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FDA approval of Leqembi subcutaneous formulation charts path to combination therapies for Alzheimer's disease
29 August 2025 - Subcutaneous delivery increases accessibility and introduces potential for at home administration, following model of diabetes and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
Biden Administration unveils plan to cut prescription drug prices
9 September 2021 - The Department of Health and Human Services plan supports legislation to empower the government to negotiate Medicare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
Insurance benefits for Pfizer’s heart drug Vyndamax uncertain
9 September 2021 - Pfizer’s Vyndamax (tafamidis), a treatment for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, got in the European Society of Cardiology’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
Professor Gillian Leng to retire from NICE
9 September 2021 - Professor Leng has spent more than 20 years working at NICE. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals announces fast track designation for ELX-02 for the treatment of cystic fibrosis patients with nonsense mutations
9 September 2021 - Eloxx Pharmaceuticals today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation for ELX-02, a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
Myovant Sciences and Pfizer announce FDA acceptance of supplemental new drug application for Myfembree for the management of moderate to severe pain associated with endometriosis
9 September 2021 - FDA PDUFA target action date is 6 May 2022. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
FDA grants Jardiance breakthrough therapy designation for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
9 September 2021 - Designation is based on results from the EMPEROR-Preserved Phase 3 trial, which established Jardiance as the first ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
NICE recommends treatment for people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
9 September 2021 - NICE has today published final draft guidance which recommends tofacitinib (Xeljanz; Pfizer) as an option for treating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
Health funds reject claims hospitals hit by prostheses reforms
9 September 2021 - Health insurers say private hospital operators will not be left out of pocket, rejecting claims they ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) approved in China in combination with chemotherapy for first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic oesophageal or gastro-oesophageal junction carcinoma
7 September 2021 - Keytruda is now approved for eight indications across five different types of cancer in China. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
Controversy over using quality adjusted life years in cost effectiveness analyses: a systematic literature review
8 September 2021 - Researchers and policy makers in the US are exploring the implementation of health technology assessment and value ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
Albireo receives UK MHRA approval of Bylvay (odevixibat)
8 September 2021 - Bylvay now approved in U.S., EU and UK as first drug treatment for patients with progressive familial intrahepatic ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
COVID-19 vaccine weekly safety report (9 September 2021)
9 September 2021 - To 5 September 2021, approximately 21 million vaccine doses have been given in Australia – 13.1 million ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
Albireo sells priority review voucher for $105 million
7 September 2021 - PRV was granted to Albireo with the FDA approval of Bylvay (odevixibat) in July. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
Consumers to have more say on medicine access issues
7 September 2021 - Consumer involvement in Australia’s medicines choices has been further strengthened under a new strategic agreement Medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
MSD Australia endorses new medicines strategic agreement
8 September 2021 - MSD Australia has today welcomed the signing of a new Medicines Strategic Agreement between Medicines Australia ...