Jazz Pharmaceuticals announces U.S. FDA approval of Xywav (calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium oxybates) oral solution for cataplexy or excessive daytime sleepiness associated with narcolepsy

22 July 2020 - Xywav is the first FDA approved new treatment option indicated for both cataplexy and excessive daytime sleepiness ...

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Pfizer vaccine deal at $20 a dose sets ceiling for rivals

22 July 2020 - U.S. agrees to pay Pfizer, BioNTech $1.95 billion on approval. ...

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Coronavirus: pharmaceutical giants split on vaccine profits

22 July 2020 - Pharmaceutical companies are split on how they would price their potential COVID-19 vaccines, with some pledging ...

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Aurinia announces U.S. FDA acceptance of the filing of new drug application and priority review for voclosporin for the treatment of lupus nephritis

21 July 2020 - FDA grants priority review and sets PDUFA date of 22 January 2021 . ...

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Harnessing real world data for regulatory use and applying innovative applications

22 July 2020 - A vast quantity of real world data are available to health care researchers.  ...

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Use of risk evaluation and mitigation strategies by the US Food and Drug Administration, 2008-2019

21 July 2020 - The US FDA Amendments Act of 2007 gave the FDA authority to require a Risk Evaluation and ...

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Grünenthal and Averitas Pharma announce U.S. FDA approval of Qutenza for the treatment of neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the feet

21 July 2020 - Qutenza is the first and only topical, non-systemic, non-opioid pain treatment of its kind to deliver prescription ...

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Pharma execs say FDA will not lower standards for coronavirus vaccine

21 July 2020 - Drug company executives sought to reassure House Democrats that the federal government is not lowering its ...

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Trials of a vaccine and new drug raise hope of beating COVID-19

20 July 2020 - The latest tests with Oxford University’s vaccine, and interferon beta, look promising. ...

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Many drug companies working on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments are lobbying harder than usual

20 July 2020 - Pharmaceutical companies racing to develop coronavirus treatments and vaccines have upped their lobbying presence in the ...

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Gene therapy shows promise for haemophilia, but could be most expensive U.S. drug ever

20 June 2020 - Jack Grehan, who was born with hemophilia, used to inject himself every couple of days with ...

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Osmotica Pharmaceutical announces FDA user fee goal date of 29 December 2020 for arbaclofen extended release tablets

20 July 2020 - Osmotica Pharmaceuticals, through its subsidiary Osmotica Pharmaceutical US, announced today that the U.S. FDA considers the Company’s ...

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Acadia Pharmaceuticals announces U.S. FDA accepted for filing the supplemental new drug application for Nuplazid (pimavanserin) for the treatment of hallucinations and delusions associated with dementia-related psychosis

20 July 2020 - If approved, Nuplazid would be the first and only treatment indicated for dementia-related psychosis. ...

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Rare disease drove two women on a mission to change FDA drug review process

19 July 2020 - Melissa Goetz and Lindsey Sutton are campaigning to improve the US drug review process for rare diseases. ...

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Orphazyme completes rolling submission of new drug application to U.S. FDA for arimoclomol for Niemann-Pick disease type C

20 July 2020 - Company expects to submit marketing authorisation application for arimoclomol for Niemann-Pick disease type C to European Medicines Agency ...

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