Jardiance (empagliflozin) becomes the first and only approved treatment in Europe for adults with symptomatic chronic heart failure regardless of ejection fraction

7 March 2022 - The breakthrough approval expands the existing indication of Jardiance to include adults with heart failure with ...

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ATAGI update following weekly COVID-19 meeting (2 March 2022)

7 March 2022 - As of 1 March 2022, over 54 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in ...

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Australian COVID nasal spray not on shop shelves amid TGA dispute

4 March 2022 - Melbourne start-up Starpharma is at loggerheads with the medicines regulator over the approvals process for its ...

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Opdivo (nivolumab) with chemotherapy as neo-adjuvant treatment for certain adult patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer

4 March 2022 - Approval marks the first and only immunotherapy-based treatment for use before surgery for non-small cell lung cancer. ...

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Nymox announces submission of new drug application to the FDA for fexapotide triflutate

3 March 2022 - Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation is pleased to announce today that it has submitted the Company’s new drug application ...

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BeiGene announces Health Canada approval for Brukinsa (zanubrutinib) in relapsed or refractory marginal zone lymphoma

3 March 2022 - Third approved indication for Brukinsa in Canada, following mantle cell lymphoma and Waldenström’s macroglobulinaemia. ...

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Science hasn’t shown these medications work. They’re being sold anyway.

3 March 2022 - Federal regulators are increasingly approving medicines before studies have shown they work, leaving patients at risk ...

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Approved first generic for Apokyn injection cartridges requires separately packaged pen

24 February 2022 - The U.S. FDA has approved the first generic of Apokyn (apomorphine hydrochloride injection) drug cartridges to ...

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration grants Cabaletta Bio fast track designation for MuSK-CAART

1 March 2022 - Fast Track Designation granted to improve activities of daily living and muscle strength in patients with ...

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Medicines Australia welcomes reform efforts to speed up clinical trials

4 March 2022 - Australian patients will have improved access to clinical trials due to reforms to be introduced by ...

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TG Therapeutics announces extension of U.S. FDA BLA/sNDA PDUFA date for ublituximab plus Ukoniq to treat patients with CLL and SLL

3 March 2022 - FDA sets updated PDUFA goal date of June 25, 2022. ...

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PRIME enables earlier availability of life-changing medicines

3 March 2022 - EMA’s PRIority Medicines (PRIME) scheme has had a positive impact on the authorisation of new medicines that ...

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Digital Therapeutics should be regulated with gold standard evidence

28 February 2022 - There is enormous growth in the digital health sector, illustrated by huge capital investment, and a massive ...

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AltPep receives FDA breakthrough device designation for SOBA-AD, a simple blood test for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease

1 March 2022 - AltPep Corporation today announced the U.S. FDA granted the company breakthrough device designation for its SOBA-AD diagnostic ...

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Harpoon Therapeutics receives FDA fast track designation for HPN217

2 March 2022 - Harpoon Therapeutics today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation to HPN217, a BCMA ...

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