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Blue Shield of California slashes cost of world's best selling drug
1 October 2024 - Non-profit health plan collaborates with Fresenius Kabi and Evio Pharmacy Solutions to purchase FDA approved Humira biosimilar ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Dec 2024
Chimerix submits dordaviprone new drug application for accelerated approval to US FDA for patients with recurrent H3 K27M mutant diffuse glioma
30 December 2024 - Secures Access of Up To $30 Million to Support Potential Launch Through Silicon Valley Bank Credit ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Dec 2024
Precigen completes submission of BLA with request for priority review to the FDA for PRGN-2012 for the treatment of adults with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis
30 December 2024 - The BLA, under an accelerated approval pathway, is supported by data from the Phase 1/2 pivotal study ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Dec 2024
Verastem Oncology announces FDA acceptance and priority review of new drug application for avutometinib in combination with defactinib for the treatment of recurrent KRAS mutant low grade serous ovarian cancer
30 December 2024 - PDUFA target action date is 30 June 2025. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Dec 2024
Telix files TLX250-CDx (Zircaix) BLA for kidney cancer imaging
30 December 2024 - Telix today announces that it has submitted its biologics license application to the US FDA for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Dec 2024
What price is society willing to pay for new drugs?
12 December 2024 - The purpose of England's NHS is to improve the health and wellbeing of the nation through provision ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Dec 2024
Utilisation analysis of heart failure medicines listed on the PBS
20 December 2024 - At its September 2024 meeting, the PBAC considered a report presenting a utilisation analysis of PBS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Dec 2024
Labor leaves genetics loophole for life insurers
21 December 2024 - One of the last barriers to widespread genetic testing — discrimination against obtaining life insurance — ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Dec 2024
Alnylam Canada signs letter of intent from pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance for the public reimbursement of Amvuttra for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis in adults
18 October 2024 - One step closer to achieving public reimbursement of Amvuttra for hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis. patients in Canada ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Dec 2024
FDA approves nivolumab and hyaluronidase-nvhy for subcutaneous injection
27 December 2024 - Today, the FDA approved nivolumab and hyaluronidase-nvhy (Opdivo Qvantig, Bristol Myers Squibb) for subcutaneous injection across ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Dec 2024
Datroway approved in Japan as the first TROP-2 directed therapy for patients with previously treated unresectable or recurrent hormone receptor positive, HER2 negative breast cancer
27 December 2024 - First global approval based on TROPION-Breast01 where Datroway significantly reduced the risk of disease progression or ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Dec 2024
Bureaucratic ‘deficiencies’ in medicine funding underscore access crisis
26 December 2024 - The Government’s independent medicine funding assessor, still recovering from a public failure to process months worth ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Dec 2024
PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions Report (2023-24)
19 December 2024 - The PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions Report 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024 is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Dec 2024
Report on PBS/RPBS under co-payment prescriptions data (2023-24)
19 December 2024 - The Report on Under Co-payment Prescriptions Data (2023-24) is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Dec 2024
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals announces FDA approval of Imcivree (setmelanotide) for patients as young as 2 years old
20 December 2024 - Rhythm Pharmaceuticals today announced that the US FDA has approved an expanded indication for Imcivree (setmelanotide) to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Dec 2024
FDA approves first generic of once daily GLP-1 injection to lower blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes
23 December 2024 - Today, the US FDA approved the first generic referencing Victoza (liraglutide injection) 18 mcg/3 mL, a ...