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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 24 Nov 2020
GPs frustrated by PHARMAC’s lack of progress on better meds for type 2 diabetics
24 November 2020 - PHARMAC has put the brakes on two new medications that would greatly improve treatment options for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2020
Lilly and the Government of Canada sign an agreement for the supply of bamlanivimab to treat COVID-19 in Canada
24 November 2020 - Bamlanivimab is a SARS-CoV-2-neutralising antibody that emerged from the collaboration between Lilly and Vancouver-based AbCellera. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2020
Which pricey drugs will Trump’s international pricing policy target?
24 November 2020 - President Trump’s new drug pricing policy, to tie certain U.S. drug prices to those in other countries, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2020
PolyPid granted breakthrough therapy designation from FDA for D-PLEX for the prevention of surgical site infections in colorectal surgery
24 November 2020 - PolyPid Ltd today announced that D-PLEX100 has received breakthrough therapy designation from the U.S. FDA for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2020
NICE backs Braftovi for BRAF positive colorectal cancer
24 November 2020 - NICE has back Pierre Fabre’s Braftovi plus cetuximab for the treatment of BRAF positive metastatic colorectal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2020
ObsEva submits marketing authorisation application to the European Medicines Agency for Yselty (linzagolix) for the treatment of women with uterine fibroids
24 November 2020 - If approved, linzagolix will be the only GnRH antagonist with flexible dose regimen options for the management ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2020
New option for people with difficult-to-treat multiple myeloma is recommended for use in Cancer Drugs Fund by NICE
24 November 2020 - Around 5,700 cases of multiple myeloma are diagnosed each year in the UK. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2020
Telix new drug application for prostate cancer imaging product accepted by US FDA
24 November 2020 - Telix Pharmaceuticals announces new drug application for TLX591-CDx. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2020
Success for a third—and perhaps most important—COVID-19 vaccine
23 November 2020 - The AstraZeneca-Oxford jab is likely to be widely used around the world. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2020
Merck submits applications for licensure of V114, the company’s investigational 15 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, for use in adults to the US FDA and EMA
23 November 2020 - Merck today announced the company has submitted applications to the US FDA and EMA for licensure of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2020
FDA approves first drug to treat rare metabolic disorder
23 November 2020 - Today, the U.S. FDA approved Oxlumo (lumasiran) as the first treatment for primary hyperoxaluria type 1, a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2020
Rigel and Medison announce Health Canada approval of Tavalisse, an oral medication for the treatment of adults with chronic immune thrombocytopenia
23 November 2020 - Rigel Pharmaceuticals and Medison Pharma today announced that Health Canada has approved the new drug submission ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2020
VBI Vaccines announces submission of marketing authorisation application for 3 antigen prophylactic hepatitis B vaccine to the European Medicines Agency
23 November 2020 -VBI Vaccines today announced the submission of a marketing authorisation application to the EMA for the Company’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Nov 2020
Workshop on regulatory support for development of orphan medicines
23 November 2020 - On Monday, 30 November, EMA is hosting a workshop to discuss the benefits and impact of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Nov 2020
COVID-19 shots could reach first Americans by mid-December, top health official says
23 November 2020 - U.S. health care workers and others recommended for the nation’s first COVID-19 inoculations could start getting shots ...