You’ll never guess which company is reinventing health benefits

31 August 2018 - Frustrated with insurers, some large companies — including a certain cable behemoth — are shedding long-held practices ...

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Cablivi (caplacizumab) approved in Europe for adults with acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

3 September 2018 - In addition, U.S. FDA to conduct priority review of caplacizumab with a target action date of ...

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FDA grants Insys Therapeutics ‘fast track’ designation for epinephrine nasal spray as investigational treatment for anaphylaxis

30 August 2018 - Insys Therapeutics announced today that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation to the company’s epinephrine ...

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FDA issues a complete response letter for new drug application for dasatroline for the treatment of ADHD

31 August 2018 - Sunovion Pharmaceuticals today announced that the U.S. FDA issued a complete response letter for the new ...

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Statistical analysis of patient-reported outcome data in randomised controlled trials of locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer: a systematic review

1 September 2018 - Although patient-reported outcomes, such as health-related quality of life, are important endpoints in randomised controlled trials, there ...

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Choice of control group in randomised trials of cancer medicine: are we testing trivialities?

31 August 2018 - Several trials in cancer medicine over the past 5 years share two common features: first, they were ...

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FDA approves Merck’s Delstrigo (doravirine with lamivudine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), a once daily fixed-dose combination tablet as a complete regimen and Pifeltro (doravirine), an NNRTI, both for the treatment of HIV-1 in appropriate patients

30 August 2018 - Approvals based on findings from the pivotal Phase 3 DRIVE-AHEAD and DRIVE-FORWARD trials evaluating the efficacy and ...

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FDA’s comprehensive effort to advance new innovations: initiatives to modernise for innovation

29 August 2018 - Our longstanding goal for medical care is to ensure that the right drug or device is delivered ...

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Bayer receives US approval for modern haemophilia A treatment Jivi with a step-wise prophylaxis dosing regimen

30 August 2018 - Jivi’s extended half-life allows for twice-weekly initial dosing / May be adjusted to every five days and ...

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepts Bristol-Myers Squibb’s application for Sprycel (dasatinib) in paediatric patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

30 August 2018 - Application based on results from Phase 2 CA180-372 study. ...

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FDA accepts resubmission of new drug application for Duobrii (halobetasol propionate and tazarotene) lotion

29 August 2018 - Ortho Dermatologics today announced that the U.S. FDA has accepted the resubmitted new drug application for Duobrii ...

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Surprise! Trump might actually lower drug prices.

29 August 2018 - Surprise! The Trump administration is actually making progress to reduce drug prices, and not just by ...

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FDA pushes for development of non-opioid pain medications

29 August 2018 - The FDA is planning new steps to encourage the development of nonaddictive alternatives to opioid pain ...

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Evolus receives acceptance of FDA BLA resubmission for DWP-450

29 August 2018 - Application designated as Class 2 by U.S. FDA and assigned 2 February 2019 PDUFA date. ...

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FDA launches new pilot to advance innovative clinical trial designs as part of agency’s broader program to modernise drug development and promote innovation in drugs targeted to unmet needs

29 August 2018 - Today, the U.S. FDA announced a new pilot program (“Complex Innovative Designs Pilot Meeting Program”) in which ...

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