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Vaccine confusion as clots force jab switch for two million
17 June 2021 - Health authorities are scrambling to switch more than two million Australians aged under 60 to the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2021
Moderna seeks vaccine approval for adolescents
11 June 2021 - US-based biotech company Moderna is applying for the use of its COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged 12 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2021
Uptake of medicines for type 2 diabetes mellitus
15 June 2021 - Empagliflozin (with and without metformin hydrochloride) has been funded since 1 February 2021. It is funded for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2021
Istari Oncology announces FDA granted fast track designation to PVSRIPO for the treatment of advanced melanoma
14 June 2021 - Istari Oncology announced today the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation to PVSRIPO for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2021
Avenue Therapeutics receives complete response letter from the FDA for intravenous tramadol
14 June 2021 - Avenue Therapeutics today announced that it has received a second complete response letter from the U.S. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jun 2021
Vaxzevria: EMA advises against use in people with history of capillary leak syndrome
11 June 2021 - EMA’s safety committee (PRAC) has concluded that people who have previously had capillary leak syndrome must not ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jun 2021
The FDA still lacks a permanent chief, despite pressing, weighty problems
12 June 2021 - With the pandemic easing, the federal agency’s long-term agenda for drug approvals or new issues is languishing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jun 2021
Opdivo plus Yervoy scores NICE backing for certain bowel cancer patients
14 June 2021 - Bristol Myers Squibb’s immunotherapy combination Opdivo plus Yervoy has been recommended by NICE for the treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jun 2021
NICE to reassess Kyowa Kirin’s Poteligeo
14 June 2021 - NICE will reassess Kyowa Kirin’s rare blood cancer treatment Poteligeo after upholding an appeal launched by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jun 2021
Ascendis Pharma announces extension of U.S. FDA review period for TransCon hGH (onapegsomatropin) for paediatric growth hormone deficiency
11 June 2021 - Prescription Drug User Fee Act goal date extended by three months for further review of submission to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jun 2021
Unaffordable treatment for severe malaria highlights U.S. drug market pitfalls
11 June 2021 - When Eli Lilly announced in 2017 that it would stop producing quinidine, it was the only ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jun 2021
If vaccine apartheid exists, vaccine billionaires shouldn’t
12 June 2021 - To understand why billionaires are a sign of moral and economic failure, look no further than ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jun 2021
Incyte announces U.S. FDA has extended the new drug application review period for ruxolitinib cream for the treatment of atopic dermatitis
11 June 2021 - Incyte announced today that the U.S. FDA has extended the review period for the new drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jun 2021
Third member of prestigious FDA panel resigns over approval of Biogen's Alzheimer's drug
10 June 2021 - A third member of a key FDA advisory panel has resigned over the agency's controversial decision to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jun 2021
Sanofi provides update on Aubagio (teriflunomide) submission for children and adolescents with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in the U.S
11 June 2021 - The U.S. FDA has issued a complete response letter regarding the supplemental new drug application for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jun 2021
Moderna files for emergency use authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents in the United States
10 June 2021 - Submission based on Phase 2/3 trial of mRNA-1273 in adolescents ages 12 to less than 18 ...