If the FDA approves Biogen’s Alzheimer’s treatment, I won’t prescribe it

30 May 2021 - Most visits to the memory centre where I care for individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease end ...

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State slower to ‘adopt new drugs’ than most of western Europe

31 May 2021 - Medicines regularly not worth approving at asking price. ...

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External reference pricing: the drug pricing reform America needs?

27 May 2021 - External reference pricing, sometimes known as international reference pricing, refers to the practice of informing price negotiations ...

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White House asks court to dismiss lawsuit over drug imports

31 May 2021 - The Biden administration is urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that could stand in the ...

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Marketing approval received in Japan for Ninlaro as a maintenance therapy after first-line treatment for multiple myeloma without prior stem cell transplantation

27 May 2021 - Takeda today announced that it has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and ...

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Examining the impact of different country processes for appraising rare disease treatments: a case study analysis

31 May 2021 - Conventional appraisal and reimbursement processes are being challenged by the increasing number of rare disease treatments with ...

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PHARMAC funding will result in health poverty: advocate

30 May 2021 - A Dunedin patient rights campaigner is vowing to fight on in the wake of the Government’s ...

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Diurnal receives European Commission approval for Efmody

28 May 2021 - Commercial launch anticipated in Q3 2021. ...

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PBS listed progesterone pessary slashes preterm birth risk

31 May 2021 - A vaginal progesterone pessary is reported to be the first progesterone treatment to be reimbursed via ...

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Calliditas announces submission of marketing authorisation application for Nefecon to the European Medicines Agency

28 May 2021 - Calliditas Therapeutics today announced that the company submitted a marketing authorisation application to the EMA for ...

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Ipsen confirms U.S. FDA accepts new drug application for palovarotene as the first potential treatment worldwide for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

28 May 2021 - New drug application granted priority review status, with a decision anticipated on 30 November 2021. ...

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FDA grants accelerated approval to infigratinib for metastatic cholangiocarcinoma

28 May 2021 - Today, the FDA granted accelerated approval to infigratinib (Truseltiq, QED Therapeutics), a kinase inhibitor for adults ...

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FDA approves first targeted therapy for lung cancer mutation previously considered resistant to drug therapy

28 May 2021 - Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lumakras (sotorasib) as the first treatment for adult patients ...

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Verrica Pharmaceuticals announces extension of FDA review period of its NDA for VP-102 for the treatment of molluscum contagiosum

28 May 2021 - Prescription Drug User Fee Act goal date extended by three months to 23 September 2021. ...

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NICE green lights Tremfya to treat active psoriatic arthritis

28 May 2021 - Janssen’s IL-23 inhibitor Tremfya has been accepted for NHS use by the UK’s NICE for the ...

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