutical industry’s response to the novel coronavirus may not rescue its ailing reputation. But it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2020
Science says Trump was right: malaria drugs need to be pursued as a coronavirus therapy
14 April 2020 - When President Donald Trump suggested that an off-labeled repurposing of a pair of old antimalarial drugs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2020
Novo Nordisk offers free 90 day insulin supply to people experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19
14 April 2020 - People with diabetes using Novo Nordisk insulin who have lost health insurance coverage because of a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2020
FEMA ships out nearly 20 million hydroxychloroquine tablets
14 April 2020 - A spokesperson for the agency confirmed that it has sent out 19.1 million tablets, including to Pittsburgh, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2020
FDA approves first therapy for treatment of low grade upper tract urothelial cancer
15 April 2020 - Today, the U.S. FDA approved Jelmyto (mitomycin gel), the first therapy to treat low-grade upper tract urothelial ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2020
Sanofi and GSK to join forces in unprecedented vaccine collaboration to fight COVID-19
14 April 2020 - Candidate vaccine expected to enter clinical trials in the second half of 2020 and, if successful, to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2020
Product specific guidances for chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulphate
13 April 2020 - The FDA plays a critical role in protecting the United States from threats including emerging infectious ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2020
Alberta may circumvent Health Canada to gain access to COVID-19 tests and drugs, premier says
13 April 2020 - Dr. Theresa Tam says Health Canada has 'significant concerns' about the quality of some tests. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2020
LifeMax receives fast track designation for LM-030 for the treatment of Netherton syndrome
14 April 2020 - LifeMax Laboratories today announced that the FDA granted fast track designation to LM-030, an investigational therapy licensed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2020
Drug evaluation during the COVID-19 pandemic
14 April 2020 - The search for a treatment for COVID-19 is testing our country’s ability to quickly develop, test, ...