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 ...

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COVID-19 vaccine weekly safety report (11 November 2021)

11 November 2021 - To 7 November 2021, the TGA has received 288 reports which have been assessed as likely to ...

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NICE terminates appraisal of new, first in class radioenhancer hafnium oxide nanoparticle

10 November 2021 - NBTXR3 is used to treat patients with sarcoma. ...

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Ellume's COVID-19 home test recall most serious, FDA says

10 November 2021 - The U.S. FDA classified the recall of Ellume's over-the-counter COVID-19 home test as Class 1, the ...

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Merck and Ridgeback announce Japanese Government to purchase 1.6 million courses of molnupiravir, an investigational oral COVID-19 anti-viral medicine, upon authorisation or approval

10 November 2021 - Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics today announced that the Japanese government will purchase, upon authorization or approval, approximately ...

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Why TGA head John Skerritt must go over vaccine claim

10 November 2021 - The head of the TGA must resign or be sacked over his claims about the Moderna vaccine. ...

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The last drugstore: rural America is losing its pharmacies

10 November 2021 - Over 40 million rural Americans live in pharmacy deserts because of market consolidation. ...

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KRPIA raises concern over HIRA’s cost effectiveness evaluation plan

10 November 2021 - Korea Research-based Pharma Industry Association (KRPIA) expressed concerns over HIRA's plan of evaluating a drug’s cost ...

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Roche executive says Alzheimer's drug price will be competitive

10 November 2021 - Roche, still months away from seeking regulatory approval of its experimental Alzheimer's drug, is already taking ...

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SMC accepts oral therapy for relapsing multiple sclerosis

10 November 2021 - Janssen has announced that the SMC have accepted Ponvory (ponesimod) within NHS Scotland, as a treatment for ...

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EMA starts evaluating use of COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax in children aged 6 to 11

10 November 2021 - EMA has started evaluating an application to extend the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, to ...

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Universal health care is a fundamental right — being delusional is not

10 November 2021 - Singapore’s Health Ministry has announced that its citizens who choose not to be vaccinated will be ...

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Health Canada authorises the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot

9 November 2021 - Health Canada has authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot. ...

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Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine (Spikevax) - provisional determination granted for proposed use in children and booster shot for adults under evaluation

10 November 2021 - The TGA has granted a provisional determination to Moderna in relation to its COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax. ...

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Australia to wait for data from US children before clearing vaccine here

10 November 2021 - Australia’s top immunisation advisers will wait on safety data from at least several hundred thousand young ...

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WHO warns of massive syringe shortfall in 2022

10 November 2021 - There could be a shortage of up to two billion syringes in 2022 with billions more than ...

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