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COVID-19 vaccines are getting closer. Should we be worried they've come so quickly?
27 August 2020 - Back in March, when the coronavirus pandemic was starting to sweep the globe, a vaccine couldn't ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Aug 2020
Trump has launched an all-out attack on the FDA. Will its scientific integrity survive?
27 August 2020 - President Trump has instigated an all-out crusade against the FDA at a critical point in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2020
Catalyst takes its fight over a rare disease drug to Canada, suing the country’s regulator
26 August 2020 - In unusual battle between two small companies over the market for a rare disease drug has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2020
FDA chief apologises for overstating plasma effect on virus
26 August 2020 - Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn is apologising for overstating the life-saving benefits of using convalescent ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2020
Drug pricing executive order: will consumers get the reforms they need?
26 August 2020 - The August 24 deadline President Trump imposed on pharmaceutical companies to “come up with something that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2020
Drug industry lobbyists circulate two drug pricing proposals in hopes of warding off a Trump executive order
25 August 2020 - The pharmaceutical industry is weighing two drug pricing policies that it could offer as a trade ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2020
Trump deadline for drug pricing order passes with no action
25 August 2020 - A deadline set by President Trump for moving forward with an executive order to lower drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2020
As COVID-19 pressures mount, political newcomer Stephen Hahn struggles to protect an FDA under siege
24 August 2020 - Stephen Hahn, a political novice who moved here in December to take over the FDA, has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2020
Why are Trump and the Republicans so afraid of competition when it comes to drug prices?
24 August 2020 - President Trump recently signed two executive orders directly related to prescription drug prices in the U.S. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Aug 2020
FDA may fine clinical trial sponsors that don’t report data
24 August 2020 - The US FDA has said it will penalise sponsors of clinical trials that do not report ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Aug 2020
EMA goes all-virtual for remainder of 2020
20 August 2020 - The EMA has announced that all its committee and working party meetings will be held virtually ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2020
Swissmedic approval times slow down
20 August 2020 - Swissmedic took 4% longer to process each new application for a new active substance (NA NAS) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2020
PhRMA scrambles to respond to Trump’s drug pricing ultimatum, as Monday deadline looms
21 August 2020 - Drug makers and their lobbyists are struggling to agree on a strategy that would convince President ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2020
BioMarin, Gilead drug rejections don’t signal a change in attitude at the FDA
21 August 2020 - t’s tempting to interpret the FDA’s surprise rejections of drugs from Gilead Sciences and BioMarin Pharmaceutical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Aug 2020
Could the coronavirus vaccine be mandatory in Australia? Experts say it's possible.
20 August 2020 - News this week that Australia could have 25 million doses of the so-called "Oxford vaccine" available ...