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FDA clears first neonatal magnetic resonance imaging device
20 July 2017 - Today, the U.S. FDA cleared the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device specifically for neonatal brain ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2017
Three steps to fix Obamacare
20 July 2017 - Republicans must now make the Affordable Care Act work. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2017
Merck announces U.S. FDA grants tentative approval for Lusduna Nexvue (insulin glargine injection), a follow-on biologic basal insulin
20 July 2017 - Merck today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted tentative approval for Lusduna Nexvue™ (insulin glargine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2017
Leo Pharma receives marketing authorisation for Kyntheum (brodalumab), a new biologic for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis in the European Union
20 July 2017 - Leo Pharma today announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for Kyntheum (brodalumab), a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2017
Trump demands that Senators find a way to replace Obamacare
19 July 2017 - President Trump ordered senators back to the negotiating table on Wednesday for a last-ditch effort to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2017
Controlling the cost of Medicaid
19 July 2017 - Opportunities for bipartisan compromise to improve Medicaid’s value may lie in greater flexibility for states, realignment of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2017
Institute for Clinical and Economic Review to evaluate CAR-T therapies in upcoming report
19 July 2017 - Report tentatively expected to review axicabtagene ciloleucel (Kite Pharmaceuticals) and tisagenlecleucel-t (Novartis). ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2017
Trump says he wants to ‘let Obamacare fail.’ Here’s how he could make it fail.
18 July 2017 - Pennsylvania insurance commissioner Teresa Miller visited all five of the health insurance companies selling plans on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2017
ASCO addresses high cost of cancer drugs
19 July 2017 - The issue of expensive cancer therapies is taken up by the American Society of Clinical Oncology ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2017
How do you measure value in a drug — or anything else in medicine?
19 July 2017 - At a swanky hotel in the Theatre District, about a dozen health policy experts and drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2017
Donald Trump holds Republican war party to revive health care plans
20 July 2017 - Donald Trump was to hold a war party of Republican senators early today in a last-ditch ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2017
U.S. FDA designates Mallinckrodt's StrataGraft as regenerative medicine advanced therapy
18 July 2017 - Provides potential for priority review and accelerated approval under 21st Century Cures Act. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2017
Capricor receives rare paediatric disease designation from FDA for CAP-1002 for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
18 July 2017 - Designation covers broad treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2017
Senate to take up bill to repeal Obamacare without replacement plan
18 July 2017 - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced late Monday that the Senate will give up on its ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2017
FDA approves Vosevi for hepatitis C
18 July 2017 - The U.S. FDA today approved Vosevi to treat adults with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1-6 ...